Dadgum expensive

[M5farm]

I do not where Overalls every day and have to dress up sometimes. I have been needing a new sports coat for a while now because I don't always want to wear a suit. I have a casual event to attend tomorrow night and a funeral to go to Thursday. Next month I have a corp meeting so it was time to buy a new sports coat. I go to jos.a bank (see their commercials all the time) I look around and was starting to wonder how many calves I was going to have to sell to get a new coat. The cheapest tag was 600 bucks. Finally the salesman asked if he could help me. I politely told him if these prices are correct I was in the wrong store and would head over to the goodwill because apparently I'm in poverty and didn't know it if people really pay this much for a coat. He then asked what I was looking for and my size. We determined what I was needing and showed me 6 coats that were in that size. 6 out of what looked like 2000 in this store. One that was in the color I actually wanted. Price tag said 595.00. I handed it back to him and said no thank you. he said let me check the price. he rang it up and said this ones on sale for 160.00. I said OK whats wrong with it. He said nothing that they run different specials every day for instance yesterday this same coat was 595.00 and today its 435.00 off. I was dumbfounded that people actually pay that kinda of money for a clothes.

 

[branguscowgirl]

That is a heck of a markup if they can drop the price $435.! And you know that they are still making something off of it at $160. Might have been made in Taiwan for $20. :roll:

 

[M5farm]

That is a heck of a markup if they can drop the price $435.! And you know that they are still making something off of it at $160. Might have been made in Taiwan for $20. :roll:

Nope MEXICO. That's almost made in the USA aint it

 

[Bigfoot]

Part of why I left the banking profession was the expense of the clothes. Then when you left work, you were over dressed for litterally everything you wanted to go do.

 

[skyhightree1]

Clothes in general are expensive.. M5 I wear overalls like you and generally damage a pair atleast once a month to non wearable condition and I have to buy more they generally run 45-75 bucks

 

[M5farm]

Clothes in general are expensive.. M5 I wear overalls like you and generally damage a pair atleast once a month to non wearable condition and I have to buy more they generally run 45-75 bucks

Well I don't have to have mine made by omar the tent maker so my overalls (liberty) are 35 bucks or so

 

[skyhightree1]

Clothes in general are expensive.. M5 I wear overalls like you and generally damage a pair atleast once a month to non wearable condition and I have to buy more they generally run 45-75 bucks

Well I don't have to have mine made by omar the tent maker so my overalls (liberty) are 35 bucks or so

:lol2:

 

[TN Cattle Man]

My cowboy cut Wranglers are still around $20.00 a pair and look nice when paired with a sport coat for those "special" occasions!!

 

[slick4591]

Late 70's the city I worked for had several sewing rooms. One of them had an alarm set off early one morning and after we cleared the building I saw several tag stations. There were racks of the same blouses at stations and each had individual tags from Neiman Marcus, J C Penny and other department stores. Just goes to show there can be a huge markup on garments.

 

[dun]

The banks commercials they are showing here are buy 1 get 2 free on their suits. That right there tells me there markup is rediculous

 

[3waycross]

Goodwill is actually a great idea also Burlington Coat factory. I have two Camel hair sports coats that i bought at goodwill 20 years ago for $10 ea. They were 300dollar coats at the time

 

[M5farm]

Goodwill is actually a great idea also Burlington Coat factory. I have two Camel hair sports coats that i bought at goodwill 20 years ago for $10 ea. They were 300dollar coats at the time

I Had already looked at all of the thrift stores. I have found deals there before and buy a lot of my work shirts there. We have a Burlington coat place here but its in the mall and I dislike the mall almost as much as Wal-Mart.

 

[Nesikep]

I just paid $40 for 6 pairs of decent work socks.

Sally anne, Value village, etc are my usual haunts when I go into the city.. I found a heated seat cover with massagers for $3.. couldn't go wrong there.. Also found about 20 ft of 1/4" high pressure hose for $2.. figured that can come in handy around the farm

 

[TexasBred]

My cowboy cut Wranglers are still around $20.00 a pair and look nice when paired with a sport coat for those "special" occasions!!

That sir is the uniform of the day for me...weddings, funerals, church or anything else.

I see those Jos Banks commericals and always wondered which "special" would apply once I walked in the door because they have a different one ever day it seems......the buy one get 4 free or buy one and get six shirts....50% off an already 50% off suit....no way i could leave there without thinking I'd been screwed royally.

 

[HDRider]

What size you wear? I have a closet full that need a new home.

 

[TexasBred]

What size you wear? I have a closet full that need a new home.

Coats or jeans?

 

[M5farm]

What size you wear? I have a closet full that need a new home.

46 regular.

 

[wacocowboy]

I am cheap go to the outlet mall jeans $10 then get T-shirts for $5 bucks only thing I pay up for is socks. I like the Craftsman socks at Sears I don't remember how much they are but they are pricy or at least to me they are.

 

[john250]

That is a heck of a markup if they can drop the price $435.! And you know that they are still making something off of it at $160. Might have been made in Taiwan for $20. :roll:

Nope MEXICO. That's almost made in the USA aint it

When I think of fine tailors, I think of Mexico.

 

[ga.prime]

Czechoslovakian corduroy. You'll never need anything else.