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Any big menswear sales taking place?
Topic Started: Jul 21 2009, 06:14 PM (463 Views)
Luke's Dad
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I need to pick up a couple new suits. Anybody know of any events coming up at Men's Wearhouse, Filene's Basement, etc...?
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Axtremus
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Check out Target and Walmart... regular prices are under $90 for two piece suites, no need to wait for "special events." Downside is that you get only two or three colors/patterns to choose from.

Jos A Bank runs 50% discount every now and then (practically every 1~2 weeks), but the lowest tier is still 3X the price of Walmart and Target after discount. Large selections, though.
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You buy suits at Target and Walmart?.........




....... you wear 90 dollar suits?.....


:blink: :doh:


The last time I bought a 90 dollar suit was in 1974......
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Sounds like things are working out.
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Jul 21 2009, 08:37 PM
Check out Target and Walmart... regular prices are under $90 for two piece suites, no need to wait for "special events." Downside is that you get only two or three colors/patterns to choose from.

Jos A Bank runs 50% discount every now and then (practically every 1~2 weeks), but the lowest tier is still 3X the price of Walmart and Target after discount. Large selections, though.
$90. might get you a decent tie and an undershirt.

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$90. might get you a decent tie and an undershirt.
Like I told Mik in the other thread... ties can be had at under $8 in Walmart, and pre-matched shirt+tie combo around $20 in Marshall's & TJMaxx. :D
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Larry
Jul 21 2009, 08:45 PM
...... you wear 90 dollar suits?.....


:blink: :doh:


The last time I bought a 90 dollar suit was in 1974......
I have done better than that...

The cheapest 2-piece suite I've ever worn was, to my recollection, under $25 (after foreign currency conversion). A couple of relatives were touring China and brought that suite back for me as a gift. That was ~15 years ago.

Any one here can beat $25? :D
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Jul 22 2009, 04:00 AM


Any one here can beat $25? :D
Can anyone, or would anyone?

Let me guess, you work in IT, right?

:hat:
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I have always loved thrift stores.
Granted, if you need a suit now you can't just walk in and expect to find something.

But, if you hang out in them enough you will run into some VERY fine clothing in like-new condition.

I detest suits, and all situations requiring them, but Jose will often come home with a really nice shirt he paid two bucks for.
I'll wear it when I drink Two-Buck-Chuck. :)
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Jul 22 2009, 03:50 AM
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$90. might get you a decent tie and an undershirt.
Like I told Mik in the other thread... ties can be had at under $8 in Walmart, and pre-matched shirt+tie combo around $20 in Marshall's & TJMaxx. :D
I wouldn't be caught dead wearing that crap. I'm nobody's clothes horse and I buy certain things at Walmart and Target, etc. But never anything for professional wear. There's a huge difference in look and wearability between quality clothing and that stuff.
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Suite yourself. :D
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LD - JosABank has a buy one at reg price and get TWO free sale every now and then. Might even be going on now.

I dont wear suits more than a couple times a year, so I just have on that I bought last year at 70% off from JosABank.
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I'll wear it when I drink Two-Buck-Chuck.



Who's Chuck?.....
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Cheapest decent suit is a J.C. Penney's Stafford.

About $200, IIRC.

OTOH, H,S&M is undergoing hard times...,might be some sales on that line in men's stores...
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I love Stafford dress shirts. LOVE.

No idea about the suits though...
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OMG, Brooks Brothers or nothing.

Big Summer Clearance - save up to 60%

http://www.brooksbrothers.com
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Larry
Jul 22 2009, 06:54 AM
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I'll wear it when I drink Two-Buck-Chuck.



Who's Chuck?.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Shaw_wine
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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Mens Wearhouse is gooood. I stopped a couple of places this morning, and figured on going back to JC Penneys and picking up a couple of $200 suits. I made the obligatory stop at Men's Wearhouse, though, and they had a buy one get one deal going on. The quality level of the suits were obviously good. So I bought two suits that were retailing at $899, marked down to $650, and picked up four shirts that were $70 marked down to $50 and were buy one get one free. Got em to toss in a couple of ties and a belt, too.

Total outlay, $800. Retail Value-$2200. Probable actual normal value-$1500.
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MW can be excellent, but examine the suits carefully. I've seen some seconds there with flaws in weave, etc.
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Larry
Jul 22 2009, 06:54 AM
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I'll wear it when I drink Two-Buck-Chuck.



Who's Chuck?.....
This is Two-Buck Chuck. Posted Image

It is a wine Trader Joe's sells for $1.99 a bottle.
I just checked and there is now a TJ's in TN in SW Nashville.
Apparently they are not allowed to sell wine though. :shrug:

Be careful though; clearly TJ's is a conspiracy from the north and blue states.
They put something in the food that causes mental illness. :lol2:

Trader Joe's Nashville, 3909 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37215
Phone: (615) 297-6560
Trading Hours: 9 am - 9 pm
Alcohol: Beer Only
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Jul 22 2009, 07:37 AM
Mens Wearhouse is gooood. I stopped a couple of places this morning, and figured on going back to JC Penneys and picking up a couple of $200 suits. I made the obligatory stop at Men's Wearhouse, though, and they had a buy one get one deal going on. The quality level of the suits were obviously good. So I bought two suits that were retailing at $899, marked down to $650, and picked up four shirts that were $70 marked down to $50 and were buy one get one free. Got em to toss in a couple of ties and a belt, too.

Total outlay, $800. Retail Value-$2200. Probable actual normal value-$1500.
Great!

Pictures? :D
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All you fellas wearing wool suits, and you gals wearing wool skirts, blazers, and slacks, keep in mind that your old wool clothes can be recycled into hooking wool.

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Jul 22 2009, 08:15 AM
Great!

Pictures? :D
I'm picking up the suits next week, after they finish the alterations.
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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Luke's Dad
Jul 22 2009, 12:02 PM
I'm picking up the suits next week, after they finish the alterations.
Oh, yeah... Walmart and Target don't do alterations. :D
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Jul 22 2009, 12:08 PM
Luke's Dad
Jul 22 2009, 12:02 PM
I'm picking up the suits next week, after they finish the alterations.
Oh, yeah... Walmart and Target don't do alterations. :D
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Anybody: "Does anybody know anything about ______ or where to get ______ ?"

Ax: "You don't need ______, you should do my thing instead. It's not what you asked but it's a lot better. Your thing sucks."

Anybody: "Yeah but I asked about ______ ..."

Ax: "Here's why my thing is better than what you've already made up your mind on."

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