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global1

(25,242 posts) Tue Jun 3, 2014, 05:57 PM Jun 2014

Seriously - Buy One Suit At Jos A. Bank And Get Three Free?......

Is this for real? Has anyone here taken advantage of this deal yet? What kind of quality could these suits be?

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Seriously - Buy One Suit At Jos A. Bank And Get Three Free?...... (Original Post) global1 Jun 2014 OP

Give the product away and make money on the service. liberal N proud Jun 2014 #1

So The Fit Is So Bad That These Suits Require Extensive Tailoring?..... global1 Jun 2014 #4

ALL off-the-rack suits require extensive tailoring jmowreader Jun 2014 #8

For what was paid for my latest suit (thanks, SO!!), I could've gotten 6! Cooley Hurd Jun 2014 #2

Last time they offered that deal Shankapotomus Jun 2014 #3

I actually heard a guy call it "Jay Oh Ess Banks". Atman Jun 2014 #5

did they raise the price of the suits to cover for the "free" ones ? JI7 Jun 2014 #6

It's actually a good deal Abnredleg Jun 2014 #7

They make good starter suits; accessories will cost you more. aikoaiko Jun 2014 #9

I find it particularly amusing... The_Commonist Jun 2014 #10

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)

1. Give the product away and make money on the service.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 05:59 PM

Jun 2014

Every suit needs to be tailored.
The price of the suit does not include tailoring.

global1

(25,242 posts)

4. So The Fit Is So Bad That These Suits Require Extensive Tailoring?.....

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:06 PM

Jun 2014

So that's the catch.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)

8. ALL off-the-rack suits require extensive tailoring

Reply to global1 (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 07:25 PM

Jun 2014

President Obama wears suits made by Hart, Schaffner and Marx. The ones he bought before he became president cost $1500 apiece. It takes, easily, a full day's worth of tailoring to get them exactly right...because when a suit costs more than your first car, you want it to fit like a glove.

The ones he wears now are custom made and much more expensive...they probably take more tailoring than the cheap ones did.

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

2. For what was paid for my latest suit (thanks, SO!!), I could've gotten 6!

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:03 PM

Jun 2014

My lovely SO paid for it as long as she got to pick it out (for my niece's wedding on Friday). She did a great job!!!
http://www.calvinklein.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchDisplay?KPID=00772084886169&pla=pla_00772084886169&showResultsPage=true&langId=-1&beginIndex=0&CAGPSPN=pla&productId=362002&sType=SimpleSearch&pageSize=16&pageView=image&catalogId=12101&DM_PersistentCookieCreated=true&errorViewName=ProductDisplayErrorView&categoryId=65112&source=CAPLA_DF%3A00772084886169&CAWELAID=820567590000009740&storeId=10751&viewAll=N&ddkey=http:en/ck/24810005

Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)

3. Last time they offered that deal

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:05 PM

Jun 2014

I checked on the website and the suits that only qualified for that offer were like $800.

Atman

(31,464 posts)

5. I actually heard a guy call it "Jay Oh Ess Banks".

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:09 PM

Jun 2014

I can't blame it on Fox, because I don't watch Fox. I don't remember what channel it was, but the guy actually welcomed their sponsor, "Jay Oh Ess Banks."

And if need three suits for the price of one...I'd buy three suits at JC Penney. They come from the same slave factory. If I wanted a quality suit, JOS Banks is the last place I'd look...just because of their ads.

JI7

(89,247 posts)

6. did they raise the price of the suits to cover for the "free" ones ?

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:14 PM

Jun 2014

i worked at a small place once and when we put some items on the sale rack i would raise the price sometimes.

Abnredleg

(669 posts)

7. It's actually a good deal

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 06:38 PM

Jun 2014

Couple of years ago they ran a buy one, get two free, and I bought two suits and a sports jacket for around $650 (including tailoring for the two suits). It was their middle-range suits and I've been very pleased - they're well made and fit very well.

aikoaiko

(34,169 posts)

9. They make good starter suits; accessories will cost you more.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 07:34 PM

Jun 2014

Shirts, ties, belts/braces, socks, shoes, etc.

The_Commonist

(2,518 posts)

10. I find it particularly amusing...

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 3, 2014, 07:35 PM

Jun 2014

...that ads I'm seeing on this page now are for Frank & Oak, Bonobo's and Indochino!
(they're all men's clothing companies)

I opened this because I'm in the market for a new suit.
Thanks for the info!

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