Weddingbee Blog

Mr. Hot Wings has been in several weddings and didn’t like the idea of renting a tux that other people have worn before him and would need to be returned after the wedding. Instead, he really wanted to find suits that would cost approximately the same as renting a tux. He polled the Wingmen (I think I like that better than Groomsmen) and they all agreed. So, off we went.

Men’s Warehouse was our first stop. When we shopped online, Mr. Hot Wings liked this suit from Men’s Warehouse. With their buy 1 get 1 deal, it seemed worth the trip into the store.

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Of course, this suit wasn’t available at the store. That would be too easy. But they did have one option that we liked with a tie option that matched our color scheme.

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The problem with our trip was the service. The salesman that helped us was such a sleezeball. He would only show us 2 suits. One suit was a 3 button charcoal grey Hart Schaffner Marx that cost $600 on sale. It’s pictured below on the right side. He kept telling us that Obama only wears Hart Schaffner Marx suits and it’s great quality. That’s great, but cost was more important to us. We told him that we were looking for less expensive suits for our Wingmen. He finally shows us a gray pinstripe Jones New York 2 button suit that was on sale for $400 and is buy 1 get 1 free (shown on the left side of the picture). That would make the suits $200 each. Then, for every $500 we spend we get a $50 gift card. So it would make sense to buy all the suits together and get the gift cards, and then we could buy the Wingmens’ ties there. Ties were also buy 1 get 1 free, and $20. That’s $10 for silk ties! And, they had a perfect peacock blue tie (see above picture).

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Now, it all sounds pretty great right?

I would have been totally happy, except the guy kept saying things like “you have to buy it soon because the sale is not going to be forever” and “you have to do it with me only, because I’m giving you a personal deal.” And look what he made Mr. Hot Wings do in the picture. I don’t know what it means, but Mr. Hot Wings didn’t like it. He’s too nice to say no. So, I cut the heads off the picture to make him happy.

All I have to say is… the Hot Wings are no fools. I would have been happy to just check it off my list and move on because it was the right price, but the salesman left a bad taste in my mouth.

So what did I do, you ask? I went to Macy’s and Nordstrom Rack. Nordstrom Rack had some great deals on gray suits for the same $600 for Hugo Boss Suits. That would work real nice for Mr. Hot Wings. Macy’s also had Calvin Kleins for $500 AND… they are buy 1 get 1 FREE! I would not have thought of this option had the Men’s Warehouse guy not been dumb to us. Score! Macy’s was our next stop.

In the end, we liked the Jones New York suit because it was the right color and price. The more expensive suit is nice, but a little too dark in color.

Did you forgo any vendors because of how they treated you?