Poll: Most you'd pay for a pair of jeans?

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: The Boss
The most I paid was around $360 for a pair of D&Gs. I'd up my limit to $1500 for a nice pair of dress pants though.

$1500?

jesus christ, that's far too much for a pair of pants....what could make a pair of pants nice enough to be worth even half that much?

while you're at it....what makes a pair of cotton blue jeans worth $360?

Agreed. Only an idiot would pay that much. The quality of the clothes is not much better than a $35 pair of jeans and in fact, usually it's a lot worse. I know this since our family is in the dry cleaning business and we've seen all sorts of clothes.

same here; ive worked at my dad's drycleaning plant for 7 years and am shocked at what some people would pay for a 100% cotton shirt that looks remarkably like the ones i've seen at say

walmart

or

target

or

goodys

for a mere fraction of the price.

really, i can appreciate quality goods like clothing, watches, electronics and other things....but there's a line where it goes from "what you pay for quality" to "getting ripped off". I could see *maybe* a couple hundreds bucks for some silk, hand tailored clothing items if you just had so much money that doing something worthwhile with it could still be done while you spent too much on your own vanity.

but a 100% cotton shirt is worth a few bucks and not much more. There's no difference in quality from the $10 or $12 hanes knits i wear at work from the $50-$100 100% cotton shirts i clean regularly.

oh, except that i can *wash* my shirt and it won't shrink or have the dye run; which is nice. We handwashed a guys red knit 100% cotton shirt that looked like all the other 100% cotton shirts and when it was finished it looked like it belonged to a 4 year old. Yeah, that's quality alright. "dry clean only" doesn't mean it's a quality item, I have to explain this to people on a weekly basis. "Dry clean only" just means it's a potential pain in the ass for your drycleaner to get a stain out of a garment that he didn't put in it.

That aside, i still want to know *why* (unless it IS pure vanity) you think $1500 is a fair price for a "nice pair of dress pants". It's the mentality I want to understand that allows you to grossly overpay for something when you could certainly get the same quality and style of garment for far, far less and never know a difference once you put them on.

I'm not talking about comparing a ferrari, or even a mercades(both fine automobiles), to a pontiac grand-am ( a POS if there ever was one)

Im talking about a pair of $40 jeans that's every bit as good as a pair of $300 jeans but just has a different label on it.

 

[EvilYoda]

23 votes so far for the last option...I knew there were more of you than previous threads let on. No problem there...let me know when you see a good sale on A Bathing Ape

 

[Blastomyces]

$25 for Old Navy Jeans or Costco seems expensive. I usually get mine from American Eagle Clearance or Levis on sale or somethign for between 15-25.

 

[JohnCU]

Haha, I have 12 pairs of jeans. 2 A&F, 1 Hollister, 1 Gap, 1 A&E, and 7 Express. I'd pay any amount for a nice pair of jeans.

 

[radioouman]

No more than $40

 

[randomlinh]

wow, i'm a cheap bastard when it comes to jeans it seems... I actually try to not spend more than $20 for a pair of pants period Unless it's dress slacks or nice khakis. I guess it's just where I work.. dress very casual. the cheaper, the more I can pocket for now

 

[Nick5324]

$25 sounds about right to me.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: The Boss
The most I paid was around $360 for a pair of D&Gs. I'd up my limit to $1500 for a nice pair of dress pants though.

$1500?

jesus christ, that's far too much for a pair of pants....what could make a pair of pants nice enough to be worth even half that much?

while you're at it....what makes a pair of cotton blue jeans worth $360?

Agreed. Only an idiot would pay that much. The quality of the clothes is not much better than a $35 pair of jeans and in fact, usually it's a lot worse. I know this since our family is in the dry cleaning business and we've seen all sorts of clothes.

same here; ive worked at my dad's drycleaning plant for 7 years and am shocked at what some people would pay for a 100% cotton shirt that looks remarkably like the ones i've seen at say

walmart

or

target

or

goodys

for a mere fraction of the price.

really, i can appreciate quality goods like clothing, watches, electronics and other things....but there's a line where it goes from "what you pay for quality" to "getting ripped off". I could see *maybe* a couple hundreds bucks for some silk, hand tailored clothing items if you just had so much money that doing something worthwhile with it could still be done while you spent too much on your own vanity.

but a 100% cotton shirt is worth a few bucks and not much more. There's no difference in quality from the $10 or $12 hanes knits i wear at work from the $50-$100 100% cotton shirts i clean regularly.

oh, except that i can *wash* my shirt and it won't shrink or have the dye run; which is nice. We handwashed a guys red knit 100% cotton shirt that looked like all the other 100% cotton shirts and when it was finished it looked like it belonged to a 4 year old. Yeah, that's quality alright. "dry clean only" doesn't mean it's a quality item, I have to explain this to people on a weekly basis. "Dry clean only" just means it's a potential pain in the ass for your drycleaner to get a stain out of a garment that he didn't put in it.

That aside, i still want to know *why* (unless it IS pure vanity) you think $1500 is a fair price for a "nice pair of dress pants". It's the mentality I want to understand that allows you to grossly overpay for something when you could certainly get the same quality and style of garment for far, far less and never know a difference once you put them on.

I'm not talking about comparing a ferrari, or even a mercades(both fine automobiles), to a pontiac grand-am ( a POS if there ever was one)

Im talking about a pair of $40 jeans that's every bit as good as a pair of $300 jeans but just has a different label on it.

I pay higher $$$ mostly for fit, not just quality. Don't get me wrong, I'm in a pretty good shape but nobody should come in here and claim Old Navy / Walmart jeans fit as good as the more expensive stuff. Of course this doesn't mean that you should be ignorant and buy a pair of jeans just because they're expensive and expect quality. In my experience, a finely chosen pair of jeans outlasts Old Navy stuff.

 

[trmiv]

$50 max. I get most of my jeans at a Gap outlet, and they are $25. At a regular Gap store, they are like $45.

 

[episodic]

Where is the 0 -10 only option? ebay all the way baby

 

[Turkz]

$20.00 max. I buy all my jeans for the year a week or two into January when they have been marked down 50% to 70% off. In fact I get all my clothes for the year during after Christmas sales.

 

[TwiceOver]

Jeans? I havn't wore a pair of those in years. If I was to buy any they definately wouldn't cost more than $20.

 

[BlackAdam]

$35 max... all I wear is jeans... Old Navy and Lee Dungarees.

 

[MDE]

$30 max

 

[hzl eyed grl]

I'm am one cheap b!tch. I won't pay much for clothes. I'd much rather spend my money on my wedding and cool gadgets.

 

[cchen]

Probably an upper limit of 300. Its hard for me to find jeans that fit well

 

[Nocturnal]

My girlfriend bought me a pair of Sean John jeans for Christmas.

 

[MithShrike]

Most I would pau is $20. Seriously I do most of my shopping at the thrift store.

 

[thedarkwolf]

About half of mine were around $15-20 the other have are probably around $1 from yard/garage sales.