Price of clothes

[Noob-Noob]

Doesn't anyone on the forum know how the clothes industry work?
Is there for instance a "billabong", "BadBoy", "Stone Harbour" etc factories?, can someone buy directly from them?, what happens to the thousands of clothing wear that does not get sold?
When i was younger there use to be these shops that sold faulty clothes, has these also disappeared?

 

[paul5186]

Look out for sales at cape union mart. Their clothes are usually expensive but I get a good deal now and then. Their quality also is great

 

[paul5186]

I also go to the surf factory shops in durban once a year to get some hoodies and tshirts for the following year

 

[Gnarls]

Anyone shop at Access Park? I generally save up and just do a big shop there about twice a year. I just use Edgars to buy jeans and the 'essentials' like underwear and socks and only when they have those specials. Other than that I don't mind spending some cash for quality items that should last a while - within reason of course!

 

[Ecco]

Ackermans? Or Jet?

 

[I.am.Sam]

factory shops are your best bet

like astro said ..thats what i do

but i buy summer specials in autum for next summer

and winter winter specials in spring for next winter

cause jackets and hoodys and stuff last few years

 

[Noob-Noob]

Anyone shop at Access Park? I generally save up and just do a big shop there about twice a year. I just use Edgars to buy jeans and the 'essentials' like underwear and socks and only when they have those specials. Other than that I don't mind spending some cash for quality items that should last a while - within reason of course!

**** Pretoria :-(
Why don't we have anything like this here?

 

[TelkomUseless]

The wife started buying at the Chinese shops... WAY cheaper.. boots R150 vs R800 in the shops...

 

[Slootvreter]

I have noticed the same thing! Good God the prices of things are insane! They basically force you to have a store account (whicha t Edgars is luckily 6 months interest free). The other problem is cheap clothes. They just don't last.

 

[superskully]

9 out of 10 clothing items I buy, are on specials. I feel the special prices should be the normal prices. My favourite being sportsman's warehouse yellow tag, and edgars 50% off charter club. I hit those at least once a year but they happen twice annual.

+1
Also like the stuttafords 50-75% sale of everything - which happens once a year

 

[Loumina]

You will be surprised by the price of kids' clothing now days too. A good quality, 2-3 years old winter jacket can set you back almost R500. I can, and do, buy cheaper things at Ackermans and Mr. Price, but after a few washes, the clothing starts to fall apart and looks ragged.

Tell me about it...
I wonder how much we will be paying for clothes in the next 10 years...

As for jackets, hubby saw a nice jacket at Truworths Man last year, but didn't have enough money for it at the time; it was R600.
This year, same jacket came back at R800!!! Really?

OP try have a look at The Hub/Meltz. They have nice jackets for R350. Funny thing, they are next to Jeep ones (R1100), they look the same and quite franckly, and I didn't see any difference quality-wise either. If there is, it's a really insignificant one.

 

[I.am.Sam]

+1
Also like the stuttafords 50-75% sale of everything - which happens once a year

yep love those sales as well ...

 

[Batista]

Woolworths quality has gone down over the years.If you look at their black shoes, all of them are generic chinese crap.

 

[hellfire]

I have noticed the same thing! Good God the prices of things are insane! They basically force you to have a store account (whicha t Edgars is luckily 6 months interest free). The other problem is cheap clothes. They just don't last.

Not anymore buddy. Absa only allows existing interest free accounts to remain. New accounts all accrue interest.

 

[Sonic2k]

Why are the prices of things insane?
Thank the government for that, and e-tolls

 

[Zewp]

The wife started buying at the Chinese shops... WAY cheaper.. boots R150 vs R800 in the shops...

And then they're made out of dog fur or they break within a week.

 

[Slootvreter]

And then they're made out of dog fur or they break within a week.

Yup. I don't shop at Mr Price anymore, either. It's been years.

 

[Brawler]

**** Pretoria :-(
Why don't we have anything like this here?

You are not missing much. It's all the clothes no one wants and only ever size S or XXXL left.

 

[Slootvreter]

You are not missing much. It's all the clothes no one wants and only ever size S or XXXL left.

Yeah it's a joke. Very often mislabelled as well And a no-return policy.

 

[Noob-Noob]

You are not missing much. It's all the clothes no one wants and only ever size S or XXXL left.

Finding XXL anywhere is like finding water in a desert, its like any range of clothes only gets 1 XXL. Luckily in Woolies the XL normally fits me, but the prices and non exciting variety :-(
The whole clothes market is BS, they are charging a insane amount of money for a small piece of material, its daylight robbery, sure international brands one can understand, but how the fark do they charge these prices for locally made clothes , what does material cost?, im sure if one works it out, it will probably cost something like R40 - R50 to produce a jacket, and they sell it for R900. And they know they can charge it because what choice do we have?