Where's the menswear forum up in this bitch?

[Goober McTuber]

another place to search for nice duds. The salvation army store.

There is a lot of shit on those racks, but, mixed in are very high end dress shirts (2-5 bucks) lots of good overcoats and suits. Finding a close to fitting suit might be a bit of a challenge and take a while, but, I promise you I could stop there on the wasy home and find a half dozen good quality like new shirts.

Remember, people with money don't wear such stuff till it's worn out. They drop it off at the SA store and get their tax write off. I have quite a few nice casual and dress shirts that I bought there for a small fraction of what people pay for a shirt at wallyworld. If it's really nice and has the right brand, the OL intercepts it and pimps it on flea bay! Fine with me. The proceeds buy a dozen more.

F-U-C-K-I-N-G M-O-R-O-N.

[Goober McTuber]

So $20 is my target for buying dress shirts - Marshalls / TJ Maxx and Macy's all have them in that range.

As for wearing them out - the wearing isn't what does it, it's having them laundered.
I think around 20 is where I usually see them start to go to shit and then they go in our donation box.
at 20, I've also paid as much for cleaning the shirt as i did for the shirt so its into the donation pile

I can't say I'd ever consider buying a used shirt -

What about underwear?

Sincerely,

AP

[smackaholic]

So $20 is my target for buying dress shirts - Marshalls / TJ Maxx and Macy's all have them in that range.

As for wearing them out - the wearing isn't what does it, it's having them laundered.
I think around 20 is where I usually see them start to go to shit and then they go in our donation box.
at 20, I've also paid as much for cleaning the shirt as i did for the shirt so its into the donation pile

I can't say I'd ever consider buying a used shirt -

I have. Some of the shirts there are close to being worn out. Some aren't. It's worth it to stop in now and again to see what they have, seeing as I pass the place pretty much daily. I have a long sleeve navy blue Polo. Still looks almost like new and I've worn it 15 or 20 times. That's an 80 dollar shirt, and I havven't seen them at marshalls/TJ maxx. BTW, those are the places to get nice merrino wool socks cheap. Even I won't buy used socks. Just not enough of a savings. The OL has quite a nice little racket going buying nice clothing there and peddling it on feebay. I bought an 80s vintage North Face down parka there that appears as if it was bought off the rack in '84 placed in a plastic bag and hung in a climate controlled closet for 20+ years. Paid 30. Considered keeping it till I looked at what they were bringing on feebay. Sold it to a frenchie for 350 bucks.

[smackaholic]

another place to search for nice duds. The salvation army store.

There is a lot of shit on those racks, but, mixed in are very high end dress shirts (2-5 bucks) lots of good overcoats and suits. Finding a close to fitting suit might be a bit of a challenge and take a while, but, I promise you I could stop there on the wasy home and find a half dozen good quality like new shirts.

Remember, people with money don't wear such stuff till it's worn out. They drop it off at the SA store and get their tax write off. I have quite a few nice casual and dress shirts that I bought there for a small fraction of what people pay for a shirt at wallyworld. If it's really nice and has the right brand, the OL intercepts it and pimps it on flea bay! Fine with me. The proceeds buy a dozen more.

F-U-C-K-I-N-G M-O-R-O-N.

You really are a tedious predictable bore.

Suck on a tail pipe.

[Goober McTuber]

another place to search for nice duds. The salvation army store.

There is a lot of shit on those racks, but, mixed in are very high end dress shirts (2-5 bucks) lots of good overcoats and suits. Finding a close to fitting suit might be a bit of a challenge and take a while, but, I promise you I could stop there on the wasy home and find a half dozen good quality like new shirts.

Remember, people with money don't wear such stuff till it's worn out. They drop it off at the SA store and get their tax write off. I have quite a few nice casual and dress shirts that I bought there for a small fraction of what people pay for a shirt at wallyworld. If it's really nice and has the right brand, the OL intercepts it and pimps it on flea bay! Fine with me. The proceeds buy a dozen more.

F-U-C-K-I-N-G M-O-R-O-N.

You really are a tedious predictable bore.

Suck on a tail pipe.

Forgive me, but you just seem to get stupider by the day.

[Goober McTuber]

suckaholic saving a few bucks on his groceries:

[smackaholic]

You're a moron and facepalms.

Not sure i can stand such a devastating smack pile on.

You're so poor, you buy your clothes at the salvation army was pretty tight smack..... in fourth grade.

[Goober McTuber]

You're a moron and facepalms.

Not sure i can stand such a devastating smack pile on.

You're so poor, you buy your clothes at the salvation army was pretty tight smack..... in fourth grade.

You come on this board and admit to buying your clothes at Salvation Army. Either you're painfully honest, or you're a fucking moron. I'm pretty sure that in your case, it's both.

Of course, you named yourself "smackaholic". Which apparently means you have an addiction to being smacked around. So this is going swimmingly.

[smackaholic]

You're a moron and facepalms.

Not sure i can stand such a devastating smack pile on.

You're so poor, you buy your clothes at the salvation army was pretty tight smack..... in fourth grade.

You come on this board and admit to buying your clothes at Salvation Army. Either you're painfully honest, or you're a fucking moron. I'm pretty sure that in your case, it's both.

Of course, you named yourself "smackaholic". Which apparently means you have an addiction to being smacked around. So this is going swimmingly.

Could you explain why buying an 80 dollar shirt for 3 dollars is moronic? Talking about shirts with little to no wear.

Do you not wear used clothing? Are you washer challenged like your boy screwey and decide it's easier to just toss them and buy new?

Do you think giving your bidness to the SA so they can help those in need is moronic? I suspect that being a good lefty, you have no use for them and think it's gubmint's job.

Or are you just a fukking moron stuck on what others think about you and would be embarrassed if they knew you were shopping at the bum store?

[Goober McTuber]

Jesus Fucking Christ, what a piece of work you are. Yeah, I wear used clothing. Used by yours truly.

As far as SA goes (or our local equivalent), yes, I give them my business. As a donor, not a customer.

Please post your address. I'll send you some lightly used tube socks.

[smackaholic]

Jesus Fucking Christ, what a piece of work you are. Yeah, I wear used clothing. Used by yours truly.

As far as SA goes (or our local equivalent), yes, I give them my business. As a donor, not a customer.

Please post your address. I'll send you some lightly used tube socks.

Are they merino wool?

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I'll buy t-shirts from Salvation Army. They're less than a buck. Fine for playing basketball or working outside, or whatever. I don't see what the big deal is. They wash out the cooties beforehand, Goobs.

[Derron]

I buy shit at Goodwill and SA all the time. You have to go a little bit more often, but not at all unusual to see Ralph Lauren or other good brands in real good if not new in some cases. Jackets and shirts are easy to come by there.

I also hit up the vintage glass section and can usually score some good shit there. My bro in law has been teaching me the vintage glass business. You can usually buy good suit coats, sometimes the whole suit for reasonable money. Rustler jeans for $ 9.99 at Bi Mart for work pants, Wranglers on sale for $ 13. I like being able to take advantage of others vanity and need to pay high prices for clothes.

I only have to wear a suit once or twice a month so I don't wear them out very fast.

[Goober McTuber]

I didn't realize I was posting with such a bunch of brokeass losers. I usually buy t-shirts in August. They get marked down to three or four dollars for quality t-shirts. With pictures on them and everything.

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

Now why was this a predictable response for you?

I give up. Why?

[smackaholic]

I didn't realize I was posting with such a bunch of brokeass losers. I usually buy t-shirts in August. They get marked down to three or four dollars for quality t-shirts. With pictures on them and everything.

Broke ass losers? How can someone that's been around longer than indoor plumbing think that way? I thought all you depression era fukks appreciated frugality.

Go ahead and pay 79 bucks for that RL Polo shirt if it makes you feel a little richer.

I'll buy it for 3 bucks and drink good beer for a few months on the difference.

[Left Seater]

Huh, actually shopping for ones self? Isn't that part of the reason we got married? So we don't have to shop?

The only thing I buy myself are suits, shoes, sunglasses. Everything else the wife will bring home and I just go, "yep, yep, no, yes, what the hell were you thinking?, no, yes". Then the stuff I wouldn't wear suddenly disappears. She used to bring home the latest trends and think she would eventually get me to come around, but after the "trendy" stuff was still untouched years later she gave up and now sticks with the traditional.

Not sure if getting polo shirts, t-shirts, socks, sweats, track suits, etc from the equipment room at the practice facility counts as shopping, but I do a bunch of that too.

[Goober McTuber]

I didn't realize I was posting with such a bunch of brokeass losers. I usually buy t-shirts in August. They get marked down to three or four dollars for quality t-shirts. With pictures on them and everything.

Broke ass losers? How can someone that's been around longer than indoor plumbing think that way? I thought all you depression era fukks appreciated frugality.

Go ahead and pay 79 bucks for that RL Polo shirt if it makes you feel a little richer.

I'll buy it for 3 bucks and drink good beer for a few months on the difference.

I don't buy $79 Polo shirts, you fucking moron. I have been known to pay sixn to ten dollars for golf shirts (Izod, Chaps, etc), they're brand fucking new, and I still have enough cash left to drink better beer than you'll ever see.

[Derron]

Jesus Fucking Christ, what a piece of work you are. Yeah, I wear used clothing. Used by yours truly.

As far as SA goes (or our local equivalent), yes, I give them my business. As a donor, not a customer.

Please post your address. I'll send you some lightly used tube socks.

Buying used clothing is no different that buying a used car. I will let some one else take the depreciation stick in the ass for me, and wait a few years and pick it up for cash cheap. Anyone ever tell you what kind of markups they have on clothing ?

Saw a dude driving down the road the other day in a brand new F 350..58K sticker...brand new trailer....7K..brand new excavator on it..probably 28K...I went and picked up a used excavator for my son in law the other day...he got it for 8K with 1500 hours on it. Stole it. I drove a used Peterbilt with a used low boy to get it.

Buying new is getting hosed..clothes..cars what ever.

[Goober McTuber]

Dorron,

I don’t think you can generally buy brand new vehicles at an 80% discount. You can do that with new clothes on a regular basis. Apples and colostomy bags, dude.

[Derron]

Dorron,

I don’t think you can generally buy brand new vehicles at an 80% discount. You can do that with new clothes on a regular basis. Apples and colostomy bags, dude.

Buying something where there is even the remotest chance of an 80% mark up is still getting hosed. I buy the occasional Carhart clothes new..on sale only though.

[smackaholic]

I buy shit at Goodwill and SA all the time. You have to go a little bit more often, but not at all unusual to see Ralph Lauren or other good brands in real good if not new in some cases. Jackets and shirts are easy to come by there.

I also hit up the vintage glass section and can usually score some good shit there. My bro in law has been teaching me the vintage glass business. You can usually buy good suit coats, sometimes the whole suit for reasonable money. Rustler jeans for $ 9.99 at Bi Mart for work pants, Wranglers on sale for $ 13. I like being able to take advantage of others vanity and need to pay high prices for clothes.

I only have to wear a suit once or twice a month so I don't wear them out very fast.

brokeass loser^^^^^

[Goober McTuber]

Dorron,

I don’t think you can generally buy brand new vehicles at an 80% discount. You can do that with new clothes on a regular basis. Apples and colostomy bags, dude.

Buying something where there is even the remotest chance of an 80% mark up is still getting hosed.

You really are fucking stupid. Jesus Christ.

[smackaholic]

I didn't realize I was posting with such a bunch of brokeass losers. I usually buy t-shirts in August. They get marked down to three or four dollars for quality t-shirts. With pictures on them and everything.

Broke ass losers? How can someone that's been around longer than indoor plumbing think that way? I thought all you depression era fukks appreciated frugality.

Go ahead and pay 79 bucks for that RL Polo shirt if it makes you feel a little richer.

I'll buy it for 3 bucks and drink good beer for a few months on the difference.

I don't buy $79 Polo shirts, you fucking moron. I have been known to pay sixn to ten dollars for golf shirts (Izod, Chaps, etc), they're brand fucking new, and I still have enough cash left to drink better beer than you'll ever see.

If you paid 10-16, you probably paid about what it was worth new. So, go ahead and take that 80% discount and think you got over. I will take my 97% discount actual dress up clothes which you will never find at marshalls for 15 bucks unless it's a horrible color in 'spray's size. Or it is a reject. Nothing wrong with some rejects, btu, I'll still take a non reject that may or may not have been through the wash a time or three.

[Goober McTuber]

I don't buy $79 Polo shirts, you fucking moron. I have been known to pay six to ten dollars for golf shirts (Izod, Chaps, etc), they're brand fucking new, and I still have enough cash left to drink better beer than you'll ever see.

If you paid 10-16, you probably paid about what it was worth new.

[ucantdoitdoggieSTyle2]

Buying something where there is even the remotest chance of an 80% mark up is still getting hosed.

Are you talking margins (retail - cost of good sold) or actual amount (times) that the cost was marked up? Most retailers multiply cost by 2-3 times what they paid for a product before putting it on their shelves. If their margin is 80%, then they're marking it up by 5 times ((20*5)-20) = 80. And that's pretty unheard of, unless you're talking 'high class' goods. Either way, your 80% markup makes very little sense.

[Derron]

I buy shit at Goodwill and SA all the time. You have to go a little bit more often, but not at all unusual to see Ralph Lauren or other good brands in real good if not new in some cases. Jackets and shirts are easy to come by there.

I also hit up the vintage glass section and can usually score some good shit there. My bro in law has been teaching me the vintage glass business. You can usually buy good suit coats, sometimes the whole suit for reasonable money. Rustler jeans for $ 9.99 at Bi Mart for work pants, Wranglers on sale for $ 13. I like being able to take advantage of others vanity and need to pay high prices for clothes.

I only have to wear a suit once or twice a month so I don't wear them out very fast.

brokeass loser^^^^^

Yeah..right

1. Debt free except for a 89K balance on a 450K piece of property. Making accelerated payments on that too.
2. 2 good used vehicles. No car payments.
3. Classic car and classic truck.
4. 2 to 3 vacations per year paid for in cash.
5. Monthly contributions to my grand kids education account. Selling off my pre 1970 Matchbox collection to fund that.
6. Monthly contributions to our retirement accounts.
7. Donations to various charities each month.
8. Buying into a airplane partnership later this year.

If that is broke ass.. I will take it any day. Stuck my neck out in business, did OK, got out when the shit went south and my health failed and have managed to reinvent myself once again. Cash is king..debt sucks donkey dongs..and I fucking shop at Goodwill.

[smackaholic]

I buy shit at Goodwill and SA all the time. You have to go a little bit more often, but not at all unusual to see Ralph Lauren or other good brands in real good if not new in some cases. Jackets and shirts are easy to come by there.

I also hit up the vintage glass section and can usually score some good shit there. My bro in law has been teaching me the vintage glass business. You can usually buy good suit coats, sometimes the whole suit for reasonable money. Rustler jeans for $ 9.99 at Bi Mart for work pants, Wranglers on sale for $ 13. I like being able to take advantage of others vanity and need to pay high prices for clothes.

I only have to wear a suit once or twice a month so I don't wear them out very fast.

brokeass loser^^^^^

Yeah..right

1. Debt free except for a 89K balance on a 450K piece of property. Making accelerated payments on that too.
2. 2 good used vehicles. No car payments.
3. Classic car and classic truck.
4. 2 to 3 vacations per year paid for in cash.
5. Monthly contributions to my grand kids education account. Selling off my pre 1970 Matchbox collection to fund that.
6. Monthly contributions to our retirement accounts.
7. Donations to various charities each month.
8. Buying into a airplane partnership later this year.

If that is broke ass.. I will take it any day. Stuck my neck out in business, did OK, got out when the shit went south and my health failed and have managed to reinvent myself once again. Cash is king..debt sucks donkey dongs..and I fucking shop at Goodwill.

guess I should have added the sarcasm tags.

rack the fukk outta you, derron. i owe even less on my place (35K) but, it's worth a little less than half yours. will be paid off in 5 years.

3 used cars, paid off. the sonata, the only car i ever bought new was paid off 5 months ago.

paying daughter's college as we go. she will not go out into the world with huge student loan debt.

don't have any grand kids yet, but, i'd like to be in the position to put them through school someday. with a paid off house, and secure enough to buy clothing used, i should be able to get there.

and yes, cash is king.

war dave ramsey!!!!

guess we're doing OK for brokeass losers.

[smackaholic]

I don't buy $79 Polo shirts, you fucking moron. I have been known to pay six to ten dollars for golf shirts (Izod, Chaps, etc), they're brand fucking new, and I still have enough cash left to drink better beer than you'll ever see.

If you paid 10-16, you probably paid about what it was worth new.

pardon me for not going back and fact checking that shitstain of a post of yours. many posters here warrant a reread. you ain't one of them.

[Derron]

and yes, cash is king.

war dave ramsey!!!!

guess we're doing OK for brokeass losers.

Exactly..dave is a pretty smart dude and helped a lot of people out. Just a good way to live. He makes our politicians look like the dumb mother fuckers they are.

I will take broke ass any day. Most people could be broke tomorrow and would not know what to do.

[Goober McTuber]

If you paid 10-16, you probably paid about what it was worth new.

pardon me for not going back and fact checking that shitstain of a post of yours. many posters here warrant a reread. you ain't one of them.

You didn't have to go back to re-read it, you fucking moron, you quoted the damn thing.

[smackaholic]

Next time you bother to boldface your statement for effect, do it unedited, dumbass. "sixn to ten".

Ever read one of those things where the words are horribly misspelled, but the reader reads the sentence perfectly because it's just how the brain rolls? Sixn read quickly just might be interpreted by the brain as sixteen.

I'm not implying you can't spell six. That would be more your type of cutting edge smack.

Also, hitting the reply button is not the same thing as rereading, you painfully stupid old codger.

[Goober McTuber]

Sixn read quickly just might be interpreted by the brain as sixteen.

By your feeble brain? I suppose that is possible.

[R-Jack]

A couple of things for the record.

1-Nothing wrong with shopping at Goodwill, or Salvation Navy or whatever. There are plenty of places to shop if you need to look as good as possible on a shoestring budget. Target, and if you are gay, H&M will be able to suit your needs. If you need to look good on a severe budget, a thrift store is only going to take care of half that issue. At best, you will come out of there looking ten years dated. Now if you don't care about how you look and you wear clothes just so you don't get arrested, Salvation ahoy homeboy. If it doesn't matter to you, no point in spending the coin.

Let's face it. If most of us have given up on life like smackaholic has given up on basic yard care or one of the main accessories to your evening outfits is a colostomy bag like Derron, we would be thrift store regulars too.

2-I don't know much in life, but I do know what I know. I know a lot of you suck at retail math. It's not your job so it's understandable. I've never jerked a guy off or fell in a supermarket so I wouldn't know the first thing that goes into how you morons make a living.

[R-Jack]

Oh yeah...........

3- Your tie should fall at the top of your belt & the width of your tie should match the lapel width of your jacket.

[Goober McTuber]

I have so many freaking t-shirts, it’s probably time to make another drop off at St Vincent’s. I could ship them direct to suckaholic, but they’re not XXXLs. I have a couple of good sources for new t-shirts at nominal costs.

Local liquor store occasionally gets t-shirts as part of a promo. Buy a 12-pack of Corona, get a free t-shirt. Except they take all of those promo t-shirts and display them in a shopping cart for two or three dollars apiece. I’ve currently got a couple of Coronas, a Jaegermeister, and an Old Style. I would never drink any of those products but the t-shirts are fine for yard work. I’ve acquired a nice collection of metal flasks the same way.

Then there’s the neighborhood sports bar. I run their March Madness bracket contest (usually 175-200 entries). Owners are always getting t-shirts for promos. Mine are usually free. As are all of my beers during the month of March.

[Mace]

I'm not much of a fashion hound and prefer wearing Wrangler jeans and a polo shirt or t-shirt whenever possible. I wear Wrangler dress pants to work and usually sport a coaching shirt or one of the school pullovers in the winter, or an occasional sweater. I wear a tie a couple of times a week, no jacket, and the tie is in a double windsor that comes down to the belt. I usually wear boots to school but will sometimes wear a pair of Nikes on game days. I used to have 4-5 suits but I've opted for a few jackets that I can mix and match with different dress pants when the occasion requires a jacket. I buy Van Heusen dress shirts at Younkers but have a lot of cheaper dress shirts that my mother-in-law used to get me for Christmas every year. They don't wear as long as the Van Heusen shirts but I don't wear them often.

I've never shopped at Goodwill or SA but my wife loads up a van full of clothes every spring (mostly hers) to donate.

[Derron]

I have so many freaking t-shirts, it’s probably time to make another drop off at St Vincent’s.

I have more TV's that you have t shirts bitch.

Sin,

Indy

[smackaholic]

A couple of things for the record.

1-Nothing wrong with shopping at Goodwill, or Salvation Navy or whatever. There are plenty of places to shop if you need to look as good as possible on a shoestring budget. Target, and if you are gay, H&M will be able to suit your needs. If you need to look good on a severe budget, a thrift store is only going to take care of half that issue. At best, you will come out of there looking ten years dated. Now if you don't care about how you look and you wear clothes just so you don't get arrested, Salvation ahoy homeboy. If it doesn't matter to you, no point in spending the coin.

I rarely "need" to look good. I am happy in jeans/polo shirts 99% of the time. Work provides shirts. Dressed up for me is khaki pants and a nice long sleeve shirt. Extremely dressed up is the same with a tie and maybe a jacket. This goes for weddings/funerals/etc. If I am that impotent at a wedding, i'll likely be in a rented tux. As for looking dated, nice high quality dress shirts have not changed a bit in 10 years. Same goes for a nice navy blazer to the best of my knowledge.

Let's face it. If most of us have given up on life like smackaholic has given up on basic yard care or one of the main accessories to your evening outfits is a colostomy bag like Derron, we would be thrift store regulars too.

"we" sound gax as fukk, not that there's anything wrong with that. and i am fairly sure that having a C-bag means custom tailoring.

2-I don't know much in life, but I do know what I know. I know a lot of you suck at retail math. It's not your job so it's understandable. I've never jerked a guy off or fell in a supermarket so I wouldn't know the first thing that goes into how you morons make a living.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I'm a little disappointed Patrick Bateman hasn't yet made an appearance in this thread.