new tie - Page 3

GuyOnTilt · #21 09-25-2005, 12:46 AM

Wow. I can't beleive how far off I was. Geez. I feel like going and buying a bunch of ties now. They'll be like half off! I was thinking about this just now and remembered something. Evan and I went to Nordstrom a couple days before he flew back to NYC to do some shopping and I was gonna buy him a pair of jeans. So while he was trying on jeans I was looking around and found a track jacket I liked. So we go to get rung up by our salesperson and for some reason I was paying in cash that day (I pretty much never do at stores) and I pulled out five bills, four on the counter for her and I kept one 'cause I thought it might be close. The total was under $200.

I think I should start checking prices on things I buy from now on, at least for a while. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

"I mean it's one banana, Michael. How much could it cost, ten dollars?"

GoT

#22 09-25-2005, 01:14 AM

OK, on a serious note.

Do you buy ties based purely on price or appearance?

Do you know how to judge the quality/workmanship of a tie?

I ask purely out of curiosity. I'm retired now, but in my corporate life I was a clothes horse. My dad worked in a fine men's store and I learned about men's clothes from him.

Dave Mac · #23 09-25-2005, 01:34 AM

no you were right, a decent tie is 120-300, a piece of [censored] is like 60. sales are the key tho, you can get great [censored] for like 50% off and that makes it afforadable.
but yeah nice things cost money ties are no exception.
dave

Tron · #24 09-25-2005, 01:45 AM

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Do you buy ties based purely on price or appearance?

Do you know how to judge the quality/workmanship of a tie?

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I have absolutely no idea what makes a good tie a good tie. But I'm only 19.

smokingrobot · #25 09-25-2005, 10:14 PM

this wasnt 150, but there are some very cool looking ties that are.

but i've found some really good ties for like 8 bucks at places before too. discount department stores often have a an awesome deal or two, not to mention thrift stores every so often have a gem in there.

smokingrobot · #26 09-25-2005, 10:18 PM

i guess i couldnt tell you about quality, but i buy ties solely by how they look only because comfort doesnt really come into play. unless its made of razor wire or something.