Problems with Tailoring

Good thread. I have very little experience with tailoring, so I'll defer to others. I ended up getting charged about 2x what I expected to be charged to slim down a couple of shirts: taking in the sides and slimming the sleeves were $15 per shirt EACH, for a total of $30/shirt. Seem high to others?

Unfortunately, IMO, the burden of proof is on you to demonstrate how the tailor erred or deviated from your instructions. If you weren't explicit in your directions, and can't make it clear quicky how it's his fault and not yours,,then I'm not sure you have a case.

That said, it's still a case worth fighting for, and I would imagine any good tailor will have an unspoken maximum sum they'll refund in these situations, since reputation and word of mouth are so critical to their business. But that amount may only be pennies on the dollar...

Put everyting in writing.

PS - and don't forget this learning experience when, say, for example, you're about to get your next tattoo...heh.

I paid the same for the same service.

what about when slimming the sleeves, the slim the cuffs as well, should that be an additional charge?

You mean $30 total? Seems about right to me. The way I see it, if I need to have alterations done on a quality ($$$) shirt, I'd rather pay a few bucks more than end up with shitty work that can potentially ruin the shirt. I paid $25 for my last job (tried a new tailor, ended up being pretty good work) to have the sides taken in, the sleeves slimmed, and the sleeves shortened at the shoulder

$30/shirt is pretty high. I called a half dozen tailors near me and most were $15-20 per shirt. Tomorrow, I need to pick up 2 shirts, slimmed at the inseem and arms with body shortened, along with 1 pair of pants that need hemmed; they quoted me $40 for those 3 items. Trying a new tailor hopefully they do well, as they are cheaper than the other tailor I've used.

Sorry to hear about this. Hope you have better luck next time.

Nthing everyone. I paid $15/shirt for body slimming in LA, and $12/shirt for sleeve shortening (different shirts). So both alterations on the same shirt should be around 30 bucks.

Thanks for the input. FWIW, he did do quite a good job; it's Gus' Tailor Shop on Ashland for anyone in Chicago.

Use Stanton Tailor Shop next time instead.

Only had to shortened the length, guess couldn't go wrong with that. But since I was using them for the first time, I wanted to explained it to the tailor 4 or 5 times, even used their rulers to measured it for them to see, couldn't be more careful with stuff like that.

good call bro i go there all the way from queens

I paid $18 at my tailor. He slimmed it down way too much so it looks stretched under the pits.

I have more I'd like to slim down but $18 per is going to add up and plus I trust myself more now so I'm looking to do it on my own. Anyone with tips?