Outrageous (according to sf standards) purchases you have witnessed others make

lasbar · Jan 11, 2010

Originally Posted by Glados1984

Harrods staff get treated like absolute ****. the 'master/slave' mentality is alive and well there from what i was told by an ex employee.

no surprise they dont have a clue, even if they did they probably wouldnt give a ****.

Harrod's staff were mainly lovely looking post teen Eastern European girls flirting with their customers in order to increase their commision.

The staff is clueless about the articles they're selling and they don't look bothered by customer care.

When you pay peanuts ,you get m.....

archetypal_yuppie · Jan 11, 2010

i just watched myself drop $1200 on edward greens. crazy.

appolyon · Jan 11, 2010

Over the past month I have helped a buddy of mine pick a nice Borrelli suit, Fiona Rae cufflinks and sent him to Charles Nahkle for a bespoke shirt, all for his wedding.

I show up to wedding, I spot his shoes and think to myself, those are definately not the C&Js I picked out for him. Comes up to me says 'you like the D&G shoes I bought instead?' ...

lasbar · Jan 15, 2010

I have to admit I bought 10 years ago a Gucci and a Paul Smith suits and I have never worn once any of them.

I think they still have the tags on them.

wetnose · Jan 15, 2010

Watching my friend write out a cheque for $48K for a 2 carat VSI diamond...when he had bought a 1 carat a year ago for $10K, then traded it in.

Dude, she's not going to love you 5 times more.

rioni · Jan 15, 2010

Anytime I walk by the Ed Hardy store at the mall.

lasbar · Jan 15, 2010

Originally Posted by wetnose

Watching my friend write out a cheque for $48K for a 2 carat VSI diamond...when he had bought a 1 carat a year ago for $10K, then traded it in.

Dude, she's not going to love you 5 times more.

Ouch....The guy is uber ugly or the girl is mega rich and does not believe in pre-nuptials agreement.

voxsartoria · Jan 15, 2010

Originally Posted by lasbar

I didn't stay long enough to see how many suits they were buying but I was amazed by the lack of basic tailoring understanding displayed by Harrod's staff.

The jacket the guy was trying was minimum a size too big and the SA was banging on about how great the fit was on him.

This might explain something that I saw in Harrod's about twelve years ago. It was on the first floor men's furnishings section.

Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach were standing among the boxers. The salesman would remove the boxers from the packaging, and Ringo would have Barbara hold up the boxers while the Beatle measured the waistband with measuring tape.

Ringo was quite exacting, and would measure several times...similar to what SF Senior Member "a tailor" does.

Mr. Starkey obviously did not trust Harrod's sizing...your story now confirms the issue.

- B

el grande tempo · Jan 15, 2010

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

This might explain something that I saw in Harrod's about twelve years ago. It was on the first floor men's furnishings section.

Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach were standing among the boxers. The salesman would remove the boxers from the packaging, and Ringo would have Barbara hold up the boxers while the Beatle measured the waistband with measuring tape.

Ringo was quite exacting, and would measure several times...similar to what SF Senior Member "a tailor" does.

Mr. Starkey obviously did not trust Harrod's sizing...your story now confirms the issue.

- B
Admit it, you wouldn't mind having your boxers held up by Agent Triple X.

- E

voxsartoria · Jan 15, 2010

Originally Posted by el grande tempo

Admit it, you wouldn't mind having your boxers held up by Agent Triple X.

Oh mama.

- B

Working Stiff · Jan 15, 2010

How did Ringo account for the stretchiness in measuring the boxers? Or were they not stretchy? Or is this story fictitious?

voxsartoria · Jan 15, 2010

Originally Posted by Working Stiff

How did Ringo account for the stretchiness in measuring the boxers? Or were they not stretchy? Or is this story fictitious?

He would measure them both stretched and not. Very thorough.

We went to the food hall to pick up some things, and when we came though afterwards, they were still there.

- B

soupcxan · Jan 15, 2010

I witnessed myself paying $600 for a hugo boss suit at Dillard's before I knew better. I know this thread is for purchases made by others, but I'm counting this as an out of body experience. OH THE PAIN OF IT ALL!

Working Stiff · Jan 15, 2010

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

He would measure them both stretched and not. Very thorough.

We went to the food hall to pick up some things, and when we came though afterwards, they were still there.

- B

Ah. Ringo was very sensible. You could hear it in his musicianship.

acidboy · Jan 16, 2010

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Oh mama.

- B

she was quite the dish back in the day... I wouldn't mind showing her my drumstick.

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