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Alabaster & Chess?

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jpticar

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Guys, one of my friend's brother in law is getting custom made suits for all of the men in his wedding. He is purchasing them from a place called Alabaster & Chess in union square, NYC I believe. My friend asked me if i'd wanna buy one when they go because they are going to give him a group rate since he is buying a bunch. He said he thinks it will be around $300. I recently just bout a Z Zegna suit, but figured that around $300 isnt a bad price for a M2M suit and should take advantage of the group buy. Anyone ever deal with these guys or know anything about them? Here is the website http://www.alabasterchess.com/

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It looks like that's only $50 off what I assume is a somewhat dodgy product.
 
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thats what i was starting to think last night. Anyone have anything by them or ever seen any of there work?
 
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Why would they offer a group discount? Groups just mean they have to do more work in a shorter period of time, since they are m2m. Its not like they are buying OTR.
 
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Where are the finely hand carved chessmen and board with intricate inlay? Misleading title....
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"We offer this cashmere silk blended suit at a $$ loss to help students and young professionals enter the custom market."

Red flag!!

Appeal to sympathy.
 

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