When do you pay your bespoke tailor?

[Philip1978]

My tailor after he's done.

 

[T4phage]

I pay usually at the end. Some tailors look at you aghast if you try to leave a deposit, especially if you were brought to them by a longstanding client. However, if I don't bring my own fabric to a new tailor, sometimes a deposit is requested to cover the cost of the fabric.

The last option is for low down stinking rats.

 

[Pariolino]

Originally Posted by T4phage

I pay usually at the end. Some tailors look at you aghast if you try to leave a deposit, especially if you were brought to them by a longstanding client. However, if I don't bring my own fabric to a new tailor, sometimes a deposit is requested to cover the cost of the fabric.

The last option is for low down stinking rats.

Vero? You think?

 

[T4phage]

Originally Posted by Pariolino

Vero? You think?

infatti.... But in all seriousness, it is quite a sad situation when it happens. The tailor has put a lot of time, effort, and thought into the garment, and the lost income from the labour and fabric is a hit, especially for the smaller scale tailors. So yeah, the people who responded to the poll for the last option are low men.

 

[GBR]

A 10% deposit is acceptable unless of course it is Darren Beaman who should only be paid at the end.

 

[HKTenor]

I paid a reasonable deposit the first time I visited my tailor. Since then, it's always been at the end - I would be happy either way but I suppose it is less book-keeping for them to do it all at once.

Also, willingness to pay huge amounts is highest when basking in the glow of beautiful new clothes, so it's probably a good strategy for easing the clients' pain and making them feel that bespoke suitings are a worthy use of money which otherwise might be squandered on shelter, education, or medicine for sick maman...

Er....or maybe I'm projecting.