Men's suit hire & Haggling

Hi Alipops,

I think I paid around £90-£100 for suit hire at our Wedding. My 12yr old son had a small suit, and there was a total of 5 suits (mine was "free").

I'd say you've got a good rate and if the quality and service is good, then even better.

If they don't haggle, then you may get some extras (cuff links?) thrown in. Its always worth asking, but with an already good rate, I would be surprised if you can get a better deal elsewhere.

Jason

This sounds like a pretty good deal already but theres no harm in trying to haggle a little, just don't push it too far when you've got a good price already. As Jason said, sometimes it's worth seeing what extra they will include rather than discounting the price.

Thanks folks.

To be fair, i do think the price is good compared to others. However, I am a little horrified to be paying the same price for a 5yr old's as a fully grown adult man's. Doesn't really make logical sense to me!

Thanks folks.

To be fair, i do think the price is good compared to others. However, I am a little horrified to be paying the same price for a 5yr old's as a fully grown adult man's. Doesn't really make logical sense to me!

It does seem unusual, though I've never tried to buy/hire small people's suits. But thinking out loud, although the smaller suit will use less material, it'll probably require a very similar amount of work to make, and that's what really costs most. Plus I would imagine that the suits for 5 year olds might get destroyed a little quicker than the grown up ones!

I would expect there is not much difference in cost. The material is not the large expense, its the machining, and overhead of checking/cleaning/repairing each hire.