MAN! I WISH I WOULD HAVE YELPED IT!
Dude, when do you forget to Yelp things important in your life like tuxedo (rental) shopping? Oh, that's right, all the time. I spend my time using yelp for restaurants, and after reading the reviews for Jos A Bank, I wish I would have.
To say this place has pissed me off is kind of an understatement. Although, since momma told me "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all", I'll say the positive things about this place: The employees are very well-mannered, constantly with the "sir" attitude... like you're shopping at an upscale place... and you are, as far as price is concerned. Plus, even if you're there for renting tuxes they'll try to find you a deal to buy a suit (it seems to be the only solid thing they are good at). I will also say one employee definitely had his stuff together and knew what he was doing. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the rest of the store. There, I said it. Now:
I went in with my fiancee to pick out my tuxes for the wedding party. The reason we chose them over Men's Warehouse was because Men's Warehouse simply just didn't have the colors we needed, and their swatches had this pattern on it that I absolutely loathed. I think it was grosgrain on all the vests. And if that wasn't bad enough, everything else was paisley. Ew! But this is about Jos A Bank, not Men's Warehouse! We SPENT NO LESS THAN 2 HOURS FINDING ALL THE COLORS WITH SWATCHES! How is that possible? How is it possible that it took 2 hours for me and my fiancee to look through some books to find the colors we wanted?! I'll tell you how: the incompetence of every single person in that store.
Anyway...
Price:
After discussing with one of the three people it took to help me get my tux on order that I was supposed to spend ~180 a tux (seemed reasonable for an upscale place, right?)... somehow, we got on the topic of my free tux for having something like 8 groomsmen. Sweet deal, right? Somehow, the add-ons, which consisted of SHOES AND A SHIRT AND THE DAMAGE WAIVER ended up bringing the total per tux to 240. So I decided that since this was upscale, I'd just try to divvy out my share of the free tux to everyone else, which they said they could do.... (I do recognize this is my fault, currently) Anyway, long story short, I talked to about 3 other retailers for Jim's Formal (Jos A Bank is a front for them) and the SAME tux from ANYONE else was going to be in the 160 range. No BS add-ons. The damage waiver was even higher from Jos A Bank... I'm sure that they have a way better policy that makes it worth it though. NOT. Long story short, the pricing is stupid and ridiculously high.
Customer Service:
The Website (manage event): Somehow the order was put in for white shirts. Not ivory shirts, as I had requested. So, I called the store to find out, "WTF". So they called, and verified that the shirts were all Ivory. I look at the website and it still says white? How does that make sense?! Well, the website never got updated for any of that crap (even days later).
I'll also take this time to point out some things the other groomsmen told me:
My brother, who lives in Albuquerque.... went in for his fitting. He was told that there was no jacket for the wedding. Are you f8cking kidding me? IT'S RIGHT ON THE STUPID WEBSITE. Maybe they were trying to figure out if I wanted ivory jackets instead of shirts. Anyway, evidently they are morons there too.
My buddy from around here who went to get his fitting said it took him an hour... Yeah, an HOUR to get a fitting done? How is that possible? I'll tell you how: they couldn't find the reservation. In this day and age, how is that possible? THEY DID IT IN 5 MINUTES IN ALBUQUERQUE! He also mentioned that they were "not polite because it was as if the sale was already done". Well, I guess that makes sense.....not.
Maybe they are better as a clothing store, but if you are going to choose to get your tuxes for your wedding from here, I hope you have more patience than I do... and believe me, you're going to need it. That and a fat wallet with money to burn. read more