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Men's 'Gibson City' Suits Reduced from £225 to £41 at Littlewoods Direct

withabix
withabix Posts: 9,508 Forumite
edited 2 July 2009 at 7:09PM in It's gone, but was it any good?
EDIT: CHANGED LINK TO ADDITIONS DIRECT, AS LITTLEWOODS DIRECT IS DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE (PROBABLY BECAUSE IT WILL BECOME VERY.CO.UK AT THE WEEKEND)

http://www.additionsdirect.co.uk/rf/add/s.do?Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nu=this_product&Np=1&Nty=1&Ntk=generic_search&Ntt=GIBSON SUIT

Got to be worth a gamble at that price.

You've only got the £3.95 delivery charge to lose and returns are free.

Most 'normal' sizes still available.

Think they've mis-priced these on all of their websites as they were only reduced to about £135 last week when I was looking for a suit.

Don't forget, waist size is 6" less than chest size, so a 42 suit will come with 36" waist trousers.
British Ex-pat in British Columbia!
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  • PJB
    PJB Posts: 1,364 Forumite
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    Are these sizes for Waist? All other suits listed as chest size and i have never seen a 46" waist before, surely only very specialised retailers would carry this size?
  • withabix
    withabix Posts: 9,508 Forumite
    It's an error on the website.

    Suits are sized as CHEST sizes.

    The trousers that will come with the suit will be 6 INCHES SMALLER than the chest size. This is the standard way of sizing suits.
    British Ex-pat in British Columbia!
  • PJB
    PJB Posts: 1,364 Forumite
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    Thanks Withabix, i asked as the site says 'Waist' and has sizes 38-46!
  • blue_monkey_2
    blue_monkey_2 Posts: 11,435 Forumite
    It says this at the top of the size selector:

    Choose your waist (ins)size_guide.gifSize guideSelect waist (ins):
  • withabix
    withabix Posts: 9,508 Forumite
    It says this at the top of the size selector:

    Choose your waist (ins)size_guide.gifSize guideSelect waist (ins):

    Yes, it's a website error.
    British Ex-pat in British Columbia!
  • withabix
    withabix Posts: 9,508 Forumite
    edited 2 July 2009 at 6:01PM
    PJB wrote: »
    Thanks Withabix, i asked as the site says 'Waist' and has sizes 38-46!

    Exactly....the full range of standard CHEST sizes for suits!
    British Ex-pat in British Columbia!
  • blue_monkey_2
    blue_monkey_2 Posts: 11,435 Forumite
    withabix wrote: »
    Yes, it's a website error.

    Thanks. It is odd though, the other suits have the trousers and chest size seperately.

    I know nothing about the sizes but we have 2 weddings to attend and his suit has been rolled out many times now - he looks the same in all the family pics, LOL. A new suit would have been handy. Don;t forget quidco at 8%, buy it from Additions Direct as they are on Quidco and there are a few vouchers knocking around at the moment - one of them is for 30% off and it works on sale stuff.
  • withabix
    withabix Posts: 9,508 Forumite
    Thanks. It is odd though, the other suits have the trousers and chest size seperately.

    I know nothing about the sizes but we have 2 weddings to attend and his suit has been rolled out many times now - he looks the same in all the family pics, LOL. A new suit would have been handy. Don;t forget quidco at 8%, buy it from Additions Direct as they are on Quidco and there are a few vouchers knocking around at the moment - one of them is for 30% off and it works on sale stuff.

    I've already used the 30% code, so can't use it again.
    British Ex-pat in British Columbia!
  • nametaken
    nametaken Posts: 191 Forumite
    tHANK== OP this suit is lovely - I have tried 6 different codes to try to get even more money off but for some reason none of them work
  • jenko
    jenko Posts: 145 Forumite
    I used ZG425 and got an extra £10 off

    Thanks OP!
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