Many people do not understand the concept of “value for dollars”. In this world economy watching our budgets and spending our dollars wisely on good quality items is what we are talking about this issue.
You should never cheap out on a good bra. A good bra can take a thrift store dress and make it look like a million bucks. Just ask my daughter who found this perfect little black party dress for $10 bucks and she put a good bra underneath and vavoom! She looked fabulous and it perked the dress up.
The old saying of “you get what you pay for” really does apply to bras and panties.
When you buy a bra from Bodacious Bustlines you should get at least a good year out of it in the $60 - $80 dollar range. When you get into your better quality or mid to high price range, $90 - $160 you will get a good 2 year wear out of it, as long as you care and wash your bras properly. Many of our customers look after their bras really well and we see them 4 years later for new bras and the old bras still look in good condition.
So back to understanding value for dollars. This is a concept my mom taught me as I grew up. She was a single mom of three kids on a teachers income. When she bought good clothes she taught me, how many wears are you going to get for the money you spend on it. So when I look at my Maxine bra I get about 2 years out of this bra and I wear them every week. $88 dollars divided by 104 weeks is .84 cents. Pennies ladies pennies.
Now take a cocktail dress which is a $200 - $400 touch or way more and you only wear it 2 - 3 times that is an expensive purchase.
So when you come in saying oh bras are so expensive, they really are not and we wear them almost everyday all day long. Again do not cheap out on your foundation garments. I have a really expensive Italian thong that is 8 years old and I still wear it a couple times a month and it still looks good. $84 thong = $8.40 a year and no I do not have attachment issues. We do offer the extra service of repairing your bras for FREE that are bought from our stores. With in reason! If the dog chews it in half you are on your own. Many of you have popped a wire or broken a wire, we fix that for free. Loose weight, we can take them in and take up straps for free. Repair back hooks, sliders or minor tears that we do for free.
If your bras are loved to death with no elastic left in them, it is time to upgrade girls. This is where we offer the recycle program of bring in your old worn out bras (from wherever) and you receive 10% off your new regular priced replacement bra.
So added value to your purchase is also very important to look for in added services provided by stores.
We have been conditioned over the past 2 decades to be the super consumer and buy cheap disposable products at reduced prices and now it is biting us in the butts. Buying 4 bras at $40 bucks each and getting 4 months wear out of them is $40 bucks a month, not good value for dollars spent. I do know this for a fact as many customers make this comment that their bras bought elsewhere stretch out in 4 months……ours should not! There is your little financial tip in bra shopping 101.
Have a boobalicious day. Angela.
Warman 306-249-6239
Market Mall 306-374-2325
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