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Annual moan about Boden high prices

29 replies

JinglingHellsBells · 07/09/2022 20:28

Just that really!

Even with 20% discount.

Hardly a dress under £100.

Ditto jumpers even ones mainly with polyester.

OP posts:
oxydant · 07/09/2022 20:31

Their clothes are mostly ugly and burning so I wouldn't worry about it

oxydant · 07/09/2022 20:31

BORING

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JinglingHellsBells · 07/09/2022 20:33

I am boring though and like the odd 'basic' from them, usually knitwear.

OP posts:
BrennieGirl · 07/09/2022 20:33

I completely agree. I saw an Instagramer tag a really nice red cardigan today and clicked on the link - €165. For a wool mix cardigan.

luckylavender · 07/09/2022 20:33

oxydant · 07/09/2022 20:31

Their clothes are mostly ugly and burning so I wouldn't worry about it

The OP clearly doesn't think so, so that's quite a petty comment

olderthanyouthink · 07/09/2022 20:34

Is there a 20% discount? I saw the perfect present for my niece but spendy!

StopFeckingFaffing · 07/09/2022 20:37

They could perhaps lower their prices if they wasted less money on marketing!

They still send me mini catalogues etc in the post several times a year despite me having not bought anything from the tin years. They even still send the kids clothes booklet when I haven't bought kids clothes from then in about 10 years

It all goes straight in recycling, I don't even bother looking at it anymore

olderthanyouthink · 07/09/2022 20:37

Found a 20% off by scrolling a bit more, yay!

G3J8

LimeCheesecake · 07/09/2022 20:39

I don’t like any of their main pieces they are pushing in their advertising, but do usually like their plainer basics and find they wash so well I realised this summer I had a holiday wardrobe full of Boden dresses - even though I usually buy one dress a year, just all the other boys I’d bought from other shops had to be retired regularly, the Boden ones from near a decade ago are still looking good.

but I hate the prices. I do think I need to remember the length of time they last - I put on a Boden cardie today that is pre covid, and even though I wore it loads last winter and the year before, it looks better than ones I bought start of this year.

bur I still hate the prices and try to hold out for more reasonable prices when they have discount days.

LimeCheesecake · 07/09/2022 20:42

that should read “all the other ones I’d bought from other shops” - not sure why corrected to buying boys….

Snugglemonkey · 07/09/2022 20:53

I noticed that too @Limecheesecake. I have been wearing loads of Boden this summer, all old. I have dresses and cardigans from ages ago that I bring out every summer and they look great. I do not buy a lot from Boden, but what I do buy outlasts other brands.

whenwillthemadnessend · 07/09/2022 20:57

Agree my kids are teens but I still get little kids books in post. I only ever buy in sale and that's rare.

HarleySq · 07/09/2022 21:02

I buy Boden off Ebay or Vinted.

Boden sell their new overstock by the ton. Buyers split this up and sell the individual items.

I also buy secondhand Boden from the same sites.

LimeCheesecake · 07/09/2022 21:34

@Snugglemonkey - yes, perhaps I need to starting thinking in terms of “cost per wear” - dc2 is 9, there’s a photo of us on holiday when she was 11 months old and I wearing a mushroom jersey Boden dress, I’ve worn it most summers since and I’ve just packed it away for the winter, pretty confident it’s still looking fine to wear next summer. (I am ruthless re tired clothes not being packed away for next season.)

I think it was the most expensive of the clothes I bought for that holiday, however cost per wear would suggest it’s definitely ended up being the better bargain (nothing else from that summer holiday has lasted until now).

basically what I’m saying is I need to order the jacket and dress I saw in their new range - they will be the foundations of my A/W wardrobe in 2027/28…

Snugglemonkey · 07/09/2022 21:41

LimeCheesecake · 07/09/2022 21:34

@Snugglemonkey - yes, perhaps I need to starting thinking in terms of “cost per wear” - dc2 is 9, there’s a photo of us on holiday when she was 11 months old and I wearing a mushroom jersey Boden dress, I’ve worn it most summers since and I’ve just packed it away for the winter, pretty confident it’s still looking fine to wear next summer. (I am ruthless re tired clothes not being packed away for next season.)

I think it was the most expensive of the clothes I bought for that holiday, however cost per wear would suggest it’s definitely ended up being the better bargain (nothing else from that summer holiday has lasted until now).

basically what I’m saying is I need to order the jacket and dress I saw in their new range - they will be the foundations of my A/W wardrobe in 2027/28…

You are right, you need them 🤣

I do think about cost per wear. Though I also mostly buy from Boden with a discount code, or on sale, or with the £10 vouchers, which I love.

blodynmawr55 · 07/09/2022 22:23

Agree re prices but there are a few jersey work dress gems compared to elsewhere. I want drape, no mad ruffles, no stupid high necks, no baggily cut sacks. Please take note Baukjen! Every Boden cashmere cardi from 10 years ago still going strong here, outliving similar from M&S by years.
Also M&S and Joules A/W dresses generally an uninspiring sea of sack like polyester.
Clearly I need to find a code and channel the same cost per wear mantra!

TheUsualChaos · 07/09/2022 22:28

Had their latest catalogue through the door yesterday and had a good laugh 😂 Do like some of the basic tops and jersey dress though. Swimwear is good but bloody pricey. Love the kids clothes, DD summer wardrobe is like a bloody Boden catalogue but I never pay full price!

CanThisBe · 07/09/2022 22:47

Surely either their clothes are worth it for the quality v price and desirable or they aren't so they're undesirable.

If you think they're over priced, don't buy them. If they're selling just what you want that you can't get elsewhere, then they can name their price. That's how the market works.

Nolosomi · 07/09/2022 22:47

I had a look and the only jacket I remotely liked was this and for £220 you’d expect the pattern to match up on the back seam - so shoddy.

www.boden.co.uk/en-gb/70s-tailored-blazer-black-embroidered/sty-u0081-blk

Ndd135632 · 07/09/2022 22:51

@oxydant i think they have upped their game recently…

Ndd135632 · 07/09/2022 22:53

@StopFeckingFaffing can't you opt out? Saves loads

LizziesTwin · 07/09/2022 22:56

On the back of every catalogue there’s an email address you can use to come off their mailing list. Save the planet.

PremiumPiglet · 07/09/2022 23:00

They are the same pound for pound as 20 years ago
The quality used to be great and now it isnt
I wish they charged more and retained the fabric quality.

catwithflowers · 08/09/2022 07:12

HarleySq · 07/09/2022 21:02

I buy Boden off Ebay or Vinted.

Boden sell their new overstock by the ton. Buyers split this up and sell the individual items.

I also buy secondhand Boden from the same sites.

Same here HarleySq. I bought two lovely Boden dresses on eBay a couple of days ago for £30 including postage. And a beautiful wool Hobbs fitted jacket for £6 😱.

StopFeckingFaffing · 08/09/2022 07:20

Thanks @Ndd135632 and @LizziesTwin I'll fish latest one out of the recycling and see if I can unsubscribe

You would honestly think though that when someone hasn't bought a thing for several years they would have some system to stop the junk mail