How much would you pay for a coat?

Cabbie21 I have a weakness for handbags, I am fortunate that I can afford them, I also drop very unsubtle hints to DH, leaving pictures of bags I have an eye on.

Would I buy one on vinted or eBay? only if the provenance was indisputable.

It would depend on what it was, how much I wanted it and whether the £40 and £10 options were available at the time. If so and they really were as good and durable as the £400 item obviously I'd go for the cheapest. If only available at £400 I might well tell myself I didn't really want it.

No way could I afford to buy a coat for £400 but good luck to those who can.

Most expensive coat I have brought was this time last year from Seasalt it was £160 and was going to pay that but they had an offer £40 off if you spend £150 on a coat. So got it for £120 . It's lovely and warm wind and rainproof and not heavy.

GrannyGravy if you love real leather bags have a look at The Liverpool Satchel co. You can have one made vast array of colours and you can have it customised to your design . Including having a picture you like printed onto it. I will look and see if I still have the photo of my friends she had made and used her piece of embroidery imprinted onto it.

Just picked up a gorgeous mid length black coat with kick pleat for 59 €uros at Zara - at the Winter Sales in The Madrid Capital.

Original cost was 160 €uros.

Great coat for professional wear and / or a semi dressy coat for dinner out .. Super absolutely ..

I own many coats as we have long winters including a formal black velvet coat, ankle length with shawl collar and leg a mutton sleeve treatment, I had picked up at a Designer Outlet abroad. It was 500 Canadian Dollars on sale from 1.000 Canadian dollars.

I have used it for special occasions and events and it is in perfect condition and a stunning garment ..

I couldn’t justify £400, my most recent purchase, a very warm, long length lined jacket from Regatta was £18, reduced from £60. That’s more me.

GrannyGravy found it

As a woman of champagne taste and beer money, I much prefer to look in charity shops or at a pinch a very good amount off in a sale. So for example I now have I think 7 cashmere jumpers. Only one was bought at a vey good sale price, the rest were secondhand, best buy was a lovely long length one for £5 ! in a charity shop. I checked it twice and asked the assistant if the price was right and she said yes so hurrah! So the coat situation is the same. I saved up and waited for the sales to get a very good breathable gore tex coat. It has been worth it. Mind you I do expect long life from things.! I have a coat in the cupboard which is in very good condition but I never seem to have the right time to wear it. so I am going to give it to the cancer charity shop, where I hope it will make them a bit of money and please someone else to get a bargain. My very best buy ever to me was a lovely blue silk shirtwaister, It was in an Ann Harvey shop closing down I paid £12 and have used it with trousers, evening outfits, it cheers me up when I feel down. Still love putting it on it feels lovely and have had it for years now .

I think it unlikely that I would pay £400 for a coat, but I wouldn’t rule it out. I think up to £200 is enough for a coat really, and I bought a very warm feather and down coat from M+S a few years ago for much less than that, but then again, I think it was 2017 and I needed it for a trip to Iceland. I can’t remember how much it was, maybe around £100 then, but was very warm, and I still wear it on very cold days now.

Thank you Whiff I will have a look.

I haven’t heard of that company before, I guess it is similar to the Cambridge Satchel Co.

You may as well pay a lot for a good warm coat as some other items.

Thinking of the amount spent on bride’s wedding dresses, waste of money for just a few hours.

How many mums would pay hundreds for one for their DD, but grudge it for a good coat for themselves?

GrannyGravy got the name muddled The leather satchel co Liverpool 🤦🤦🤦

I paid a lot of money for a Windsmoor wool coat. I'm still wearing it 30 years later and people often admire it.

Whiff

GrannyGravy got the name muddled The leather satchel co Liverpool 🤦🤦🤦

I have just found them, and guessed that is what you meant 🙋‍♀️

I paid a lot of money (I won’t say how much but a lot more than the OP’s son) for a coat over 20 years ago which still looks as good as new despite being worn daily for winter commuting for years. It was a very good investment and is still being sold, so hasn’t dated, but is now almost double the price. I don’t buy many clothes but it pays to spend as much as you can afford. I also think of cost per wear.

If I really, really wanted a particular coat I’d buy it, but first see if I could get a discount by going to the shop on line.
I did that with a coat from Jigsaw last year. I tried it on in the shop, went home looked on line and got a 20% first customer discount. I had it delivered free to the shop.
I have enough coats now for most occasions so I’m unlikely to buy any more. But you never know!

I couldn’t justify spending £400 on any clothes item, neither could I afford it.
Bought a new padded coat recently in navy blue that was reduced in a sale for £50.It’s just what I needed for colder weather.Always worth waiting for the Sales.

Another one who purchased a Seasalt coat here with the same deal.Down from £160 to 120.I had been looking at them for a couple of years and debating wether to get one as I wanted to replace one I've had for years which had been fantastic but was losing its stud buttons and looking shabby.I gave been more than pleased with my new one.Toasty warm and waterproof, plus longer at the back.
I still wear a Hobbs wool coat for 'best ' and at the time thought it was very expensive at £200 but it looks as good as new and will last years and years to come.

Just to open this up a little, the watch I wear every day costs 6800 pounds.

Oh, but the coat I wear every day cost me nothing twenty years ago.

I probably wouldn't pay that sort of money even if I could afford it. When I shop I look for good quality at a reasonable price.

The most expensive coat I ever bought was nearly £200 in the sales 10 years ago. I've hardly worn it even though I love it and it's warm, because it's quite heavy. It also needs to be dry cleaned.

My cheapest winter coat is a mid-calf length down-filled coat that I bought in the US 20 years ago for about $30 in a huge warehouse. It's beautifully warm, hooded, lightweight, I wear it every winter once it gets cold and it was worth every cent. It gets a wash every summer when it's hot and I can finish drying it on the line outside.

I tend to look at “cost per wear” for a considered ( aka expensive) purchase.
A good winter coat will last for years and is worth shelling out on. If on the other hand you are lucky and happen on somebody else’s possible mistake in a charity shop or on eBay so much the better!
My Seasalt coat purchase this year was £150 ish I think (and annoyingly now in their sale for one third of the price) but I have worn it at least 5 times a week or more since I bought it in October. And it’s going to last as long as I want it to.
If my budget was higher I would not jib at £400 for a good coat - better than a fraction of the price for one which may only last a season.
“Buy cheap buy twice “ Mum used to say and she was a canny shopper.

I have paid over £100 for a good winter coat and it lasted many years so was worth every penny. I wouldn’t spend £400 though, for me that would just be too much money. Could probably afford it but with times so uncertain and our grown family probably needing help financially at sone point would rather keep it for a rainy day.

This year is the first year for ages I haven’t bought a charity shop coat but I got a lovely one at Trespass on their Black Friday sale £158 down to £52 I had no thought of buying a coat at all but my daughter caught sight of it and persuaded me.

I had my last winter coat from the charity shop it was a River Island one for £10 and lasted me four hard old winters