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The ‘Officers Club’ has branches in many High Street shopping centres these days, as well as some Indoor Malls. It’s banners boldly and all too brightly, claim - “70 % Off Everything !”
Inside you will find racks upon racks of clothing with prices from £29.99 ... Read review
Advantages: cheap prices Disadvantages: cheap and often shoddy gear
...this Shop.
The ‘Officers Club’ has branches in many High Street shopping centres these days, as well as some Indoor Malls. It’s banners boldly and all too brightly, claim - “70 % Off Everything !”
Inside you will find racks upon racks of clothing with prices from £29.99 to £499(!). But, wait, 70 % off, “So you mean they are really only…£xx…..WOW !”
Hold the ... ...say? Just go across to the nearest ‘Mr Byrite’, ‘MadHouse’, ‘Blue Inc’ or something similar. You’ll see all those ‘famous’ names like Giorgio, Baresi, PlaySchool, Whispering Smith (all names synonymous with cheapness, of course) at their regular prices, which curiously enough are the same as the ones the ‘Officers Club’ sell theirs for too AFTER the 70 % discount!
It has often intrigued me as to whether anyone is actually taken in by this Shop.
The ‘Officers Club’ has branches in many High Street shopping centres these days, as well as some Indoor Malls. It’s banners boldly and all too brightly, claim - “70 % Off Everything !” Inside you will find racks upon racks of clothing with prices from £29.99 to £499(!). But, wait, 70 % off, “So you mean they are really only…£xx…..WOW !”
Hold the bus a minute - before you hock your jewellery and buy all these wonderful ‘designer’ garments at dirt cheap prices. ‘Dirt Cheap’, did I say? Just go across to the nearest ‘Mr Byrite’, ‘MadHouse’, ‘Blue Inc’ or something similar. You’ll see all those ‘famous’ names like Giorgio, Baresi, PlaySchool, Whispering Smith (all names synonymous with cheapness, of course) at their regular prices, which curiously enough are the same as the ones the ‘Officers Club’ sell theirs for too AFTER the 70 % discount!
So where is the discount? There is NO Discount. Just a marketing ploy to possibly attract the mentally unstable, the financially slow witted - the bargain hunters who will look at the price first and the quality last.
Pretty well all of the stock that is sold at the ‘Officers Club’ stores can be bought on any Market clothing stall in the country. The quality is debateable, sometimes poor and generally ‘cheap and cheerful’. The denim is of low quality, the shirts have poor stitching and often very mediocre finish. If you are in the market for something just to knock around in that can be replaced equally cheaply, fine, then this is as good an option as most.
Please do not fall into the trap of believing that you are getting something top quality at a real bargain price. The ‘original’ prices that the shop quotes really makes me chuckle. Forty odd quid would buy you a nice ‘label’ shirt from a smart, reputable or trendy store. The £44.99 I saw quoted as the improbable ‘our usual’ price for a plain ‘soft-touch’ dress shirt in a local store at the weekend was laughable. So the ‘discount’ brought the buying price down to just £13, fair enough – but I could probably go pretty close to getting a Ben Sherman for that price if I looked around and for £44.99 – well names like YSL, Polo, River Island are well within reach.
And I won’t even mention the Leather Jackets they had on sale !!! Ok – I will. £150 AFTER Discount and looking at the quality it might have lasted till the Summer – Might, mind you!
My advice – go into ‘Officer Club’ have a giggle at the supposed original prices, buy if you are looking for something cheap, but if you are I’d suggest that the likes of Matalan would give you more options and generally better quality at a better price, rather than this 70 per cent off NONSENSE.
Advantages: OK clothes at cheap prices Disadvantages: All the bad publicity!!
...it's a scam and that the reductions aren't genuine - SO WHAT!!!
When I first saw the big posters in the windows I, like many others, thought 'excellent, I'l go get a bargain', of course it doesn't take long to realise that the posters aren't the most truthful in the world, but that's marketing for you.
I have purchased over the last couple of years a lot of stuff from T.O.C, and never once have I had to return an item because of poor quality, in ... ...of a better quality than the pairs I have bought from Burtons, and they're far cheaper.
Does it really matter what the price label says as long as you get what you're after. It is really a major problem if they want you to believe that in other shops this stuff would be far more expensive than what they are selling it for...I don't think so.
I have worked for a few big retailers in my time and each and every one of them bends the truth to a degree, ...
Lizzii 07.02.2001
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...to write a review on the Officers Club, a shop that I don't care for very much as we shall soon see. You may disagree with me which is fine, but please do listen up. On arriving in the store, I am greeted by a mass of men's clothing from suits and casual wear (or jeans and t-shirts) down to the basics such as underwear and accessories. As my local store in Plymouth is not a very big one in terms of space, everything is crammed in - and is even bursting ... ...walk along the pavement you have to fight your way past rows of clothes. In my own opinion, if you are going to showcase a large amount of stock then surely you should have the space in which to do it. If you only have a small space in which to work, then work accordingly with this. Don't put out all that you sell, but perhaps alternate between different things - maybe then, more people would come in because you are constantly changing things to ...
dynamicnurse 19.07.2009
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I first went into the Officers Club around 1 month ago in Bournemouth Town Centre. I must admit that I was attracted into the shop by the name being a rather up-market one attracting visions in my head of top quality clobber, but also the posters which almost shouted '70% Off!' and that were frankly as big as Prince Naseem's ego.
The clothes are what you could find on a stall at Camden Town, with makes like Whispering Smith and Richard Chang coming ... ...75 quid! This is what The Officers Club does, but they don't cover up the fact too well that the clothes are low in quality and the '70% Off' price is almost overpriced itself. I find it almost impossible to believe that these items of clothing are currently on sale at their 'original price' as quite simply you could buy the Dolce & Gabbana or DKNY equivalent for that much!
The clothes themselves are low in quality but I suppose that the shop is ...
OUTRAGEOUS_OPINIONS 30.01.2001
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Advantages: Cheap...if you like that sort of thing Disadvantages: They really do think we're all stupid.
70% off everything? Really? Do the business brains behind this scam honestly think that the consumer is so gullible as to think this is actually true. Don't get me wrong, but I have seen this caper in other stores, such as Eisenegger, and the basic principle of their marketing is "think of a price, then reduce it". One example from the Officer's Club in Leeds left me hysterical. Whilst looking for a decent pair of "deck shoes" I stumbled across a ... ...no. OK, so the principle must work. There are quite a few of these shops around, and they seems to do a reasonable trade. The question is then, is it right to con the consumer by offering continual "discounts" when in fact these are not discounts at all, but merely the figment of some smart-ass marketing manager who thinks they can rip off joe public. My views on this paint a very clear picture, but for those of you who are not getting my point, ...
PaulCatterall 25.02.2001
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Advantages: cheap always stocked up Disadvantages: loose threads on some items of clothing
I have read the other reviews myself and feel that the shop has taken quite a beating. I agree that not all clothes are to everybodys liking but then again what shop has clothes to suit everybodys style?!
I shop at the officers club in chester and not once have i been dissapointed in the way the staff communicate with the costumers, the state of the shop on a whole, the prices, or the state of the clothing. They sell shoes, trainers, sunglasses, ... ...everything a amn would need.
The style is not based on one sort of person, i.e. goph skater, scally, etc. It does supply tastes from a wide range of costumers and the staff always help when asistance is required.
All the staff seem to be kind, helpful and always ready to help a costumer. For example when i went to buy a pair of sunglasses they had a deal on, buy one pair for £10 or two for £15. As i only wanted 1 pair the man behind the counter ...
Nadeboll61 22.11.2004
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