Our wedding party is about to drive me insane.

Our suit rental is $120 per person, it includes a white button down & suit jacket & suit pants. We are letting them wear their own black shoes & black belt (they have the option to rent for additional $ if they don't own it), and we are buying their ties. I don't think $200 is a ton, especially if they knew in advance.

You should have asked their budget before selecting a suit. $200 might not seem like a lot for you, but it is for others.

That's around what my guys tuxes cost for rent. We all went together (only 4 groomsmen plus fiance) and they ordered and paid the deposits that day.

Maybe the suits are out of the GMs' budgets - did you ask beforehand about budget?

I just ran into this issue yesterday. They are supposed to go this weekend to get fitted. To make it less expensive we took out some of the accessories. They have their own socks. We are gifting them a tie and cuff links. And if you don't need the vest it can knock off $20. In all our $199 rental came down to $160.

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I talked to my fiance about removing the vests, but he wants them. I have no problem knocking off something small, like the belt ($10) and the vest is $20. But again, he wants that look. The socks are free, which is nice.

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Indeed. We spoke to them all back in October/November last year and they were cool with it. Now it's suddenly an issue.

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Exactly. That's kind of the going rate I'm seeing everywhere. I even told the guys that they could put it on my credit card and make monthly payments (0% until next year and I'd get reward point) if that's what they needed to do. But only 2/5 have even done their fitting.

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That would get on my nerves too, then! At this point I feel it's more of a friendship issue because they backed out on their word

That's a decent price for all you get. A lot of places force you to get everything separately, and it does cost more that way.

And yes, $200 is a lot of money, but you told them like 7 or 8 months in advance. They could have put away $10 a week, and had the money by now. It's all about organization and planning. If you know you're going to be in a wedding, you have to plan for it. I totally understand your frustration. I only hope I don't have to go through this when it's time.

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Oh my gosh, I'm glad I'm not being crazy then. I really did scour the internet trying to find the best deal that was the look we wanted with our color scheme. And I still feel confident that this is the best out there. I'm just frustrated beyond belief. We're using generationtux.com, and it's great because the groom's suit is free -- but we can't reserve it until our whole party has paid. So now we're stuck in limbo waiting on these dudes to get off their butts. I don't want to wait too long and end up not being able to get the outfits we picked out.

If only 2 have done their fittings they are just making excuses about money. They could have worked it out long before. This is poor planning on their part.

Yeah I would start laying down the law if I were you. After 6 months and this is suddenly an issue? No, we're all adults here so go order your tux.

Our rental is $190 for suit, vest, shirt, tie, pants, suspenders, cufflinks and pocket square. We took out socks and shoes because rental shoes suck lol.

Maybe they can't afford it. I ended up getting gift certificates to cover part if the expense for our groomsmen.

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Eh. They've known about it since October of last year. They knew the price. It was discussed well in advance and they've been sent reminders. They could've been setting aside a little out of each paycheck. I admire you for being able to do that, but we simply don't have room in the budget to pay for that for five groomsmen. We're paying for the whole wedding ourselves (plus I'm in school and paying tuition) and now that we're only 5 months out and this is suddenly an issue...there's really nothing I can do for them. I've given them alternatives -- like putting it on my credit card and just giving me monthly payments. But none of them have taken me up on that. Plus, all of them have GOOD JOBS. They are not broke. They're just being jerks at this point.

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I'm gonna have to. This is on top of my bridesmaids all waiting until the deadline to get their stuff and now the shoes (which were literally $20) are out of stock -_- I'm just over it today lol.

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Exactly. Frankly, it's ridiculous. We're all adults -- all ages 27+. They know better.

$200 is not that much, and is the typical price around where I am, or more. Your FH needs to get on them about it, and make it know that they have known for half a year now, they had time to save money.

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Ugh I would be so peeved! When we were discussing attire I told my girls, "we're adults and I trust you all to find shoes that match". One of my girls is a single mom (mom to my FG) and teacher so I wanted to keep her budget in mind.

That is not an unreasonable price at all. I think ours are about the same. I would have your FH get them in line about the situation. Basically they order the tux, or sit with the guests.