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You know what pisses me off? Stores that charge more for larger sizes of clothing. It would make sense if the upcharge was gradual (i.e., $5 for small, $5.50 for medium, $6 for large) but instead, they just charge $2 more for XXL and above. If there were some logical reason for this other than greed, I could go along with it. Hell, they could take the $2 extra dollars and put it towards the cost of health insurance for fat people and I'd be ok, but instead I'm just lining the pockets of some rich store owner. It's not like it costs $2 to make a shirt or pants a few inches longer. It's not just obese people that get the raw deal either. In JCPenney this weekend, I was looking at identical shirts, one XXL, and one XXL Tall. The XXL Tall was $2 more.

Wal-Mart and McDonalds must have some secret arrangement to screw over fat people. First you lure the people in with the promise of a Big Mac, then you charge them more for their large clothes after they eat too much. Capitalism sucks, but it's not as if anyone's angry enough to do anything about it, right?

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Originally Posted by Shin

Anyway, charging people more for unhealthy stuff is a tried and tested way to discourage them from doing it. That's why they tax the fuck out of cigarettes, in part to stop people smoking. If you have to pay more for monster sized clothes, maybe you'll think about getting some excersize.

I'd have less of a problem with it if it were the government taxing me for it, but I sincerely doubt Wal-Mart or any other store cares about my weight. Besides, what about people who are just naturally large/tall? My entire family is on the large size; it's just the way we're built. Sure, I could lose a few pounds, but I'd still want to buy taller clothing, and I shouldn't have to pay more for that because of the way my body is built.

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Originally Posted by Aardork

It's not a just few inches 'longer'; you must consider the whole surface area. Yes, dinosaur-sized shirts do indeed use up quite a bit more fabric.

An XXL shirt is not "dinosaur-sized" compared to an XL shirt, nor is an XXL Tall vastly larger than a XXL regular, and the same holds true for pants. If they wanted to charge more for extra fabric, then starting at small, each size should be progressively more expensive. Since they've just drawn a line between two sizes, theoretically I'm paying the difference in fabric for my shirt, and for Jim Bob's medium shirt as well.

For the record, I'm about 6'2", 250 pounds, the same size I've been for my entire adult life. XL is a bit small for me, and XXL is sometimes a bit large, but I like to wear my clothes on the baggy side. I think this pricing phenomenon is something relatively new, because I don't recall seeing it 5-10 years ago, but I've noticed it in just about every store I've been in.

I realize this isn't an earth-shattering issue, it's just a pet peeve of mine.

How ya doing, buddy?

Fine, I'm a fat, lazy American, and I'm ok with that. So are hundreds of thousands of my fellow countrymen. It's not like they're going to need a forklift to get me off my couch anytime soon, and that's not really the point of this thread.

The point is that stores have decided to profit off a segment of the population, and they're not doing it out of the goodness of their hearts (like say, a cigarette tax). What would happen if Sears decided to charge non-English speaking customers $2 more for everything they buy?

Where are all the other overweight members of GFF, anyway? It's not Tritoch and I are the only fat people here.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Tritoch

I am in favor of this language tax. It should go straight to the cashier as payment for all of the confusion and trouble.

No, I'm sorry, the money would go into the pocket of the CEO, who would use the extra funds to hire more immigrant landscapers for his house, who would then shop at his store and pay the "tax". It's a vicious cycle.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I think a whale would wear 10XL. Anyway, the general consensus here seems to be that fat people should lose weight and stop worrying about the man, so there's no point in me arguing anymore. However, for those who say they've never seen this price phenomenon before, here are some examples:

Wal-Mart: S-XL XXL-XXXL $2 difference

Dillards: S-XXL 2X-5X (I'll grant you, 5X is humongous, but notice both pages have XXL, but if you buy it from the Big&Tall section, it'll cost you $5.50 more for the exact same size.)

Sears: Waist size 28-44 Waist size 46-50 $10 difference

Edit: Let me try another analogy, one that fat people would like. Using this pricing structure, I should be able to walk into a Burger King, and order any size french fries for the same price, except the super jumbo ones. How does this make sense?

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Finally, someone who understands my point. I can die happy (of a heart attack, according to the people in this thread).

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Originally Posted by Lunar Seal

In my store, we tend to have more XS-S sizes than large or XL because we don't get a lot of fatties in there. It's supply and demand.

Realistically, not that many people are as big as you are, and it takes a lot more fabric and time to make these clothes for you.

Where do you live, Midgetville? Around here at least, when clothes come in at the beginning of the season, there's an equal number of each shirt in all sizes (S-XXL). By the end of the season, when the remainder are being marked down, there are hardly any XXL left, a few XL, and lots of Medium and Small. Seems to me that would be the opposite of what you're describing.

What store are you talking about anyway? Something like American Eagle or Hollister (with their homoerotic models)? You're right, overweight people don't shop there, because if we really wanted to look trendy, we wouldn't spend $100 on clothes, we'd just lose weight.

Also, lol that hollister.com deals with incontinence supplies.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?