Recent Purchases

[Fred G. Unn]

AS Exclusives with channeled soles for $90, wow! Congrats, those look great!

[fey]

fred- what gives the line away? i was hoping the sock liner would specify, but these have customized liners.

[Vanquish]

[MENTION=6367]fey[/MENTION], those look fantastic! Definitely a great purchase.

[Vicious49]

i ran over to this sample sale in nyc today after seeing pics of alfred sergeants being sold for $90, and came away with this black plain toe balmoral:


[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/veRkSSD.jpg/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2ftn649.jpg/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/y9rpsVS.jpg/IMG]

this was purely an impulse buy. i'm not well versed in alfred sergeant, this is actually my first, but i'm pretty sure it was worth the $90 brand new, minimal shop wear, fits well, and did i say $90?

What sample sale was this? That is like 85% off pricing right there.

[Vicious49]

fred- what gives the line away? i was hoping the sock liner would specify, but these have customized liners.

Not sure what the exact tell tale signs are but those have a beveled waist and a channeled sole. You don't find stuff like that in lower end shoes.

[fey]

it was for a brand called surface to air. the blanket pricing was $90 for all mens shoes, which was mostly their own labeled shoes (for things like leather espadrilles that looked like bleh-quality, made by who knows), so the pricing was for the most part pretty crappy. they just so happened to have these AS mixed in.

when i went to check out, it didn't even scan in their pos system. i just pointed out that the sign said mens leather shoes = $90 and everyone agreed with me

[alan]

I never noticed that Alfred Sargent has the same initials I do. Now I'll need to get a pair! Great find on those shoes. Living in NYC definitely has its perks!

[fey]

I never noticed that Alfred Sargent has the same initials I do. Now I'll need to get a pair!

this reasoning is sound

[Fred G. Unn]

fred- what gives the line away?

Channeled soles for one, but I was mostly going by the packaging. I have two pairs from the AS Exclusive line and the box, bags, etc are identical to yours.

[Vanquish]

Newest addition:

[Lankus]

Stopped in the Macys one day sale today to pick up some alpha khakis on sale and spotted that all clearance shoes were an additional 65 percent off. I only spotted one half decent pair in my size at first glance...

Went ahead and bought them without much thought since i was on my lunch break, figuring I could return them if i wasn't happy with them.

Calvin Klein Navy Suede Wingtip Bluchers. Orig. $110.00, marked down to 82.50... After 65 percent and a coupon i stacked, i got them for 30 bucks.



Obviously id never pay full, or even sale price for a shoe of this quality... But what do you guys think for a 30 dollar suede beater shoe? Keep or return?

[Duvel]

Return. Unless you really like them. Doesn't sound like you do, though.

There's a rule: Don't buy something just because it's on sale and it's half decent.

[texas08]

Return. Unless you really like them. Doesn't sound like you do, though.

There's a rule: Don't buy something just because it's on sale and it's half decent.

Good advice.

I personally wouldn't have purchased them for $30.

:/

[gsasso]

Needed some new undershirts so trying out these from Uniqlo.

I like them so far, no idea how they'll hold up.

[Lchow1]

Newest addition:

[MENTION=9168]Vanquish[/MENTION]. That's a teaser pic. What model did you go with?