Thanks for the shoes!

[Lgrant]

I have recently started buying Allen Edmonds shoes. My first pair of business shoes was a pair of AE long-wing wingtips that my dad got me when I was 18. After years of working in a business casual, or even just casual (some of my co-workers wear flip-flops to work) office, I decided to start wearing good shoes again, and have bought three pairs of new AE shoes (two McNeil, one Mayfair).

There are several more styles of AE shoes that I need (Broadstreet in B/W and walnut/calf, Boca Raton in black, and a few more), and at over $300 each, I have to pace myself more than I like to. That's where you guys come in. It had never occurred to me to look for shoes on eBay until I read some of the posts about the great shoes and hats that folks had found on eBay.

So I gave it a try, and got a wonderful pair of AE Lloyds (which they don't make anymore, but look to me just like the McAllisters) for about $80. They look like they haven't been worn more then two or three times; the soles are hardly scuffed.

I am very happy. This is going to let me expand my AE collection a lot faster than I thought.

Thanks,

Lynn

 

[Benzadmiral]

Lynn,

I've recently splurged on two pairs of AE shoes as well, a loafer -- the "Flagstaff," I think? -- and the lace-up "Wilbert." Already I've gotten compliments on the latter. EBay should be a good resource, though maybe you should make sure the seller has a return policy in case they don't fit. (Recently I bought a pair of men's black roper boots in my size -- the size was printed on the inside -- and yet I couldn't get my feet into 'em! With no return policy, I'd have been out some cash.)