Help, I'm a Man with Shoe Addiction
Espressocycle
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I've always been partial to well-crafted shoes. A chunk of my first paycheck went to a pair of Doc Martens. However, I ,mostly just had a pair of work shoes to wear with khakis, a pair of sneakers and a pair of boots. Some were great, others maddened me enough to search for something better. When I found a pair I liked, I wore them every day and they were worn out in a year.
This year, however, I had a pair of shoes I really liked fall apart on me in less than 8 months and then the shoes I bought to replace them turned out to have this cheap leather finish and looked like hell in a week. I decided it was time for quality shoes and found out about Allen Edmonds, one of the last companies still making shoes in the USA. They cost $250 or more, but can be sent to the factory for $125 and restored, resoled, etc. so you can pretty much just keep the same shoes for 20 years.
I found a pair on eBay, but bought the wrong size so I sold them. Then I bought another used pair in bad shape, wore them for a week, found them new on Amazon for $150, bought the new ones and re-dyed and polished the old ones and sold those too. But then I found these really nice dressier versions on eBay for $65 and bought those too. Then I found some wingtips for $60 and bought those. Then I found some suede oxfords that were stained for $15 and dyed them a darker color. Now I just bought a pair of retro bowling shoes for $60 too.
So now I have five pairs of Allen Edmonds shoes. With shipping and supplies, I've spent $500 on shoes in two months. Because I felt bad about spending all that money instead of paying off credit cards, I have started buying shoes and other items at thrift stores and selling them on eBay. I've made about $500 in net profits, so it's a wash, but still - I need to stop!
Help!
This year, however, I had a pair of shoes I really liked fall apart on me in less than 8 months and then the shoes I bought to replace them turned out to have this cheap leather finish and looked like hell in a week. I decided it was time for quality shoes and found out about Allen Edmonds, one of the last companies still making shoes in the USA. They cost $250 or more, but can be sent to the factory for $125 and restored, resoled, etc. so you can pretty much just keep the same shoes for 20 years.
I found a pair on eBay, but bought the wrong size so I sold them. Then I bought another used pair in bad shape, wore them for a week, found them new on Amazon for $150, bought the new ones and re-dyed and polished the old ones and sold those too. But then I found these really nice dressier versions on eBay for $65 and bought those too. Then I found some wingtips for $60 and bought those. Then I found some suede oxfords that were stained for $15 and dyed them a darker color. Now I just bought a pair of retro bowling shoes for $60 too.
So now I have five pairs of Allen Edmonds shoes. With shipping and supplies, I've spent $500 on shoes in two months. Because I felt bad about spending all that money instead of paying off credit cards, I have started buying shoes and other items at thrift stores and selling them on eBay. I've made about $500 in net profits, so it's a wash, but still - I need to stop!
Help!
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Delete your eBay account?0
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Don't think this counts as an addiction, kimosabe0
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Don't think this counts as an addiction, kimosabe
Maybe if you smoked the shoes...0 -
I'll smoke it but I ain't inhaling0
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Don't think this counts as an addiction, kimosabe
Maybe if you smoked the shoes...
Or licked them... He wasn't specific that he didn't lick them0 -
HA!I'll smoke it but I ain't inhaling0 -
My son is the same way. It's a sickness, to be sure. :laugh:0
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Stopped reading after I read that you like good quality shoes and then went on to talk about buying doc martens.0
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Learn some self control?0
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Let's go shoe shopping together sometime. :smokin:0
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Get the diabetus, then have your feet amputated.0
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Size 7, I'll PM you my address.0
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I have no advice other than resell, but I understand the shoe thing, I have to buy vervexpensive shoes, see how hard that was to say ! I buy.like 500
$ shoes for work I know its wrong whip me anyway
, this here needs someone to.buy.his old shoes0 -
I have no advice other than resell, but I understand the shoe thing, I have to buy vervexpensive shoes, see how hard that was to say ! I buy.like 500
$ shoes for work I know its wrong whip me anyway
, this here needs someone to.buy.his old shoes
skip a pair and get typing lessons maybe?0 -
I own 4 pairs of shoes and 2 pairs of sandals. It can be done.0
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I have no advice other than resell, but I understand the shoe thing, I have to buy vervexpensive shoes, see how hard that was to say ! I buy.like 500
$ shoes for work I know its wrong whip me anyway
, this here needs someone to.buy.his old shoes
You a lawyer or something? :laugh:
$500 almost covers my rent. I spend $30 on my shoes.0
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