My Insane Shoe Month

[Geoff Gander]

I bought from Sausages once - very satisfied, and would do so again.

 

[w.o.e.is.me.]

Originally Posted by clintonf

I can second the use of this Seller and I know some members here have used him. I used to deal with him a fair bit (until financial crisis hit).

Below is what he's currently got up for sale/auction.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/sausages234/m...id=p4340.l2562

Clint

+1 on Sausages. I got my first C&Js from him a while back.

 

[lee_44106]

Originally Posted by SpooPoker

8.5-9k ish at full retail

Originally Posted by 2ManyShoes

Prices (shipped) below, to the best of my memory. (If not exact, this is very close.) All were new, except for the Wigmores, which were close to it (bought from SF member mta265). Some of the prices are attributable to package deals.

Looks like the total was $5,958. Ouch.


Come on!

6 pages of replies to a "spending spree" that cost only $9K at retail

I forget sometimes why Styleforum is becoming less interesting everyday.........

GTFO with all this smalltimer ****

 

[JohnnyCrockett]

Originally Posted by 2ManyShoes

Prices (shipped) below, to the best of my memory. (If not exact, this is very close.) All were new, except for the Wigmores, which were close to it (bought from SF member mta265). Some of the prices are attributable to package deals.

Looks like the total was $5,958. Ouch.

How did you get all these at such good prices?????
Maybe I'm just off but I thought Vass and GG were 2x the prices you show.

 

[2ManyShoes]

Originally Posted by JohnnyCrockett

How did you get all these at such good prices?????
Maybe I'm just off but I thought Vass and GG were 2x the prices you show.

Here's the thread on that. http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=233343

 

[MalfordOfLondon]

Originally Posted by Geoff Gander

I bought from Sausages once - very satisfied, and would do so again.

+1. Sausages is a great seller.

 

[fritzl]

Originally Posted by k4lnamja

Never bought from sausages but he's very prompt. I pointed out an error on one of his shoes (GM and one shoe had metal eyelets and the other without) and he immediately lowered the price. However, he failed to note this on the listing. I felt he should've because unless if you are nit picky like myself, most would not . . . notice.

Anyway. He does have nice items

Cheers

am really glad that recent threads bring out things like that. i helps to avoid train wrecks...

 

[2ManyShoes]

OK, got some photos up (in the original post on Page 1). Sorry it's not top-quality Appreciation, but I was rushed.

 

[easy_golfing]

are the gola's any comfy?

 

[SpooPoker]

Another love for sausages right here! lol

 

[w.o.e.is.me.]

Originally Posted by 2ManyShoes

OK, got some photos up (in the original post on Page 1). Sorry it's not top-quality Appreciation, but I was rushed.

you did a good job of diversifying.

 

[meister]

Originally Posted by 2ManyShoes

Yikes. I get paid most of my income for the year in January of the next year. So, as usual, I found myself with a little money in January. Well, this year I went completely bonkers. I have lost 65 lbs over the past several years, and really needed to update my wardrobe. (Went from a 48L to a 42L.) So I got some new suits and shirts . . . and this started a chain reaction, leading to the following total meltdown in March:

Vass - Old English Oxford U-last (black)
Vass - Asquith U-last Oxford (cognac) (from SF Member msawch)
Vass - Plain Derby U-last (black) (from SF Member Tombrone)

Gaziano & Girling - St. James Oxford (cedar)
Gaziano & Girling - Hayes Oxford (black)

Sutor Mantellassi - Norvegese Monk (dark oak)

C&J Handgrade - Audley Oxford (dark oak)

C&J - Westbourne Oxford (mahogany)
C&J - Maidstone Monk (dark chocolate)
C&J - Wigmore Oxford (slightly used) (brown) from Member mta265
C&J - Weymouth Oxford (brown)

Allen Edmonds - Strand (walnut)
Allen Edmonds - McAllister (merlot)
Allen Edmonds - MacNeil (black cordovan)

Alfred Sargent - Burlington Slip-On (black) (discontinued, been looking for these for over a year)

Clark's Desert Boots (loden suede)
Clark's Desert Boots (taupe suede)

Gola - soccer shoes (navy suede)
Gola - soccer shoes (gray suede)

If I had been able to find the right EGs or Lobbs, I'd have bought them too. There's literally a sort of blackout period, of which I have only the haziest memory of tequila and credit cards, at the end of which I have all these shoes, no money whatsoever, and am sleeping on the couch because my wife says she is waiting to **** my throat while I sleep. I think the only way I could sink to a lower eschelon of fiscal responsibility would be to become a member of Congress.

Of course, it was worth it.

If anybody's interested, I'd be happy to round them all up and take a picture. In the near future, I will be selling my entire closet's worth of 48/46 stuff to help cover the damage. Probably one of the kids, as well.

Per several requests, here are some (not very good) photos.

I always have maintained that Tequila is good for you. It gives you a lucidity of thought that is only further exemplified by this wonderful selection of shoes. The spouse problem is another matter.....sleep with one eye open...

 

[arralgafRam]

My wife is also a Magli, Ferragamo fan and really like Stuart Weitzman as well.

 

[NAMOR]

Originally Posted by Master-Classter

wow, nice haul... but if I may say, why pay $300 for AE's when they're so easily available for half that or less, even in new condiiton?!
I agree with this. I have never owned nor been truly interested in a pair of AEs but I have seen several pop-up on the bay and B&S for around half off of retail.

Originally Posted by Geoff Gander

I bought from Sausages once - very satisfied, and would do so again.
I feel comfortable buying from a man who goes by the name "sausages." I have been eying his shoes for some time and I may make a purchase just to say that I bought from someone who identifies themselves as a cured, chopped meat product.

 

[2ManyShoes]

Originally Posted by easy_golfing

are the gola's any comfy?

Yes, they were a real surprise. I saw some on HauteLook I liked, but not in my size, so I tracked these down. I love them. Size up ½ size, though--they run a little small.