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Archibald London Hand Welted Shoes - preorder issues, discussion,and resolution.

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AoL clearly market their Chelsea as counterpart (with better construction) to a pair G&G made for Dunhill.

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G&G:
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Okay honestly, I know I just got onto this thread but you guys seriously must be pulling my chain. This isn't serious right?
 

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I’d have to go back through the old thread but if I recall they were better than CJ, JL, on par with JL Prestige or EG. They may have only been second to Berluti but those weren’t HW so these got the win head to head.

Stop it. Stop it. You guys must all be PMing each other. Saying this stuff. GG! EG! JL! These shoes.

You know what.. where are the real pictures then of the shoes. I really like these as an AE alternative. That's as far as these could go.
 

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OH my... this is getting better by the minute. These clowns are going to be famous.... Actually, this is WAY better than the vintage thirsts with many years on their shoulders.
 

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Exactly those shoes on pictures.

I'm seriously still waiting for someone to tell me this is a joke.

I understand the construction point of view. It would elevate these shoes but

Just to be clear and so that I don't misinterpret this.. this shoe
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Is supposed to compete against this one
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Are these people affiliated sellers on here by the way? (Or whatever it's called these days)
 

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Here are the pictures JFWR posted with his review about how wonderful they were that had inspired me to buy a pair to do a real review on and know if I would be comfortable recommending them to friends since it didn’t make any sense.
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Are these people affiliated sellers on here by the way?
They’ve got an affiliate thread yeah. And then a thread for sneakers, a thread for the shoes and I think one for a scarf group order maybe?
 

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You know what let me stop then. If there are people on here who believe those AoLs can compete with the EG's then great.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and point of view. ??
We agree to disagree.

For those that own the AoL's, my apologies for laughing. I didn't realize they were competitors. I guess I need to expand my point of view.
 

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I mean is it really competing if you offer a better product at less than 1/6th of the cost?

Disruptive.

With respect to AoL shoe owners, so long as they love their shoes that's fantastic. More power to them.

I'll just keep my opinion about the comparisons to myself. I've already said too much.

As for being disruptive, I think, again my opinion, it would be more advantageous to go against AE. At that $450 price point and with these lasts, it would definitely be disruptive to that market segment.
 

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