Edward Green Appreciation: Pictures, Info, and Where to Buy

[crazn]

I believe It was the same guy who bought the majority of BB stock from the last year, if that's what's important at all.

He's selling them on eBay. It appears the all time "favorite" SF flipper Bill, aka Sausages234 has retired .. He was regular in Northampton factory shops and would send me an e-mail with offers every 2 weeks, but the prices in the shops have risen in the past years, taking off his profit .. It's getting harder and harder to flip those factory EG rejects with a base price now close to $600,00 + when one have to add the postage/paypal/trip/profit cost on top of that.

Are they listed already?

 

[Nikola]

Could be one of these listings .. They all have the BB boxes ..

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NIB-1390-E...069944?hash=item287b0be8f8:g:OkkAAOSwsAVcpnvS

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NIB-1315-E...071002?hash=item287b0bed1a:g:VfUAAOSwX85cpnxK

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NIB-1315-E...070391?hash=item287b0beab7:g:ACEAAOSwpCFcpnwO

 

[PhiloVance]

WELL Done Sir. Excellent Scores

Thank you!

 

[PhiloVance]

I think those might be leftover from last year I came away with the Inverness at that time as well, and those were definitely not at the sale this year as of the end of the first day, 4/1.

Could be one of these listings .. They all have the BB boxes ..

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NIB-1390-E...069944?hash=item287b0be8f8:g:OkkAAOSwsAVcpnvS

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NIB-1315-E...071002?hash=item287b0bed1a:g:VfUAAOSwX85cpnxK

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NIB-1315-E...070391?hash=item287b0beab7:g:ACEAAOSwpCFcpnwO

 

[stephenaf2003]

I personally find your comment much more disgusting and offensive than the "disgusting scammer" who bought shoes to resell for some profit. You don't seem to have any problem when BB used to buy these shoes for $500 and sold them for $1300, or for EG themselves who sell a pair that costs them $200 for $1300 ripping us all off in broad daylight. But you find it unacceptable that someone picked up a few pairs for $300 to sell them for $400, if that. At the end of the day, most people here on SF or anywhere else for that matter don't even have the ability to visit the store and even the ones that do, going out of their way in their busy lives to visit the store to pick up a pair (if they were lucky to find one in their size by the time they got there) would quite frankly cost them more than $100 in both actual money and time.

And, no, the disgusting scammer is not me nor do I know him or even know who he is.

And you say "Liking high-end shoes does not / should not equal accepting the ugliest manifestations of capitalism."

LOL. That's a good one. I'm wondering if you are for real. Again, the shoes you pay $1300 for cost $200, if that. Not that I have any issue with that. If it wasn't for the ugly capitalism, trust me, your beautiful shoes would simply not exist.

I certainly understand how folks would get miffed at a lost opportunity to purchase EG’s at 80% off. Especially when they are scooped up by one selling them at auction where they regularly garner much more than the modest gain you posted @sforum1

But like you I’m always perplexed by the folks who cry bloody murder when someone flips, any, pair of shoes and makes a profit. How much profit they make is, to me, irrelevant. The fact is, in western countries that’s how things are done. The market always determines a things worth. For them to whine and moan about it is just....nonsensical.

 

[sforum1]

I certainly understand how folks would get miffed at a lost opportunity to purchase EG’s at 80% off. Especially when they are scooped up by one selling them at auction where they regularly garner much more than the modest gain you posted @sforum1

But like you I’m always perplexed by the folks who cry bloody murder when someone flips, any, pair of shoes and makes a profit. How much profit they make is, to me, irrelevant. The fact is, in western countries that’s how things are done. The market always determines a things worth. For them to whine and moan about it is just....nonsensical.

The truth is that if it wasn't for the flippers most of our discounted premium shoes we own we would never be able to purchase. It's as simple as that. I--and I'm sure I'm not alone--purchased quite a few pairs at full price but also pairs at half the price either here or on eBay from flippers. The way I see it is that the flippers saved me $700 but you see it as the flippers cost me $150 (because in some universe I could have found myself at that store that had the sale, in that part of the world, at the exact perfect time the sale was going on and purchased those shoes directly myself for $150 less.

But forget all that. This is not about me and what I like and what suits my interest. I do not see how you can vilify someone who's trying to run a business and make profits without doing anything wrong, criminal, illegal or even unethical.

 

[nishant]

The truth is that if it wasn't for the flippers most of our discounted premium shoes we own we would never be able to purchase. It's as simple as that. I--and I'm sure I'm not alone--purchased quite a few pairs at full price but also pairs at half the price either here or on eBay from flippers. The way I see it is that the flippers saved me $700 but you see it as the flippers cost me $150 (because in some universe I could have found myself at that store that had the sale, in that part of the world, at the exact perfect time the sale was going on and purchased those shoes directly myself for $150 less.

But forget all that. This is not about me and what I like and what suits my interest. I do not see how you can vilify someone who's trying to run a business and make profits without doing anything wrong, criminal, illegal or even unethical.

On that note, a pair of minty Galways is en route to me for about 75% off ;-)
I love them flippers. In fact, I have a couple Vass and EB I am flipping for being a 1/2 size off. Somebody will get lucky and the world will keep on turning..

 

[sforum1]

On that note, a pair of minty Galways is en route to me for about 75% off ;-)
I love them flippers. In fact, I have a couple Vass and EB I am flipping for being a 1/2 size off. Somebody will get lucky and the world will keep on turning..

You should hate the person who sold you those Galways because you could have gotten them possibly for 82% off. But wait. Not quite. The truth is that flippers often end up losing money. When you buy a pair of EG for $600 there is no guarantee at all that you'll make a profit. None at all. They have to take that risk and the rest of us are the beneficiaries of that. In capitalist markets we tend to focus on the players that make the big money but we never talk about the ones that go bust or lose money every day as we benefit from their products and services.

I can tell you this. I often purchased shoes for a huge discount. Ended up not fitting and wanted to get rid of them, but I could also have bought them to flip them. Again, the shoes were purchased at a deep discount but still had to take a loss in selling them. Ask the guy who bought them from me if I'm a bad guy.

 

[RogerP]

On that note, a pair of minty Galways is en route to me for about 75% off ;-)
I love them flippers. In fact, I have a couple Vass and EB I am flipping for being a 1/2 size off. Somebody will get lucky and the world will keep on turning..

Deets on your departing pairs!

 

[nishant]

Deets on your departing pairs!

Should have taken sizing advice RE: Vass from you before. I have sold 2 pairs for bad sizing, have 2 more to sell.. and then, ordering the right sized pair of Valway

 

[nishant]

You should hate the person who sold you those Galways because you could have gotten them possibly for 82% off. But wait. Not quite. The truth is that flippers often end up losing money. When you buy a pair of EG for $600 there is no guarantee at all that you'll make a profit. None at all. They have to take that risk and the rest of us are the beneficiaries of that. In capitalist markets we tend to focus on the players that make the big money but we never talk about the ones that go bust or lose money every day as we benefit from their products and services.

I can tell you this. I often purchased shoes for a huge discount. Ended up not fitting and wanted to get rid of them, but I could also have bought them to flip them. Again, the shoes were purchased at a deep discount but still had to take a loss in selling them. Ask the guy who bought them from me if I'm a bad guy.

One reason I love EG is that their sizing has been reasonably straightforward for me. I can buy but not have to worry about a poor fit. Plus, most of my new pairs have come from Steve Yoo and hence, the service has been exceptional.

 

[Flake]

Deets on your departing pairs!

+1

 

[Mallaig]

On that note, a pair of minty Galways is en route to me for about 75% off ;-)
I love them flippers. In fact, I have a couple Vass and EB I am flipping for being a 1/2 size off. Somebody will get lucky and the world will keep on turning..

Talking of flipping, thanks to @nishant for helping me get my first pair of EG. They are spectacular.

 

[nishant]

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Talking of flipping, thanks to @nishant for helping me get my first pair of EG. They are spectacular.

Welcome to the slippery slope of EG. I am glad to enable in a small way

Regardless of the raging debates, every pair of EG is special.

 

[stephenaf2003]

The truth is that if it wasn't for the flippers most of our discounted premium shoes we own we would never be able to purchase. It's as simple as that. I--and I'm sure I'm not alone--purchased quite a few pairs at full price but also pairs at half the price either here or on eBay from flippers. The way I see it is that the flippers saved me $700 but you see it as the flippers cost me $150 (because in some universe I could have found myself at that store that had the sale, in that part of the world, at the exact perfect time the sale was going on and purchased those shoes directly myself for $150 less.

But forget all that. This is not about me and what I like and what suits my interest. I do not see how you can vilify someone who's trying to run a business and make profits without doing anything wrong, criminal, illegal or even unethical.

On that note, a pair of minty Galways is en route to me for about 75% off ;-)
I love them flippers. In fact, I have a couple Vass and EB I am flipping for being a 1/2 size off. Somebody will get lucky and the world will keep on turning..

If a person buys EG at 80% off and flips them, but doesn’t make a profit, I don’t know what to say about them.

I’ve never been the lucky recipient of the big discounted items on eBay. Although, I must say I never pay full retail for EG, but have been fortunate enough to catch brick and mortar sales at deep discounts. I say more power to those of you that have gotten these beauties at cheaper prices from flippers, and even more power to those flippers who give me hope one day I’ll snag one of their bargains. They are playing by the rules of the game as they are. No harm in that in my eyes.