Income Level - Why shoe prices don't matter that much

[Tsujigiri]

I wouldn't consider AE a luxury shoe. Alden, yes.

If Alden was the one that was commonly recommended to beginners on SF, you'd say the same thing about Alden vs John Lobb. There's not as much of a difference between AE and Alden as between the common grain-corrected department store disposables and AE, or between Alden and the higher end brands. Arbitrarily redefining the cutoff point as the narrow margin between AE and Alden seems kind of hipsterish to me, like an attempt to one up the SF baseline...

 

[TradThrifter]

If Alden was the one that was commonly recommended to beginners on SF, you'd say the same thing about Alden vs John Lobb. There's not as much of a difference between AE and Alden as between the common grain-corrected department store disposables and AE, or between Alden and the higher end brands. Arbitrarily redefining the cutoff point as the narrow margin between AE and Alden seems kind of hipsterish to me, like an attempt to one up the SF baseline...

this. Let's keep it real.

 

[dieworkwear]

Elite Owners of Allen Edmonds Firsts Look Down on Peon Owners of Allen Edmonds Seconds

 

[Mute]

If this was all that mattered, we'd all work as actuaries.

 

[bdavro23]

That this thread made it to 3 pages really says something. I hope I never find out what...

 

[David Reeves]

This crazy frugal attitude to clothing and shoes I always see on Style Forum. Use the time "bargain" hunting and cost obsessing and put it into your work (whatever that is)..... then you can just buy a pair of nice shoes.

 

[indesertum]

I agree with the sentiment but a lot of people don't work for hourly wages where they can set the hours and work more if they wanted to

 

[Seamless]



I agree with the sentiment but a lot of people don't work for hourly wages where they can set the hours and work more if they wanted to

I agree. I remember my first AEs. I gave plasma on top of 22 credit hours, working a part time job and being a music major in three bands and solo groups. Looking back I could have actually bought food.

 

[HRoi]

can we extrapolate the OP equation to the expected service life of Edward Green shoes? which, at roughly the cost of 10x AE seconds means that it will last until the next millennium.

which of course doesn't mean anything to me because by then Skynet would have become self aware and built sentient machines to kill me. but perhaps John Connor would find my dead body, take my Galways and use them as his primary rebellion footwear. and pass them on to his children who would eventually defeat our mechanical overlords. that's a pretty good price-to-usage ratio, no?

 

[BigPoppa]

I thought thread was going to point out that given the amount of time you spend wearing and walking on them, even decently expensive shoes are a total bargain.

 

[David Reeves]



I agree with the sentiment but a lot of people don't work for hourly wages where they can set the hours and work more if they wanted to

God I wish I got paid by the hour........

Ultimately its all just business though and its ultimately performance based in a capitalist society (or it should be) , its just if you work for yourself you see the performance affecting the bottom line more acutely. Id just say perform better at work, get that promotion or get a better job/go in business for yourself, its all up to you how much money you make.

 

[Seamless]



God I wish I got paid by the hour........

I really couldn't afford you then.

 

[Jmeh_2000]

Do I need to account for the lost work hours scouring the official Alden thread on SF as part of the cost of ownership of Alden shoes? Because just the hours spent researching the differences between trubalance, barrie, grant, plaza, etc, has probably increased the cost of my Aldens by $100.

 

[David Reeves]



Do I need to account for the lost work hours scouring the official Alden thread on SF as part of the cost of ownership of Alden shoes? Because just the hours spent researching the differences between trubalance, barrie, grant, plaza, etc, has probably increased the cost of my Aldens by $100.

There you go.

 

[David Reeves]



I really couldn't afford you then.

Be more expensive if paid by the hour, any business owner would tell you that though