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Discounted running shoes???

Rhett Miller
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Discounted running shoes??? July 09, 2003 at 06:06 PM UTC #
Not really a rock and roll topic, but I'll give it a shot…

I usually try to support my neighborhood businesses, but I've never been impressed by Fleet Feets rude and elitist attitudes, so…

I was wondering if anybody has any recommendations on where to shop for running shoes, preferably a place that might actually have sales now and them? I know what style and size I'm looking for, so any online suggestions would work equally well. The pair I'm looking for is sort of difficult to find, so I'm doubting they would be at your local Foot Locker mall store.
markie
Joined: October 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 09, 2003 at 06:10 PM UTC #
sometimes if you are real lucky and know your style and size you can get what you want on ebay….
Sir HC
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 09, 2003 at 06:10 PM UTC #
I go through Runners World a catalog "store". Have lots of discounted shoes and better yet discontinued models from New Balance (they make a big order of them and NB makes more). I also go to my Columbia, MD store Feet First, they are all runners and nice people too.
lily1
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 09, 2003 at 06:19 PM UTC #
my dad is an avid runner and also uses that same catalog, runners world.
MaLo
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 09, 2003 at 06:46 PM UTC #
i buy my running shoes thru Holabird sports…its up in baltimore so you can still support a local biz

their prices are pretty decent and they have back models

http://www.holabirdsports.com
thirsty moore
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 09, 2003 at 06:51 PM UTC #
Elitist attitudes at a shoe store? That's fucked up.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I usually try to support my neighborhood businesses, but I've never been impressed by Fleet Feets rude and elitist attitudes, so…
ggw
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 09, 2003 at 06:53 PM UTC #
Why don't you just go to fleet feets and make your own discount…..if you know what I mean.
MaLo
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 09, 2003 at 06:57 PM UTC #
Originally posted by thirsty moore:
[QB] Elitist attitudes at a shoe store? That's fucked up.

I agree with the elitist attitudes…whats worse is that those stores are so dang expensive…and they always want to analyze your feet…some people swear by it, but the last time i let them do that the shoes i bought with their reccomendation ending up giving me an injury
not too shabby
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 05:23 PM UTC #
Perhaps Metro Run & Walk? I've only been to the one near Tyson's, but they have excellent service, not sure how their prices compare.
mankie
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 05:28 PM UTC #
Just buy an off brand and save yourself about $35,000.00. Research has been done time and time again, and the desinger brands that make the Jordans of the world gazzillionaires are no better than the no-name brands.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 05:34 PM UTC #
Thanks y'all. I bought a pair of New Balance 854's which go for $90 in stores for $60 off of the Holabird website that someone mentioned.

Now anybody have any good suggestions for discounted cowboy boots?
allmy$to930
Joined: October 15, 2002 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 05:36 PM UTC #
Mankie, you are wrong on this one. For the distances that Rhett runs (from the sound of it) there is no substitute for a high quality shoe.

Rhett, also check out Road Runner Sports…they offer a lot of online sales.
mankie
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 06:12 PM UTC #
Originally posted by allmy$to930:


Mankie, you are wrong on this one. For the distances that Rhett runs (from the sound of it) there is no substitute for a high quality shoe.

I know there's a lot of cheap crap on the market, but I think the point is they don't have to be designer names with $100+ price tags to be good.
It's not my opinion at all actually. I was just sharing information from a couple of articles in magazines I had read. One of the TV magazines….60 minutes I think, also did a story on the subject. They had two pairs of shoes one with a swoosh on it and one unkown brand name. after taking the shoes apart they were exactly the same product only $60 difference in price…that's an expensive swoosh if you ask me!

I own a pair of Nike's myself…but they were $10 on the clearance rack at Sports Authority. :)
Venerable Bede
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 06:18 PM UTC #
so now that nike bought converse, what's gonna happen to ye olde chuck taylor's??? is nike gonna keep select converse styles around just because they say "converse"?
MaLo
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 06:27 PM UTC #
Originally posted by not too shabby:
Perhaps Metro Run & Walk? I've only been to the one near Tyson's, but they have excellent service, not sure how their prices compare.
Metro Run and RipOff
Rhett Miller
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 06:38 PM UTC #
Chuck Taylor's have got to be about the least comfortable shoe in the history of shoes…

well except for any womens shoe with heels, but men and smart women don't wear them anyway…
MaLo
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 06:39 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Thanks y'all. I bought a pair of New Balance 854's which go for $90 in stores for $60 off of the Holabird website that someone mentioned.

Now anybody have any good suggestions for discounted cowboy boots?
woot..holabird rules…
vansmack
Joined: October 04, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 06:40 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
so now that nike bought converse, what's gonna happen to ye olde chuck taylor's??? is nike gonna keep select converse styles around just because they say "converse"?
Yep. Nike bought Converse solely for the Chuck Taylors (and one other retro line of shoes), which Reebok made a bid for when Converse first filed for bankruptcy in 2001. The bid was turned down because converse wanted all or nothing. Nike intends to keep selling them as "One Star brand" for now.

Interstingly enough, I heard that converse also has a Registered Trademark in "King James" which would fit well with Nike's new contract man - Lebron James.
mankie
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 06:41 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:


Now anybody have any good suggestions for discounted cowboy boots?

Anyone who wears those god-awful stupid looking things deserves to get ripped off and pay full retail.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Discounted running shoes??? July 10, 2003 at 06:42 PM UTC #
I think chicks with nice legs look quite good in them. Or I know one chick who would, anyway.

Originally posted by mankie:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:


Now anybody have any good suggestions for discounted cowboy boots?

Anyone who wears those god-awful stupid looking things deserves to get ripped off and pay full retail.
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