Allen Edmonds! OK, I get it now...

[Bill Greene]

Nobody will believe this, and that's ok, but I scored a pair of Allen Edmonds, Leeds today in my size, in the much more expensive burgundy color. Retail price is $525. I paid...$36 dollars, and tax.

No wonder people gush about these shoes. I've never seen their equal, and I've had some fairly decent shoes. These are by far the best built shoes I've ever put on my feet. Amazing.

Bill

 

[Undertow]

And these were purchased on eBay, size 17EEE, right?

 

[Bill Greene]

Nope, local thrift shoe store, size 10D, which fit me perfectly. Sheer dumb luck...which I'm not opposed to when the right deal comes along.

 

[SteveAS]

Nobody will believe this, and that's ok, but I scored a pair of Allen Edmonds, Leeds today in my size, in the much more expensive burgundy color. Retail price is $525. I paid...$36 dollars, and tax.

Those sound like shell cordovan leather. If so, you got an amazing deal. They're indeed great shoes. I have a pair of black and a pair of oxblood Leeds, both in shell cordovan and I've worn one or the other most work days for the last 10 years. They've both been "recrafted" twice (I walk a lot of miles), but they both look almost like new. These are very sturdy shoes that are well worth their full retail cost.

 

[Tomasso]

No wonder people gush about these shoes. I've never seen their equal

Actually, AE are at the entry level of quality footwear. Be happy that you're unfamiliar with the stuff that comes out of Northampton and other such places.

Nice score.

 

[fluteplayer07]

Aren't some like the Edward Greene (I think that's what they're called), and Vass, and Church's go for over $1000?

 

[Undertow]

Nope, local thrift shoe store, size 10D, which fit me perfectly. Sheer dumb luck...which I'm not opposed to when the right deal comes along.

:eusa_clap

Nice find!

 

[Lefty]

Aren't some like the Edward Greene (I think that's what they're called), and Vass, and Church's go for over $1000?

Yeah, if you're cheap enough to buy off the rack. Here's the big-timer thread.
(I'm so cheap, that the rack is four steps up.)

 

[fluteplayer07]

Dang...

 

[Ginandtonic]

Congratulations on your Leeds. I picked up a pair of Cordovan Leeds for free (Donation) and have seen many AE shoes in thrift stores (never my size though, last time there were 2 pairs sized 7A, someone with tiny feet I gues), for $10 for well loved pairs. My leed's were in great shape and slightly worn but I sent them in for a recrafting to get new soles and that new hot cork on the inside, and they look and feel new. The recrafting only took 1 week and is completely worth it. I don't own any suits, so I don't really have a reason to own such nice shoes, but I wear them on special occasions, and they are the most comfortable shoes I own, more comfortable then my beat up tennis shoes...