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Buy quality and resole when the time comes.
the resoling selling point is becoming a BS selling point
That all depends. Every situation is different. It depends on the shoe, the cost, and the person. I just bought a pair of Allen Edmonds from Shoe Bank for about $50. I will be thinking long and hard about resoling those. Especially if I can replace them with new shoes for less than the cost of the resole. On cheap $50 Stacy Adams, I really have to wonder if it's worth $150 to resole them.
I get it. We all have different opinions. And there are certain advantages to resoling. Sometimes it's a shoe that they don't make anymore, and you're really attached to the style. The uppers are broken in to your foot, and bend and flex exactly to your steps. The insole is broken in with the impression of your foot, and the shoe cradles your foot perfectly.
If I have shoes that cost over $200, a $200 resole would be a consideration.
On $600 Aldens, a $200 recraft would be better than buying another pair.
Totally worth $150 to repair $350 Iron Rangers.
If I didn't have the kind of money to buy expensive shoes, then I would rather buy what I can afford. Very difficult for me to want $70 used shoes, then spend double that amount to resole them.
I'm not buying Thursday, either. A lot of reports about poor quality, construction, and quality control issues. The biggest selling point to Thursday is that they have a Goodyear welt. To me, and it's just my opinion, that maybe those Thursday Boots are not really worth $200, or the $150 price tag of a resole. The lower priced shoes in my closet also have Goodyear welts, and can be resoled. Just my own opinion, that my Florsheim Imperials and Foundry boots are a better value at less than $100.
It may come as a surprise to some people, that other people do not have $500 for shoes. Some people have $50. That's where some of us are at in life. We don't have as much money. At the same time, we don't want to waste what little money that we do have. Some people really do buy shoes at Wal*Mart. That's why Wal*Mart sells shoes.
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