http://www.shoestringbudget.org/shoe-shopping-on-a-budget/ Tips for squeezing the most out of your limited finances Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:36:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.shoestringbudget.org/shoe-shopping-on-a-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-778 katrina Sun, 03 May 2009 17:56:57 +0000 http://www.shoestringbudget.org/shoe-shopping-on-a-budget/#comment-778 I used to think the ONE thing I would NEVER do is to buy used shoes or shoes found at thrift stores; what changed my mind years ago was when I found brand new shoes at a thrift store; you can tell by the SOLES if they have ever been worn or not. I found a pair of NATURALIZERS; instead of paying $50 for them I got them for $2.00 and found I could wear them from sunup to sundown even with heels & never feel any pain! Since then many others have voiced their scorn; so I usually keep my mouth SHUT. However, you MUST do a LOT of looking; when on the way into town to grocery shop or whatever, I STOP and LOOK, many times buying nothing; other times I have found brand new $100+ BOOTS for an acquaintance needing some; he did NOT scorn them at all! I have scored Niki Airs for as low as 50 cents; Converse the REAL deal not imitations for $5; Sketchers for $4.99; Bass for $2.50; it's easy to find which stores carry the BEST deals on shoes; even THRIFT stores are better on some things than others; Birkenstocks for $1.99 was the best find of all! Fred Meyers stores often times have an addl 40 percent off marked down prices; can have up to 70 percent off lowest marked prices; THIS is the time to GET SERIOUS about what the NEEDS of the family are; or aquaintances; happy hunting! I used to think the ONE thing I would NEVER do is to buy used shoes or shoes found at thrift stores; what changed my mind years ago was when I found brand new shoes at a thrift store; you can tell by the SOLES if they have ever been worn or not. I found a pair of NATURALIZERS; instead of paying $50 for them I got them for $2.00 and found I could wear them from sunup to sundown even with heels & never feel any pain!
Since then many others have voiced their scorn; so I usually keep my mouth SHUT. However, you MUST do a LOT of looking; when on the way into town to grocery shop or whatever, I STOP and LOOK, many times buying nothing; other times I have found brand new $100+ BOOTS for an acquaintance needing some; he did NOT scorn them at all!
I have scored Niki Airs for as low as 50 cents; Converse the REAL deal not imitations for $5; Sketchers for $4.99; Bass for $2.50; it’s easy to find which stores carry the BEST deals on shoes; even THRIFT stores are better on some things than others; Birkenstocks for $1.99 was the best find of all!
Fred Meyers stores often times have an addl 40 percent off marked down prices; can have up to 70 percent off lowest marked prices; THIS is the time to GET SERIOUS about what the NEEDS of the family are; or aquaintances; happy hunting!

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