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By: admin

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:42:44 +0000

@ Tentaculistic – Nope, don’t wear them at all. Those loafers are extremely ordinary looking, but they are so comfortable and look better in real life. The strategy is to bask in the glory of the product (hold, touch, smell whatever), and once that initial excitement is over, to then go ahead and return it.

$400+ is ridiculous. $150-$200 is fine, I agree. I actually don’t think the most enjoyment comes from wearing shoes, especially women’s shoes b/c they are so uncomfortable. The most enjoyment comes from looking at it, and owning the shoes.

Like a car, most interiors are roughly the same more or less at a certain price point. But, what makes guys salivate is the exterior which turns heads and makes guys think ‘wow.’.

Thanks for stopping by!

By: tentaculistic

tentaculistic — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:24:23 +0000

Ok, I have to ask a few more questions about this method. Do you *wear* the $435 loafers for 29 days, and then return it? If so, that is very very not-cool, and bordering (or in my opinion tipping quite far over into) the unethical. The store is going to be much less likely to sell those loafers, with 29 days of street scuffs and wear, at $435.

Now, if it’s just a matter of looking at them on the shelf (without putting wear on them), I’m ok with it. I think you’re crazy ,mind you, since those loafers look so ordinary to me that I assume the joy comes in the comfort, internal structure, and quality of materials… and most of that enjoyment comes in the wearing, not the looking. Now if you were a woman talking about a shoe that was ridiculously cute and stylish, that’d be something different. I’d still say $435 is too much, but at least understand why it’s worth looking at.

But I would say, it is often worth a significant investment (maybe not $400+, but around the $150-$200 range) for quality men’s footwear.