I have never experienced this.
They have free returns.
I wouldn’t buy a pair of shoes that were 100 dollars or less, even 200 or less, because I would assume they were junk made in China. Handmade shoes will cost more, but they will last years as they can be resoled.
If you are buying 59 dollar shoes, you have.
A statement without evidence. $59 shoes are high price shoes that work very well for me.
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No.
Yes.
consider yourself luck then. Maybe because I am a larger guy I eat through crappy shoes in a hurry.
It’s not just shoes that fall into this category. I am also not opposed to buying used/second hand. I found a brand new pair of adidas in my size at goodwill - it was a nice find and all my dinner plates and the like come from thrift.
I understand the importance of stopping rampant consumerism but there are some things where quality is important. Note that quality and brand name don’t always go together.
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IMO, it must start here. A vast number of consumers need to reject “luxury” in favor a frugal behavior. I know it would be a huge sacrifice. But if consumers are willing to buy the newest, biggest, and best that the suppliers will build it.
My guess is that it would be nearly impossible to have as a grassroots movement to change behavior. When I was a kid, it was called “Keeping up with Joneses.” Some form of this economic behavior is still prevalent today. This would need to lessen.
Pragmatically, I don’t see much hope in the above direction correction.
What would be the economic impacts of this?
Probably not at all good in the short run.
Even if the change were organic, giving manufacturers time to evolve with the consumer changes it would likely require a couple decades to get there.
Really interesting discussion in here.
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What does this have to do with housing? Living frugally and coupon hunting is not going to magically make homes affordable.
You are old and out of touch with reality.
Where are you getting $59 dollar shoes? Is this what you are wearing?
With a second pair half off, no less.
Edit: hold on, an Amazon search showed me some pretty acceptable shoes for $25-$50 just now. Wall St? Maybe not, but Hartford? Richmond? They’d work.
Not only that, $59 are high priced shoes. I wonder what his non splurge shoe purchases are. Plastic bags and duct tape?
I edited. We’re both consumerist snobs.
Bealls or Shoe Carnival
That was pretty rude.
I buy merchandise that is frequented by all ages. Does that qualify for some reality?
Just because I have lived in a world that seems a fantasy to you, doesn’t mean that I am out of touch with reality.
Probably not unless there is a forced hand (economic recession that’s really bad).
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The title of this thread implies more than housing. I am in touch with that reality
I’m 61 and agree with your position for the most part…
But, this simply isn’t true. I live in the DFW area. There isn’t a single city in the area that will provide a permit for anything below 1,800 sq/ft. and I know builders that have tried.
I recently purchased a 1,050 sq/ft. house and the sale price was over 4 times the current median household income.
This is very sad that government is adding to the affordable housing problem.
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