Sneaky Sneaky

Today I decided to head out to some op shops I don't get to check out during the week. There is one little one in belmont that I think most people don't know is there. It's old school and the prices are really cheap. they usually have some cool clothes for low prices, and the prices are set instead of jumping up and down for how "valuable" the people working there think something is. Plus all the paperbacks are around 50c each, which is getting rarer now. I had a look around and found these Nikes in pretty much new condition. They look like they have been worn about once. I don't usually buy shoes if they look too worn in.

They didn't have a tag on them so I went and asked one of the women in the store. She looked at them and said "for those? $5." This is why little op shops can be good! These would have been $15-20 at least at a big salvos store. Yet another pair of shoes. The way I'm going, I wont have to buy shoes new at full price for a loooong time.

Not Old or Junk, but Pretty Cool!

This is up there with some of my best finds. I rocked up to my local salvos and had a look around, got to the shoe section and noticed a whole pile of vans that looked new. I had a closer look and noticed many had small things wrong with them, but they were pretty good and priced between $20-25 a pair. There were heaps in my size, and seeing I had been considering buying a new pair of vans for awhile, i decided to stock up. Usually vans authentics are about $90-100 a pair so that's why I'd been holding off, I had considered buying some from ebay but with the dollar jumping around I'd bee waiting for a high point to save the most money.

I went a little crazy and ended up buying 6 pairs! But this was $135 in total - usually I'd get one pair and a little left over for that money. This means I'm set for the next 12 months at least when it comes to shoes. I even called some guys down from work to grab a few pairs up, they have bigger feet and there were a few pairs in sizes 10-12.

I mentioned before a few had little things wrong. One pair had a small tear near the ankle that I sewed up, another had one of the lace rivets loose, and another had a small part of the sole coming off. A bit of shoe glue fixed them up and they look good as new. The rate canvas shoes wear out, all these imperfection were problems that would come up after a few wears anyway!

This is proof to the people who wont shop at op shops - you are missing out! Its not all "dead people's clothes" as some people still seem to think. You can get new stuff at a big discount. A percentage of the stock in most op shops will come from corporate donations. Seconds, samples, stock they couldn't sell. You can find some really good bargains. These shoes came from Melbourne apparently, by the look for the box markings I have a suspicion they were from Glue. Floor stock that people try on, or sits out on the shelf, and maybe some returns. The plus side is, this money is going to charity, so it's even better than an outlet store.

Op Shop Find - Sfida Hi Tops

I found these shoes at the op shop yesterday, thought id chuck up some bad phone pics before they get too dirty. I can't find any info about these on the net, but they were in brand new condition, I reckon they must be early 90s. The ankle area reminds me of puma first rounds, and there is a weird chunk of plastic on the back. Also the soles arent very original. They say made in Italy which is pretty cool. The colourway is nice, but they are a bit too big, I don't care, I really wanna wear them cause no one else has them! $9 is an absolute steal, don't you think?