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#3235738 28-May-2024 09:52

I will be shoe shopping in the USA when I am there.

Better price, better quality....well it has been every time we have been overseas , UK/US footwear just last longer.

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#3241794 28-May-2024 14:15

My rule is: footwear made by a fashion label: junk. Footwear made by a footwear label: maybe ok. So if you see some shoes in a Calvin Klein or Tommy Hilfiger store, avoid. But if you see them in an Ecco store, they might be OK.

I would expect the shoes you see in a USA Asics store to be the same as the ones you see in an NZ store. All made in China, Bangladesh or some other sweatshop.

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#3241811 28-May-2024 15:50

johno1234:
I would expect the shoes you see in a USA Asics store to be the same as the ones you see in an NZ store. All made in China, Bangladesh or some other sweatshop.

You might have a better chance of getting a good fit if you have wider feet.

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#3241816 28-May-2024 16:02

johno1234:

My rule is: footwear made by a fashion label: junk. Footwear made by a footwear label: maybe ok. So if you see some shoes in a Calvin Klein or Tommy Hilfiger store, avoid. But if you see them in an Ecco store, they might be OK.

I would expect the shoes you see in a USA Asics store to be the same as the ones you see in an NZ store. All made in China, Bangladesh or some other sweatshop.

The New Balance ones I got in the UK and the ones I got in the USA lasted far longer than anything I have bought in NZ.

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#3241820 28-May-2024 16:16

sir1963:
johno1234:

My rule is: footwear made by a fashion label: junk. Footwear made by a footwear label: maybe ok. So if you see some shoes in a Calvin Klein or Tommy Hilfiger store, avoid. But if you see them in an Ecco store, they might be OK.

I would expect the shoes you see in a USA Asics store to be the same as the ones you see in an NZ store. All made in China, Bangladesh or some other sweatshop.

The New Balance ones I got in the UK and the ones I got in the USA lasted far longer than anything I have bought in NZ.

Like all shoe makers New Balance make lots of grades of shoes with different profiles and uses.

If they were both 860 v10 (for example) that would show something meaningful. If one pair was 860s and the other pair was 480s that wouldn’t show anything meaningful.

I often import New Balance from the US via Amazon and have seen no difference from the ones I buy when I am in New Zealand. I’m always buying 860s or 880s though so they are the same grade of shoe.

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#3241882 28-May-2024 17:12

sir1963:

I will be shoe shopping in the USA when I am there.

Better price, better quality....well it has been every time we have been overseas , UK/US footwear just last longer.

Until they are not. I remember buying Bostonian shoes in the 90s, made in the USA. The last time I visited a store they were all made in China.

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#3241910 28-May-2024 18:21

Behodar:

At least I should be able to get a matching replacement without too much trouble.

Or so I thought. Briscoes online support has elected to go with the "try fobbing him off" technique, so hopefully the local shop will be better. Hopefully.

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#3241944 28-May-2024 19:32

sir1963:

johno1234:

My rule is: footwear made by a fashion label: junk. Footwear made by a footwear label: maybe ok. So if you see some shoes in a Calvin Klein or Tommy Hilfiger store, avoid. But if you see them in an Ecco store, they might be OK.

I would expect the shoes you see in a USA Asics store to be the same as the ones you see in an NZ store. All made in China, Bangladesh or some other sweatshop.

The New Balance ones I got in the UK and the ones I got in the USA lasted far longer than anything I have bought in NZ.

same model shoes? made in the same place?

kind of an unfair comparison if thats not the case.

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#3241961 28-May-2024 20:18

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#3242037 28-May-2024 21:45

Jase2985:

same model shoes? made in the same place?

kind of an unfair comparison if thats not the case.

Different model, one you can not get here. This time I will bring back 2-4 pairs

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#3242041 28-May-2024 22:24

This sort of crap is still going on with schools pressuring kids not to play both league and rugby. It used to be much more overt but it's still utterly ridiculous.

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#3242046 28-May-2024 22:52

Handle9:

This sort of crap is still going on with schools pressuring kids not to play both league and rugby. It used to be much more overt but it's still utterly ridiculous.

Maybe the unwritten class divide is still in effect...

New Statesman: The split between Rugby League and Rugby Union is the story of national class division

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#3242047 28-May-2024 23:14

deepred:

Handle9:

This sort of crap is still going on with schools pressuring kids not to play both league and rugby. It used to be much more overt but it's still utterly ridiculous.

Maybe the unwritten class divide is still in effect...

New Statesman: The split between Rugby League and Rugby Union is the story of national class division

You've quoted a british article which isn't really applicable for New Zealand. Rugby in the UK is very much a public (private) school thing whereas in New Zealand it's not. There are some class aspects of it but it's really not the same. Rugby is more egalitarian in New Zealand while still being the establishment sport.

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#3242049 28-May-2024 23:34

Handle9:

This sort of crap is still going on with schools pressuring kids not to play both league and rugby. It used to be much more overt but it's still utterly ridiculous.

They should all just play medieval football, for which the main rule was that as long as no-one gets killed it's legal. Games these days are so woosy and unexciting...

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#3242065 29-May-2024 06:08

Bring back gladiators in the coliseum I say!

They sort of have, with mma/cage/legitimised prison fighting as entertainment.

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