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re: Why are shoes made in America only $20 more expensive than shoes made in Asia?
Posted on 4/5/25 at 4:40 pm to Bubb
Posted on 4/5/25 at 4:40 pm to Bubb
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I meant, you can normally get New Balance for $45-65. Most NBs are not $200 like these made in the US ones.
You need to actually look at the new Balance website. New Balance is not a cheap brand anymore...
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Posted on 4/5/25 at 4:44 pm to RaoulDuke504
This factory is located in the city named after Coyote’s family!
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Posted on 4/5/25 at 4:56 pm to RaoulDuke504
You're paying for the Jordan label - a lot.
Also the NB may be assembled here of foreign parts, or something like that.
Also the NB may be assembled here of foreign parts, or something like that.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:07 pm to RaoulDuke504
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:14 pm to UltimaParadox
Subtle 800 credit score new balance brag
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:22 pm to tadman
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You're paying for the Jordan label - a lot.
Also the NB may be assembled here of foreign parts, or something like that.
Jordan has quality shoes, sorry, that's just a fact. Yeah there are some complaints about quality control with some releases, but they still put out good shoes most of the time.
New Balance is a good shoe too, but they do more in the US.
I can tell a lot of boomers are posting in here using 10+ year old takes on shoes.
New Balance was definitely more of a cheaper option in the beginning but they have since joined the Jordan ranks as a more "trendy" style and have plenty of shoes listed at high prices that are more than equivalent and sometimes MORE expensive than Jordans.
Both New Balance, Nike, and Jordan sell mid-range shoes or even cheaper.
Most decent shoes are going to be $150+
OnClouds, Hoka, Brooks, Saucony, Adidas, Nike, Jordan, etc. Are all going to be $150+ if it's a decent shoe.
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:24 pm to tiggerthetooth
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They're a status brand now as much as Jordans.
They're shoes for middle aged white guys who want to show everyone they're sticking it to woke Nike.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:28 pm to Brosef Stalin
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They're shoes for middle aged white guys who want to show everyone they're sticking it to woke Nike.
No, they're not, not anymore.
I see more "dads" wearing OnClouds than Nikes or New Balance.
They're a trendy brand that does all the "collabs" and such like all the other brands.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:29 pm to RaoulDuke504
The problem with New Balance is the N on the shoe looks really gay. I can’t get past that.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:30 pm to tiggerthetooth
I've never seen anyone other than white guys from about 35 to 55 wearing them. Older white guys wear the slip on Skechers now.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:34 pm to Brosef Stalin
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I've never seen anyone other than white guys from about 35 to 55 wearing them. Older white guys wear the slip on Skechers now.
I don't know where you live but the major city i live in has more younger folks wearing NBs.
Also, the go-to older person shoes seem to be Hokas.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:37 pm to Brosef Stalin
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I've never seen anyone other than white guys from about 35 to 55 wearing them. Older white guys wear the slip on Skechers now.
Simone Biles wears them
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:39 pm to RaoulDuke504
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Making clothes in America will be unaffordable except Walmart already does it
Right to work state with non-unionized workers is how...
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:39 pm to Brosef Stalin
You start with a faulty presumption:
...and yet wonder why an American product can be competitively priced.
The secret is that a lot of American industry that has previously been outsourced to the third world has become much more competitive, when American technological innovation is applied to it in search of shorter supply chains.
You combine that with absolutely exploding labor costs in many locations where we previously took advantage of low wage work, and the disparity of infrastructure rapidly becomes a dissipating myth; the primary thing keeping much of American manufacturing from reshoring at this point is sunk industrial plant cost, and even then, you are seeing things like the return of garment manufacturing still slowly happening.
Will it ever happen at scale with all shoes? Probably not-- but the ability to compete on a more equal footing, where the disparities are measured in a few percent, are going to keep proliferating and expanding.
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Take into account the U.S. doesn’t have the same infrastructure as China to mass produce these shoes
...and yet wonder why an American product can be competitively priced.
The secret is that a lot of American industry that has previously been outsourced to the third world has become much more competitive, when American technological innovation is applied to it in search of shorter supply chains.
You combine that with absolutely exploding labor costs in many locations where we previously took advantage of low wage work, and the disparity of infrastructure rapidly becomes a dissipating myth; the primary thing keeping much of American manufacturing from reshoring at this point is sunk industrial plant cost, and even then, you are seeing things like the return of garment manufacturing still slowly happening.
Will it ever happen at scale with all shoes? Probably not-- but the ability to compete on a more equal footing, where the disparities are measured in a few percent, are going to keep proliferating and expanding.
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 5:44 pm
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:40 pm to RaoulDuke504
You need the same pair of shoes to make this comparison no?
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:41 pm to RaoulDuke504
It really doesn't cost that much more to buy US-made goods, or even just avoiding Chinese and other low-end SEA junk and getting from Europe and Japan. I buy Japanese cutlery and small tools often and even a lower end gyuoto can be had for the same price as a Chinese-made Walmart Cuisinart chef's knife and be made of vastly better steel. Vessel screwdrivers vs a set from Harbor Freight. I'd also rather pay a premium for quality, I absolutely am glad I bought every Malco Eagle Grip locking pliers and clamp model I could when they were available, worth the cost over Irwin and Milwaukee versions.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:45 pm to RaoulDuke504
Labor costs.
Worlds apart.
Worlds apart.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:49 pm to RaoulDuke504
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Yes it’s extremely common not everyone likes to look like a slob.
If paying 200 for a pair of new balance shoes doesn't make you a slob... Why can't you buy a pair of new balance shoes for under 100 from Costco
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:50 pm to UltimaParadox
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Do people pay 200 dollars for shoes? That is crazy even after all the inflation.
For high quality leather shoes that can be resoled, I've paid way more than that. I have a pair of Allen Edmonds boat shoes that I still wear most days that are probably 10 years old and have yet to be resoled.
I have a pair of Red Wing boots from the 90s that won't die. I wouldn't pay that for tennis shoes though.
Posted on 4/5/25 at 5:51 pm to tiggerthetooth
All we wear is NB but we don't order from the website. Go to a dept. store, Academy, etc. and that is what they sell for.
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