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Shop Till You Drop! Yeah. I know you're not supposed to shop online using company resources. But, if you're going to do it, you may as well save some money.

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Old 01-19-2003, 12:24 PM
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Birkenstock heaven!

I've subjected you all to my footwear searches the last few months, sorry....but, if you are into comfort footwear, I may have hit the motherload and am about to pay you back.

http://www.birkenstockexpress.com

Just came back from a trade show in Las Vegas which had to have been 20,000 steps a day, this mother was huge. I forgot to pack my pedometer, Lynn is going to kill me. All of the time and effort and research I put into my Timberland clogs (and their internal technology) paid off. I was back pain free! and I looked sharp, too. !queen (Interestingly, the dress Rockaports I bought sucked .... I barely made it through one evening with them.)

I determined to go off to Zappos and try to buy the clogs in another color as this is the only pair of shoes I'm wearing at all, save my wonderful boots. Discontinued!

Burned by my Rockaports, I wasn't touching Naturalizers or anything like that. Mortgage the house, let's buy some Birkies! Zappos' selection and pricing was disappointing, as was Shoes.com, as was eshoesale.com. Did a Froogle search, hit a Google featured link ad...and found Birkenstock Express. Yippie! I've been there for an hour now!



$65.00, was $130 (discontinued color)



$84.00, was $120. (discontinued color)

There weren't any outrageous steals in my size, but my size is very hard to get outrageous steals in, no matter where I go. You might find real bargains in your size...of course, any pair of Birkies under $100 is a real steal.

I am so excited. I have a boatload of dress up meeting type events over the next months, ones that I can't wear my sneakers to , but I still get to be comfortable!

This site has tons of styles, good prices, offers care information, a community, a repair service, etc. etc. etc. Bringing the hippies of Oregon (hi Deb!) to your doorstep.

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Old 01-19-2003, 03:01 PM
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I just visited the site. Excellent! I've been wearing the same pair of classic two strap birkies for 12 years, saying I'm gonna replace them for about 7 - now I'm really gonna do it!!

Thanks for sharing - now the neighbors might stop harassing me about my unsightly footwear!

BTW - I've always had trouble with Rockports, thay just don't agree with my feet!

Thanks again, I'm going to go buy shoes!

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Old 01-19-2003, 05:05 PM
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LOL Rockaports. I like that.
 
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Old 01-20-2003, 08:13 AM
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I just visited the site. Excellent! I've been wearing the same pair of classic two strap birkies for 12 years, saying I'm gonna replace them for about 7 - now I'm really gonna do it!!

Thanks for sharing - now the neighbors might stop harassing me about my unsightly footwear!

BTW - I've always had trouble with Rockports, thay just don't agree with my feet!

Thanks again, I'm going to go buy shoes!

:step:
Cool.

Who knew there were so many styles? I can't wait for my shoes to arrive.

Are they here yet?

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If you don't find what you want at Birkenstock Express, try Birkenstock Central, the site I reviewed last year.

http://www.birkenstockcentral.com/

They also have free shipping over $100 and sale items sorted by size (click on your size and pictures of all available sale items appear.) My size had sandals and clogs available for as low as $42. The clogs, which I'm considering, were $55.
 
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I my birkies. And, I'm due for a new pair - I've replaced the corke, soles, and buckles on each pair once or twice. Thanks, Andrea.

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