I did a pair last Monday and literally received them an hour ago. I am here in Jersey so shipping was really quick. But last time I ordered a pair of NB1's the turnaround time was 4-5 days.
Mine is suppose to show up on the 10th. I ordered on the 25th, but you have to figure in thanksgiving.
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exactly that... i ordered on cyber monday too and my pair shipped out just last night. tracking says it should get to cali next week.
That's because they prob got mad orders when they ran that 20 percent off so they're prob a bit backed up
Damn wish i seen this in time need an 8.5 for my Aussie friend
Dont fret. The RF's are releasing internationally on 12/12. Plenty of chances to cop are left.
Right on, outlets are all seconds. However I'm sure it is not the only place to find seconds at. From what someone told me (I have no reason to believe they're lying). Some returns are donated to a non-profit group, the group holds sales on weekends for those items. That is how I got my customs back. Again, it can be a lie, but have no reason to not believe them.
Screen to door...4 days including ship in in New England area. Ive ordered a few on a Fri and had them delivered on Tues
I bought them from an ebay seller that buys them from a non-profit group. It could be a lie, but I really dont see a reason for her to lie. Maybe one of our NT member can do some research for us, those near St. Louis/Fenton area. Because if what she says is correct, surely the non-profit place would sell them much cheaper than the outlets. It can be a come up for all of us lol.
Defiantly suspect, the non-profits do get shoes from NB but I'm almost positive they don't re sell them. They're generally donated to give away to various New Balance foundation groups. Also when they do give them to the non-profits they come direct from the factory store.
Seconds def don't get handed out to "non-profits" directly and NB certainly doesn't give away classics and made in USA's to donation groups before they try to sell them. Any return or batch of seconds will end up in a processing warehouse where they will either route them to outlets or in some cases sell them to Joe's. Every NB Factory Store has a spot where they put old beat up shoes that somebody wanted to exchange or tried to claim a defect even though they wore them out for a year, they will also toss actual defected pairs from that store in this bin too. These are the shoes that would be given to the non-profits that you are talking about, usually whatever local group that they are familair with in their area will come pick these up time from time. I can promise you that although NB is one of the best in terms of helping/giving they without a doubt will try to make a profit off any "second" before giving up on the shoes that they have invested money in. I know this because I used to work for a Factory Store and know firsthand which kind of shoes are donated, they are not anything you would find on Ebay let alone a classic made in USA model lol.
This thread is funny.
Today:
Yeah I reshape pairs frequently, sometimes with an iron sometimes just with my hands, but these are almost exactly how they looked out of the box, maybe only a quick shoe tree/hand massage, I actually don't remember. I know CCF had a lot of inconsistencies, but I got lucky with this pair. I've also worn these quite a bit so they've smoothed out a little extraSuch a great colorway, and that shape
Do you reshape your pairs?
