PF Flyers

• said_aouita

  

  Sports Center announcers say "he should have been wearing his PF flyers" on occasion.
  
  Looked up how much a pair goes for on an online shopping website.
  Woah! $55 bucks for these?
  
  
  
  ^ These are the Bob Cousy edition.
  
  
  
  The classic retro look is big right now but god damn these shoes probably cost a buck when they were first introduced in the 40's.
  Hell of a profit for New Balance (maker of PF Flyers) nowadays.
  
  
  Would you wear these shoes and pay the $55 bucks?
• Rotinaj

  

  I'd pay $9 for a pair and only wear them to mow the grass.
• Automatik

  

  $55 for those shoes is a decent price.
• Tiernan

  Never could hold their own in a race against a kid in Red Ball Jets.
• dlazz

  Automatik;1483849 wrote:$55 for those shoes is a decent price.

  
  When you consider the build materials and other similarly priced shoes, it isn't really a decent price.
• thavoice

  They are guaranteed to make a kid jump higher and run faster. And yes, $55 for those shoes is complete BS.
• wildcats20

  

  *have
• Automatik

  

  dlazz;1483890 wrote:When you consider the build materials and other similarly priced shoes, it isn't really a decent price.

  I've seen your regular Chucks go for well over $50+
  
  I don't wear that style anyway....clown shoes.
• hasbeen

  

  I have a pair of the sandlot version(all black with the green PF logo). I bought them drunk my sophomore year of college. I forget how much I paid, but it was less than $55.
• vdubb96

  

  
• Fred Garvin

  If Benny the Jet wore them to pickle the beast, then they are worth it.
• cat_lover

  I grew up in the 60's -70's. I wore Red Ball Jets until Junior High School.Then I upgraded to Adidas,Converse All-Stars and my personal favorite Puma "Clydes."
• said_aouita

  

  wildcats20;1483910 wrote:*have

  You should email ESPN. Maybe they will correct their Sportscenter announcer.
• said_aouita

  

  vdubb96;1483998 wrote:

  meh'.....gotta go low top only. High top canvas is dumb.
• hasbeen

  

  
  
  Benny the Jet disagrees.
• said_aouita

  

  hasbeen;1484249 wrote:
  
  Benny the Jet disagrees.

  i dunno....they look like skinny jean sneakers.
• Automatik

  

  Hightop is the only way. Lowtops are for chicks.