Richy Posted December 15, 2003 Posted December 15, 2003 That's what it appears anyway. You can currently get any number of ankle boots, under the Hot Peppers label, for around £60 on ebay. Even a pair of thigh lengths will only cost about £100. It can't be much longer before the stores start having to charge less for them in order to compete with ebay sales.
Francis Posted December 15, 2003 Posted December 15, 2003 definately good news for us 'extreme' heel fans
chris100575 Posted December 15, 2003 Posted December 15, 2003 That's got to be a good thing. I fancy a pair of ballet heels, but they're prohibatively expensive.
Richy Posted December 16, 2003 Author Posted December 16, 2003 I've just bought a pair of locking ankle boots on ebay for £56+£15 postage. Even with the customs tax, it's not going to reach £90 for a pair of boots that retails for £125 on the Bananashoes site.
verngentleheels Posted February 5, 2004 Posted February 5, 2004 In the US Pierre Silber now has ballets starting at $99. Was surprised to see them at that price. I took a quick look in person as I live in the area and was in the showroom to pick-up my pair of chap boots. Wheee!
Rockpup Posted February 5, 2004 Posted February 5, 2004 The old saying you get what you pay for holds true. The new cheaper ballet boots are coming out of china. Not directly a bad thing but I am waiting to see how the boots hold up. If you plan to wear your boots alot or just want a pair that are very high quality you do have to pay more. If I make it to London I will definatly be wanting to stop at TLSB and get a pair custom made. I can't afford it now but I will save up for when I can make it over there That said.. I'm planning on buying a pair (or two) of the inexpencive ballet boots. If anyone has tried a pair I'd be interested in hearing what they think of them. Jim http://www.balletboots.net (formerly known as "JimC")
Waisted_Giraffe Posted February 5, 2004 Posted February 5, 2004 Mmm, notced that "Devious" have appeared on the scene, but they look exactly like the Hot Peppers/Qualifetish designs but do appear to be cheaper. We will have to see.....
chris100575 Posted February 5, 2004 Posted February 5, 2004 As I understand it, Devious are part of Pleaser. I've tried on a pair of the Devious ballets and they seemed to be well-made, although this is the only pair I've tried on, so I'm no expert. I have a few pairs of Pleaser boots / shoes though and am happy with them. Chris
Mickey S. Posted May 27, 2004 Posted May 27, 2004 I've got the ballet 3000 - as I mentioned somewhere else around here - and the patent leather ankle boots w/ the padlocks from devious. They are very solid and I really doubt if I could ever break them except with some kind of sledge-hammer. I also got the front lace black leather thigh high ballet boots 'Justine' from Punitive. They're very well made too! - Needless to say, I'm having fun with those... CU! -Mike
HairyBiker Posted May 28, 2004 Posted May 28, 2004 Have noticed that on www.snaz75.com they have ballet boots which are around $140 - try this link: http://www.snaz75.com/boots-thigh-high.html?pageNum=4
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