My vans were starting to rip a lot.

by "Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
Published 06/16/2017 at 11:46

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So I fixed them.

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"MrDakka" (mrdakka)
06/16/2017 at 11:54, STARS: 0

Duct tape fixes a lot of problems

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"Azrek" (azrek)
06/16/2017 at 11:57, STARS: 9

So it is now a Conversion Van?

.....I’ll see myself out...

"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
06/16/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 1

I hope you have a bad dream.

"Roadster Man" (roadsterman)
06/16/2017 at 12:05, STARS: 1

A conversion van for the worse.. This is your shoe now bud.

Come on bro, a pair of Vans slip-ons are like $30

"Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)" (bman76-4)
06/16/2017 at 12:13, STARS: 1

Pretty sure they make checkerboard duct tape...

"4kc" (4kc)
06/16/2017 at 17:03, STARS: 0

50-70 these days

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
06/16/2017 at 17:25, STARS: 0

And I tore the sole on my favorite wingtips. Time for a quick and simple solution:

I may have only paid $0.50 for these shoes, but dammit, I’m going to get my money’s worth out of them, even if that means spending a whole dollar on glue...

"Roadster Man" (roadsterman)
06/16/2017 at 20:35, STARS: 1

Whaaaaaat!?!?!?

Fuck you are right. I just scoured eBay and checked Zappos & 6pm.com just to be sure. They are $50 no matter where you go. I’m glad I snagged a pair in my funky size (13) for $30 on eBay a year or two ago. I love Vans slip-ons so much I accidentally started a collection of them a couple years back. I still only have 5 pairs, so it’s not a full-fledged addiction (yet)

The most I ever spent on slip-ons was $75 each for two pairs of Takashi Murakami x Vans slip-ons. Murakami is my favorite currently-living artist, so I justified the purchases as “art pieces.” I still wear them outside . Shoes are still shoes. And slip-ons are pretty good for driving too!

Sorry, I gotta show off: These are two styles of pairs I have. I waited in a line that stretched around the block at the Vans Store in Manhattan, and they were out of my size when it was finally my turn to go into the store.

Luckily, 6-8 months later they hit eBay en masse.

"4kc" (4kc)
06/26/2017 at 16:30, STARS: 0

i rock the suede pro slip ons which last several times longer, but yeah they’re now at the point they aren’t cheap disposable shoes anymore

i had a pair of your murakamis on the bottom but those made it like two months.

to be fair i walk 10 miles a day if i’m not riding my bike, i can’t really blame the shoes. i wish i could afford to have more than a pair at a time