Seriously, is there any need for running shoe stores in the modern age?
What exactly is their purpose? They base their sales tactics on outdated information regarding foot type and insist they know what is best for you. They sell you a bunch of junk like water belts, gels, pace bands, and use dudes to sell a woman a sports bra.
Other than keeping uneducated adults employed, what purpose do they serve?
What are running shoes?
I was looking online at asics hyperspeed 6 for a discount. I've never tried them on before and will do so at road runner.
help needed wrote:
I was looking online at asics hyperspeed 6 for a discount. I've never tried them on before and will do so at road runner.
U gonna run on the treadmill naked while u there?
Seems like Road Runner is the only place you can get discounts on the name brands. Running stores and other internet sites all seem to try to sell the current styles at full price. This must hurt their business.
Fhjdjdjdjxdjjxxjxkxk wrote:
help needed wrote:I was looking online at asics hyperspeed 6 for a discount. I've never tried them on before and will do so at road runner.
U gonna run on the treadmill naked while u there?
No.
El Cheapo wrote:
Seems like Road Runner is the only place you can get discounts on the name brands. Running stores and other internet sites all seem to try to sell the current styles at full price. This must hurt their business.
I'd only go there to try them on. I'd still find them somewhere else at a better rate.
I like to use their VIP thing.
I wear the shoes for the maximum number of days available for the return. So like 200 miles.
then I return them.
then I replace them with the same model again.
200 more miles baby
They allow you to try them on.
I will never buy a pair of ahtletic shoes without trying them on first.
Goes for hiking and work boots as well
Except for spikes or racing shoes ( they pretty much all fit the same )
you gotta try em on first before dropped upwards of 70 bucks
I have never found a better rate than Road Runner stores or their on-line site. If you joing their "club" they have the best deals around. Some times they don't offer the discount on Nike but if you call or go into the store they honor the discount. I don't know why regular stores don't see how selling at full price hurts their business when the biggest running shoe seller offers considerable discounts.
Needless busy work wrote:
Seriously, is there any need for running shoe stores in the modern age?
Not any more than there is a need for prize money at road races. Needing and being good to have around are two different things.
They base their sales tactics on outdated information regarding foot type and insist they know what is best for you.
Out of curiousity, what information regarding foot types are you referring to?
They sell you a bunch of junk like water belts, gels, pace bands, and use dudes to sell a woman a sports bra.
I agree with the shilling of useless junk, though in regards to your point about men selling sports bras, good cancer doctors haven't necessarily had cancer, great coaches weren't necessarily fast runners, and I don't think you have to be a woman to know how to do a sportsbra fit.
El Cheapo wrote:
I have never found a better rate than Road Runner stores or their on-line site. If you joing their "club" they have the best deals around. Some times they don't offer the discount on Nike but if you call or go into the store they honor the discount. I don't know why regular stores don't see how selling at full price hurts their business when the biggest running shoe seller offers considerable discounts.
I feel that this is a common misconception held on these boards. A quick look at the website you mention above, shows the following prices for these current shoe models:
Nike Vomero 10: 139.95
Asics Kayano 21: 159.95
Mizuno Wave Rider: 119.95
Asics Nimbus 17: 149.95
These are all current models, being sold at the Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) that many local running stores will also sell these shoes at. A year from now, my guess is that you will see these shoes steeply discounted. Why? Because the online websites, much like a local running store, is trying to go through its old model or color inventory to make room for new inventory and updated shoe models that are coming in.
The longer the inventory sits on a shelf or in a distribution center without being sold, the more likely it has to be sold at an eventual loss (at or below the wholesale price the online or local retailer purchased the product for from the manufacturer). To take an example, the Kayano 20 is listed on the same website at : $109.95 or 99.95 for VIP members. That is a $50 markdown on a shoe that is over a year old. If you were to find a Kayano 20 at a local retail store, it would also be marked down in a similar manner, since they too are trying to sell the updated version (Kayano 21) at full MSRP.
help needed wrote:
Fhjdjdjdjxdjjxxjxkxk wrote:U gonna run on the treadmill naked while u there?
No.
I would like to show up in a speedo dripping in oil and have them measure my gait.
Then try every shoe model on and run intervals on the treadmill screaming gobble gobble motherf*ckers!
Then pull a bag full of pennies out of my speedo and say 'how much will this get me?'
Then yell "ring that bell m*therf*ckers, I'M A VIP!"
Stores never seem to have the model or size I want. They always say they can order it but I can do that on my own via Eastbay, Running Warehouse, RRS or ebay...and usually at a lower cost.
People who get service at a local store then go buy it for cheaper online suck.
That's why small businesses can't compete.
If you get helped by someone there it's an extra $10... If the store is a true running store, not some poo runner, then why not support them?
I usually buy whatever is on sale at a department store or discount shoe place. I usually buy whatever Nike looks okay and fits nice - the past pair of shoes I tried on (only pair I tried) I had them on for about 5 seconds and was like okay yup that works. I've always done this, was a serious college runner who used to put in upwards of 100 mpw and basically never had an injury problem (besides freak accidents). I'm not sure why people get scammed into thinking there's some great science behind running shoes - it's not like shoe designers "figured" something out between this year's model and the one from two years ago, so why the huge price difference?
Stupid post.
What happens if they all go away? You got pictures and buttons. How about a virtual try on experience and test run?
Support the local running store. In most cases they are the ones who are also promoting run training and running events in your community. The online stores could give a crap about your local community.
Why does this bother you? They keep your sponsors in business.
Maybe you don't but their popping up everywhere around here.
Djdjdjdjdjdjdjdjjd wrote:
help needed wrote:No.
I would like to show up in a speedo dripping in oil and have them measure my gait.
Then try every shoe model on and run intervals on the treadmill screaming gobble gobble motherf*ckers!
Then pull a bag full of pennies out of my speedo and say 'how much will this get me?'
Then yell "ring that bell m*therf*ckers, I'M A VIP!"
That's comedy gold. I'm having a party this weekend and I need a couple of TOTALLY HILARIOUS people there to make it go with a bang. Are you available?