My favorite stores are:
Payless (for my $30 black Oxfords I buy every year),
Schottensteins (for my $60 Reeboks I buy every 2 years)
Ohio Thrift Store for all my other casual shoes.
The last time I bought a pair of shoes from a major department store was in 1993 at Lazarus, where I bought a $55 pair of Bass Weejuns pennyloafers that lasted me 6 years, which roughly cost me $9 a year in wear and tear. Now THAT was a good buy.
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