My new brogues

**rir179** · 12th April 11, 10:06 AM

You might google these: ROGERSON - Fine Footwear UK. I got a beauty of a pair via flea bay "brand new" with a commando sole for the princely sum of £25 including postage however I do understand that I got myself a bargin as the do cost a small fortune but well worth it.

**Highlander31** · 15th April 11, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by longhuntr74

Well...the shoes arrived today. They are absolutely beautiful...and absolutely too big (and a touch narrow too)!!!! I'm really ticked.

Sounds like Murphy may be involved in your order.

Hang in there,...you're wearing him down.

**longhuntr74** · 15th April 11, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by Highlander31

Sounds like Murphy may be involved in your order.

Hang in there,...you're wearing him down.

Murphy indeed!!! Those darned Irishmen! I'm waiting on my refund for my return...and then my order will get placed directly with Allen-Edmonds.

**walkerk** · 21st April 11, 10:20 PM

Jeff - thanks for the heads up! A-E has a store in San Francisco just a few doors down from the Whisky Shop. Got a pair in Merlot.

**longhuntr74** · 22nd April 11, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by walkerk

Jeff - thanks for the heads up! A-E has a store in San Francisco just a few doors down from the Whisky Shop. Got a pair in Merlot.

Must be nice to just pop in and pick up a pair...grrrrrr!!

I ordered mine yesterday from AE. They were $10 cheaper than from endless.com...but AE adds sales tax, which made them $10 more. Why is that? Anybody know? It was my understanding that sales tax was only supposed to be charged via internet if the shipping or billing address are in the same state as the company...clearly not the case here.

PS. I'm willing to pay the extra money and wait the extra time on shipping too...since endless doesn't carry them in an E width. I'm just curious about why one company charges sales tax and another doesn't?

**Plainfieldjeff** · 22nd April 11, 07:25 AM

They charged you sales tax because they seem to have a physical presence in San Francisco, CA as stated by Walkerk in his above post.

As they get ever more desperate for revenue some states, Illinois is one, are mandating collection of sales tax merely on relationships the online vendor may have with someone with a physical presence in Illinois.

Enjoy the shoes, I have 2 pair of AE and they are great.

**artificer** · 22nd April 11, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Plainfieldjeff

They charged you sales tax because they seem to have a physical presence in San Francisco, CA as stated by Walkerk in his above post.

As they get ever more desperate for revenue some states, Illinois is one, are mandating collection of sales tax merely on relationships the online vendor may have with someone with a physical presence in Illinois.

Enjoy the shoes, I have 2 pair of AE and they are great.

Plainfieldjeff is correct.
Any presence in a given state mandates that they collect sales tax. Try ordering from iTunes... You'll pay tax on that $1.29 song because Apple has stores EVERYWHERE now.

**longhuntr74** · 28th April 11, 06:45 PM

The saga is nearly over.

After ordering the shoes last week, I checked my order status a couple of times. The A-E website listed my status as "Backordered", but everytime I logged in, it showed me a ship date of that day. I sent an email to the company last Friday asking what the real status was and how long it would be before they shipped my shoes if they were truly backordered. I received a response on Tuesday.

The response apologized for the confusion and confirmed that they were out of stock in my size and explained that my shoes should be coming off the assembly line on this coming Friday. I sent a response back thanking the customer service rep for clarifying and reiterated my feedback regarding their somewhat shifty and inconsistent status reporting. Recognizing that customer service likely did not have the ability to make website changes, I requested that she please forward my feedback to her manager or one of their IT people. She sent me a response almost immediately confirming that she would...and then I received a response from their eCommerce Manager several minutes later thanking me for my feedback and explaining that they are currently in the process of redesigning their entire website...and that the new system should better serve their customers. It seems as though they are truly a company that values their customers.

The best surprise of the week, however, was the email that I received yesterday afternoon telling me that my shoes had shipped...on Wednesday rather than Friday or Monday, as expected! So I did a little happy dance and am now anxiously, yet patiently, awaiting the arrival of my new shoes...hope there are no more issues.