# Anybody wear rejects?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 27, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675 "2000-06-27T02:35:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2000, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675/1 "2000-06-27T02:35:47Z")
You know the children’s rhyme:
Rejects
They cost $1.99
Rejects
They make your feet feel fine
The rhyme doesn’t usually go any further than that. Which leads to my question: anybody prefers no-name brand shoes over name-brands?
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### Author:  [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675/2 "2000-06-27T02:44:38Z")
I’m not very picky about the name brand of my shoes. This is because I _am_ a little picky about styles I like, and I have two different sized feet, so that makes it hard enough to buy shoes. Obviously, quality is nice when you can get it.
But the real reason I am posting is to say that when we sang the above song in elementary school (and middle, too), it was the same, except that we sang of “Buddies,” which was our term for generic shoes.
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### Author:  [@Asmodeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asmodeus)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2000, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675/3 "2000-06-27T02:47:43Z")
I would rather spend 90 bucks on 3 pair of cheaper shoes that fit then on one pair because Jordan said wear them.
Don’t get me started on Nike.
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### Author:  [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2000, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675/4 "2000-06-27T02:51:50Z")
I go to the hush puppie store and buy what ever is comfortable and plain.
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### Author:  [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675/5 "2000-06-27T02:52:45Z")
Me. I also wear clothing from Value Village and remaindered jeans.
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### Author:  [@Jo3sh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jo3sh)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675/6 "2000-06-27T03:36:36Z")
My current favorite place to buy shoes is at an outlet that sells Simple and Teva. $10-$20 for comfortable shoes? Sign me up!
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### Author:  [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675/7 "2000-06-27T03:39:22Z")
If I can buy something for ten bux instead of thirty, I go the cheap way. But it’s fun to play “guess the irregularity.”
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### Author:  [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2000, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675/8 "2000-06-27T04:04:59Z")
Well, I don’t go for the $100 shoes, but I don’t go for the $5 ones either. I try to stay moderately in between (I especially love sales). I usually buy Vans or Airwalks when they’re on sale.
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### Author:  [@GaWd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaWd)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675/9 "2000-06-27T04:11:47Z")
I can’t wear rejects. I kill shoes. Besides that, did you ever see a 13 reject? nah.
Also, it’s got to have support, big guys need that 🙂
Oh, and black, not those BS neon colors.
-Sam
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### Author:  [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2000, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-wear-rejects/23675/10 "2000-06-27T04:26:19Z")
I have extremely narrow, flat feet. So it’s hard to find shoes that fit right, and cheap shoes (like Keds) almost always cause me a great deal of pain. So I tend to go for expensive, but well made shoes. I have a couple pair of Docs, and a pair of Naot (Israeli Birkenstocks) which were not cheap, but are very quality shoes.
However, I head for the discount racks for other clothing.