Retail products that exceeded your expectations?

[Frank MetaMusil]

Originally Posted by AR_Six

Totally agree. Bought one 2 years ago and for the first year, never really had much occasion to use it. Now I use it freaking constantly - some of the time to cook meat (it's great for anything with a bone in it) but mostly to grill veggies. The foreman is outstanding for grilling asparagus or eggplant or peppers.

Try doing bacon with the Foreman. Works well.

[AR_Six]

Originally Posted by peter12

My Indys are my favourite thing. It's too bad that almost everyone feels the same way and eBay's Alden offerings are basically going for regular market value. I'll stick with AEs from now on. The Strand is a decent shoe, and I don't mind the Park too much myself.

Both of those shoes are on the 5 last - if you're an ebay hunter, you might also want to look for a pair of McAllisters, same last, which was AE's go-to wingtip before they discontinued it in favour of the Macneil which isn't as nice. They also discontinued the Strand. However, they have now brought both shoes back because of people lobbying. Other great AE models are the Mora (a double monk, discontinued) and the Hampstead, a calf/woven spectator which I never see anyone else wearing but which get nothing but good attention.

As for the Indys, I like my pair a lot as well. Old 405's with the duck lining, had them for 7 years now.

[VladtheImpaler]

My NordicTrac treadmill from Sears. Bought it 8-9 years ago, and thousands of K's later still going strong. One of the best "bang-for-buck" purchases I've made

[Regulator75]

Do we need a separate thread for fancy dancy shoes?