If you live in San Francisco, you may be familiar with something called a "groundscore". While walking in the inner sunset neighborhood, I came accross a bag nearly new shoes in size 9 (just my size!). In that bag was a pair of black Marcell maryjane style clogs. I have since aquired 6 more pairs of Dansko. From the scout sytle boots, volley style sneakers and professional clogs, these are sturdy well made shoes.

Despite Amazon's terrible return policy, Dansko has the best customer service department I have ever encountered for a shoe company. These shoes are well worth the price, in that they will last you a good long time. I just wish I knew about these in my years of retail work.