Exactly. To be fair Weejuns were never meant to be high quality shoes and I imagine their price back in the day reflected their disposable (by the standards of the time) nature. Although it's possible that in the 1930s when they first appeared they were better made and more expensive - no idea. I also don't know how long it took someone to come up with a more expensive, higher quality alternative.

Sadly means you'll never get to see the brown herringbone with multi-colour fleck sack I recently got hold of

'Lord Jeff' Argyle 'vest' (sleeveless jumper to us Brits, I suppose): Shetland wool, Scots-Irish heritage. 
Another example of thrifting, which some on here deplore.

Ebay, Robbie, in this particular instance.  I rarely go into charity shops unaccompanied.  My wife is an inveterate bargain-hunter (comes of being brought up poor, I suppose), so I go with her.  It's a cooler weather occupation.  The warmer months see us visiting churches, houses, gardens, market towns etc.

Even Mr. Simons used to find his way into charity shops.  He may still do so.

John Lally & Kevin Kavanagh of The Ivy Shop used to.
I remember them telling me they picked up some VCG BB Makers from various charity shops in Richmond for next to nothing. Sadly those days are gone.

The following site has popped up a couple of times, just wondered if anyone had bought or sold anything through this site,

https://www.marrkt.com ,Buy or sell pre-owned and deadstock menswear from the world's best brands,

I've had a look and as an example they got MIE Baracuta G9 & G4 around £120 - 140,

Don't think there is any connection to meerkats,

Patience is usually rewarded.  It's acquiring that patience in the first place that is often so difficult.  It's exactly as Spendthrift says it is, rack upon rack of woeful rubbish - then something will present itself.  Fifteen or so years ago, from a single shop, I had USA-made Levis chinos, a rather nice canvas Ralph Lauren jacket, a Crombie overcoat, John Smedley knitwear etc.  There were other things that I passed over, including Sebago loafers.  Either too big or too small.  I'd have bought them otherwise.

www.marrkt.com - I've taken a closer look at their website, quite interesting and some tempting items on there, there's a pair of Weejuns ( around £80), don't look like the new plastic versions, been soled & heeled but look in good condition, Paraboot (college ?) US style loafers, very light wear £150, neither of these are in my size, I think Runninggeez mentioned recently he liked Gant Rugger, there's a couple of NWT GR's on there around £50, for me plenty of Gitman's around 40% of the original RRP, they all look in excellent condition, Vetra, O'Connell's, Jamiesons, Smedley on there as well, some items are close to the original RRP, Buzz Rickson flight jacket £895, did a quick check and that's only around 20% less than the full RRP, on the selling front they take 35% , It'll be on my regular sites to check,

I'm with you Spendthrift in that I need to hold back on my bargain bin shopping. For years I had to be careful on spending beyond my means and now I can't quite break the habit when I'm a bit better off.

It just goes to show there's still an interest (though whether growing or declining I wouldn't like to speculate) in what can still, I suppose, broadly be called 'Ivy League clothing' (even when it often isn't).  There seem to be plenty of USA-made jackets on offer from sellers in Poland and Lithuania as well as within the UK.  I'd searched for the longest time for another soft-shouldered Madras jacket and, lo and behold, one popped up in Manchester instead of Memphis or Maine.