La Sportiva shoe prices

Stu L wrote: Just went up almost across the board. Katana laces are 195 now. What the hell?

They are listing at 195 at most retailers. Some go much lower though, down to $117 at bananafingers atm.

I made a price comparison site that updates daily and does price alert emails- hoping its handy for you! https://www.footbeta.com/s/ls_katlac/

Brendan Koch wrote: Sportiva no longer permits retailers in europe to sell their shoes to US customers. 

Bananafingers still seem to ship Sportiva overseas? They do say they can't ship Five Ten out of Europe.

It's probably the tariffs. the retailers are passing down the import tax down to the customer.

I have a pair of size 43 futuras which don't care for the fit of anymore.  Ready for a resole.  60 shipped

Brendan Koch wrote: Sportiva no longer permits retailers in europe to sell their shoes to US customers. 

Not sure where you saw that, but as of 10 min ago you can still buy Sportivas from Telemark-Pyrenees.

Stephen C wrote:

Not sure where you saw that, but as of 10 min ago you can still buy Sportivas from Telemark-Pyrenees.

trekkin, barrabes, bergfreunde, exxpozed, and telemark pyrenees. Go to actually check out and you’ll get a notice that La Sportiva does not allow their products to be shipped to the US. 

Brendan Koch wrote:

trekkin, barrabes, bergfreunde, exxpozed, and telemark pyrenees. Go to actually check out and you’ll get a notice that La Sportiva does not allow their products to be shipped to the US. 

I went to the point of entering a credit card and submitting the order and stopped since I don't need shoes at the moment. Maybe the message comes after you submit the order. Anyway I'll take your word for it.

Stephen C wrote:

I went to the point of entering a credit card and submitting the order and stopped since I don't need shoes at the moment. Maybe the message comes after you submit the order. Anyway I'll take your word for it.

On Bananafingers it doesn’t blatantly say it, but in fine print and shipping info for 5.10 (and maybe now Sportiva).

Tim Leong wrote:

Bananafingers still seem to ship Sportiva overseas? They do say they can't ship Five Ten out of Europe.

Hmm, didnt know this and I just ordered some five tens to the US last week and it says they are in San Francisco now.

James Pae wrote:

Hmm, didnt know this and I just ordered some five tens to the US last week and it says they are in San Francisco now.

Please report back if successful, I need replacement Five Ten approaches 

When you've got so many of the top athletes promoting your product, you can charge what the market will bear. I'll be looking closely at Butora for my next pair--significantly lower prices for what look to be well-made shoes.

Brendan Koch wrote: Sportiva no longer permits retailers in europe to sell their shoes to US customers. 

They haven't for a long time, some retailers just ignore it and hope they don't notice

D Elliot wrote:

Please report back if successful, I need replacement Five Ten approaches 

Just got my 5.10s from banana fingers delivered to the US. Their prices and selection are really good even with shipping costs.

James Pae wrote:

Just got my 5.10s from banana fingers delivered to the US. Their prices and selection are really good even with shipping costs.

That’s exactly why I order from them, just wanted to see if the order for Five Ten would actually work, thanks!

Just wait until the Mexican tariffs go into affect. Better stock up on tequila. Guacamole and avocado toast, forget about it.

It has nothing to do with Trump. LS is an Italian company and there has not been any change in import duties on French products. There are almost zero consumer goods who are price-neutral over time. I dunno why this is so hard to understand. Judging by a quick search in the Wayback Machine, most LS shoes did not keep pace with inflation for around 5 years and seem to jump up to catch up.  Kinda like, I dunno, almost anything.

Karl Walters wrote: It has nothing to do with Trump. LS is a French company and there has not been any change in import duties on French products. There are almost zero consumer goods who are price-neutral over time. I dunno why this is so hard to understand. Judging by a quick search in the Wayback Machine, most LS shoes did not keep pace with inflation for around 5 years and seem to jump up to catch up.  Kinda like, I dunno, almost anything.

Italian.

The Raven wrote: Just wait until the Mexican tariffs go into affect. Better stock up on tequila. Guacamole and avocado toast, forget about it.

You really dated this comment. 

We complain about pricing but i can remember paying dearly for my Sportivas in 1990. I picked up a 1995ish Climbing mag. sitting on the coffee table if my Asheville hostel and was reminded that we paid nearly the same price for good shoes 20 plus years ago. I’m amazed I could afford to climb in 1990.
These days I have more money but I hate spending it. My Miura Lace shoes were picked up on EBay for $65. They must be dealer samples or worn once by someone who purchased small. Mint cond. as new. But there are always deals like this out there if you are patient. 

Got a brand new pair of solutions for $59.83 today, you just have to look. There’s absolutely no reason to pay full price for a climbing shoe ever, unless you’re and idiot and forget to bring shoes on a trip.....