1982 Volleys for $10 and free shipping. What more can you ask for?
Mod: They have sold out, according to the rep here
Yes, i got a pair of these.
only catch was that the box was labelled "Size 12 US" but the contents had "Size 11US" inside.
So you could say they were "a bit snug".
Anyway gave them to me 16yo to wear.
Great first post, keep up the good work! :)
They're actually the worst kind of shoes you could wear for tennis because they have no support. I used to wear them when playing tennis when I was younger and from that, developed knee and ankle problems. My feet and knees always used to kill after playing tennis in volleys.
They used to be standard issue for the Defence Force (PT). I'm not sure if they still are. I got a pair when I signed up in '96. I remember that they were pretty comfortable, but I didn't like the look of them. I never thought they'd be this popular, and I think I threw mine in the bin as soon as I graduated.
No, you didn't get Volleys. You were issued the Dunlop KT26 which aren't a bad shoe, but not really suitable for defence PT.
Agree with McCoy. Strangely enough I enlisted the same year. I got the newer white/black shoes (I was told were made by Nike, but I doubt it) though, everyone else had the powder/sky blue KT26 Dunlops.
Same as McCoy & domcc1, KT26's in my day too! :)
IIRC they used to give out Volleys in the gaols though; not quite the armed forces, but I suppose the inmates are still somewhat indentured! :p
What's not to love about the new "Air Power" PT shoes.
sarcasm
Err, yes we did receive the volleys in the Navy.
We didn't receive those ugly KT26 things that apparently look like this —-> http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lL-uRimQIp8/TN1lFyBoUAI/AAAAAAAACF…
They were definitely Volleys that looked like this —-> http://www.thetennisshop.com.au/tennis-shop/image/volley-int…
"Dunlop Volleys were standard issue by the Australian Army and RAAF until the late 1980s and are still issued to date by the Royal Australian Navy although are sometimes substituted with the Spalding imitation shoe."
Cheers
No, you didn't get Volleys
Volleys were issued.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunlop_Volley
Dunlop Volleys were standard issue by the Australian Army and RAAF until the late 1980s and are still issued to date by the Royal Australian Navy although are sometimes substituted with the Spalding imitation shoe.
great. might get a pair or 2.
No US9.5? Damnit.
Cheap shoes to wear to the shops with my trackie-dacks, singlet and flannel. Winnah! I'll save the pandas yet.
Now if only the page would load…
Yep. Sight seems to be OzBargain'ed which is pretty scary at 12:30am
436 click throughs shouldn't be enough to bring down a site… Unless they're hosted on a toaster or something…
edit:
After googling, I found a little something:
http://hackaday.com/2010/04/19/toaster-web-interface/
Also did you know that Simon Hackett, CEO of Internode, was the first person to hook a toaster up to the world wide web?
http://www.livinginternet.com/i/ia_myths_toast.htm
edit edit: damn i should sleep, but it appears taht a toaster web server can handle 7200 hits per hour…
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/1399091/iPic-Web…
that's 6300 more than the volley site has handled…
Uh Oh, can't check out. OzBargained?
You can. It's just slower than two valium-high turtles mating.
Yeah, checked out somehow. Crawlllingggggggg.
damn you fellow ozbargainers
can't even load website
It's 1000 clicks now. Bargain hunters don't ever sleep.
now I am getting the page to load up. :)
harmoko 1 hour 18 min ago
1756 clicks
and still counting…
Go to sleep you parasites and let me get in!
Ok, I got my order through, thanks guys.
You can go back to spamming the site.
F*** this is some really slooooow s***. =(
Give up. Sittign here for 5 mins and they've yet to add to cart. Hope there's some left tomorrow :(
finally placed the order!
dammit the 9uk green went out of stock while it was loading. sigh
damn cart came with quantity as four because of all the clicks, Waiting to load to 1. FML
LOL @ late night campers! :P
this better get through!
I got work in the morning but I'm not sleeping until I buy some cheap shoes :|
LOL go to sleep, your health is important than buying cheap shoes :)
please deactivate your account until your priorities are reviewed.
Sorry thought this was ozbargain boss
Thank you. I'm through and done. Good luck to all and may the patience be with you
Returned me to cart after clicking through checkout. Not sure if the order made it through.
should get confirmation in email
Nope, didn't get it.
Tried again with Paypal instead of CC. Paypal payment went through so I'd recommend using that.
YAS GOT MY PAIR!
CHECKOUT!!!!!!!!!!!
Edit. Finally got 2 pairs after what was the longest checkout process ever.
Site's overloaded. :(
EDIT: Oh there it goes…
..and done!
Bought 1x Blacks and 1x Blue/Whites.
They ran out of the blue/whites while I was sloooowly checking out :P
Finally got a couple pairs… excellent deal and they have a great return/exchange policy as well. How can you go wrong? A bit of patience is required due to OzBargainers bombing the site, though…
What a terrible website. They've already charged my credit card and yet it still says 'connecting'.
Anyway, I ordered the Mens green/white. They only had these in sizes <9US.
got mine, suck it toaster servers
2291 clicks in less than 2 hours after midnight…
We need help..
Managed to put my order in through.
=[why didnt i just put the order through when i first clicked…
FULLY LAGGY ATM
thanks harmoko great find :)
would have been pretty awesome if they had the steel cap shoes for 10 bucks :P
Got there in the end. Very slow but no time outs, took around 2 minutes for each page to load. Very happy with the price.
got the black one , really wanted the green tho! ;(
still a good deal nonetheless
also Auspost seems to be down? cant track my parcels..
According to http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Auspost is definitely down. But don't worry too much, your parcel probably hasn't been posted yet anyway so you probably wouldn't have been able to track it. Nabbed a Blue/White pair in my size and a White/Green/Gold in a size smaller… (I'll squeeze) =P
Either everyone's asleep or they've plugged in another toaster because I just ordered and everything loaded just fine.
Worked for me too..
Good Post, thank you! Bought two pairs. Btw, what is the normal price?
about $30 last time I bought some in Target (from my very dodgy memory, so don't take that as gospel)
Thanks Lou.
Normally about $23 in BigW and Kmart. Occasionally on special for $16 or $18
They're great for out in the garden, and easy to throw in the washing machine ….. I can't help wondering if I should have gotten a second pair
Done that! Bl**dy ozbargain costs me a fortune. lol
Yep, me too. Trying to convince myself that I am actually SAVING money!
I think they have restocked some sizes….size 9 and 10 are available
Much better deal than paying $20+ for a glorified pair of thongs, oh sorry, "havianas"…
holy crap! I posted this deal, and I can't even get 1 pair now!
kidding
Hey there - tnanks for posting. We had no idea it would do this. We are making some urgent upgrades to our servers. Complete melt down this morning.
Brilliant post. Just got a couple of pair with free shipping!!
The OB uniform is almost complete.
these shoes stink.
I recommend washing ones feet regularly, wearing socks and not stepping in dog poo (or the poo of any other fauna, to be honest - rotting flora should also be avoided).
Try wearing socks with them…
EDIT: Beaten..
cant get the website to load ob must have crashed it:)
site still slow!!! my sizes were sold out!!!
what size ;o
Great music festival shoes… they get smashed then you just chuck em in the wash. I'd chuck a pair of insoles in them though first.
yeah..sites getting smashed
any 11's 12's (was watching some friggin movie in the wee hours and forgot about my fave site.. grr.. frankly i got sick of seeing iphone apps and wifi dongles)
I just bought some 12s (black)
Yikes. The site is still down!
any discount codes…
giving up… so slow! Wondering if this is a geniune promotion or just clearance. If a promotion, then Pacific Brands is doing it quite badly - website is smashed + popular sizes are sold out.
i think it's a clearance to remove all the old stocks
That's nice of em but did they have to flood the isles with excess liquid rubber?
Attempt #2 to get to and past the checkout…
Took me about half an hour fo get it to load past checkout.
Need to top off my Paypal account so laptop is on hibernate to save the checkout page rofl
This is hopeless, cant get anything to load!!
I think I just successfully ordered. Maybe. They took my money…
It's up but taking its sweet time loading
Website is hopeless. Not worth the $5 saving for me.
They are normally $35 so there is more than a $5 saving
I'm positive I bought some at Target for $15 once. If not, my mistake!
(To be fair, it looked like a wild animal had ravaged through them all, and popular sizes like US 9 were hard to come by).
They're usually $15-20. The newer volley styles cost a bit more.
Now all i can get is a 403 Forbidden message
The site seems to be completely dead now
I got all the way through to checkout and after putting in my CC details got the 403 error. Bah.
Getting a forbidden 403 error at the moment
Same right when I was going to check out as well!
yup, looks like it's crashed
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/volley.com.au
My god how sloooow is the site, over 1 hour now to try and order, then "403 forbidden" page as redirected to paypal.
It would have been quicker for me to drive to K-mart Fountain Gate and just buy a pair from the store.
asking for free volleys? :P
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/41607