Silly me, assuming that because I was in an outlet village, that a New Balance establishment here would also be an outlet - you know, like back when outlet meant prices better than what you might get at a department store. Nope, this is a "Factory Store." Your discount options are limited to (a) a display of shoes/sneakers at about 1/3 off in the back corner on the right, (b) any discount you might get from the outlet village discount booklet, and (c) a discount if you buy a SECOND pair. So if you only wanted one pair, like I did, I guess you bring a friend who also wants a pair? To be fair, I did not get the discount booklet, so I don't know how much of a discount I would have gotten - or how much I would have had to buy to get it, but quite frankly, even a 20% discount probably wouldn't have been enough incentive here.
I hope you're looking for running/outdoor/tennis shoes. I came here for walking shoes/sneakers. These were relegated to about 1/4 of one side of a display. They didn't have anything wide in my size. Even more challenging, I actually wanted a pair of WHITE sneakers... they had one on display, but nothing in or near my size in any of the nearby boxes contained white sneakers.
They probably also don't want to hear that I got a similar style of sneakers by a not-so-big-name brand for 1/3 the cost recently, at a K-mart! read more