We have a local charity donation retailer much like a Sally Anne in Parksville BC called S.O.S; I have bought a lot of items from them. First used shoes that have barely been worn, look at the heel if its not worn at all, it's a pretty new shoe. I've bought a couple of Florsheims, Mephistos and other well known brand names. The average price is $10 but I had to pay $15 for the Mephistos. My boating shoes - Sperry - is from there, $10. My boating raincoat, two of my life jackets (inspected by the Coast Guard at French Creek), a number of great boating books on GPS, Radar, self teaching Navigation, and others including a second copy of Chapman's that I keep at home, the other one on the boat. I paid $5 for a 2006 edition of that Chapman.
[Short story: The first time I experienced anchor drag off of the bay and marina of Keats Island BC was back in 1976. Not only was it my first anchor drag experience, it was also my first anchoring experience. So I drop the anchor, wind comes up, boats all around me and I notice they all seem to be moving forward. Then I instantly realize they are stationary and I am going backwards. So up the anchor and reset. About 20 minutes later, the same experience - all the boats are going forward, hey wait a minute. So third time my buddy is on the tiller (26 foot Tanzer sailboat) and I am down below speed reading Chapman's chapter on anchoring and that is when I discovered Jesus.. no wait a minute... that is when I discovered "scope." After letting out what felt like a massive amount of rode, the anchor set (Fortress) and there was happiness through out the land, or at least in the bay. This story is why I always keep a copy of Chapman's on board.]
And my wife gave me a hard time after I brought my tenth shoes home from SOS. So I said to her, I paid ten dollars for this pair, how much did you pay for your last pair of shoes?