Best & Worst: Out of the deep: It's a Croc! Ugly comfort sweeps the nation

I wear my crocs everyday and I am comfortable. I do not think that they are ugly, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My friends that wear highheeled shoes are usually in pain at the end of the day, I still have a spring in my step. I have even got some of my hardcore co-workers to try them, they are now hooked on crocs. I loved them from the beginning and hope to get my family and friends hooked on them too! Only the real crocs will do, the knock-offs are not the same.

They are making some cuter ones now. When they were just making the clogs I refused to wear them, but I just bought a pair that look like really cute flats. I have gotten a million compliments on them and people are always stunned when I tell them they are Crocs.

I have 2 pair, the traditional clog style, and new mary janes. They are the best shoes for people on their feet. Mine are adorned with "Jibbits" I do saint bernard rescue, i have the letter "i" a heart and a dogs face on one and a paw print on the other. Real conversation pieces. The mary jane style is very cute, and looks like regular shoes. All of our volunteers now wear crocs.

These shoes are remarkable!! I was first introduced to crocs when I flew up north for my grandsons 1st yr. b-day. The stewardess was wearing a pair of hot pink ones. When I got home I got online & ordered a pair of tan ones. Next month I think I will get a pair of light blue ones. Oh my!! My closet will be filled with crocs eventually....lol If you haven't tried a pair yet, do it!! A billion dollars worth of shoes sold should tell ya something.

I love CROCS! I can't think of a better all around shoe. They have replaced the tennis shoe for me and my family. I can not tell you how many of my Aunts, Uncles, cousins and friends wear only crocs. My niece says she needs to send her Mom to Crocs anonymous because she owns so many pairs. Do yourself a favor--- try a pair of Crocs! :)

Hey...crocs rock! Got my first and only pair, so far, as a gift last summer...They are hot (as in cool) and now Wal-Mart has a knock off version for under 10 bucks called "no boundary's"...hmmm...we'll see how long they last as a copy cat.

A heel spur and plantar faciitis; bad knees - oh, my, what a lifesaver ! I can walk the flea markets, craft shows and malls all day without any problem.
My back doesn't hurt either. My husband now has a pair and only people that have these problems can appreciate the comfort. He has RA and while at the doctor, I noticed an ad in the Arthritis magazine endorcing these shoes...the make them with a deeper toe box for arthritic patients. They really have some cute styles coming out now. Thank you, thank you, thank you....whoever designed and patented these. The best part is you can afford them. To the people that say they would never wear the ugly things - - I say, "You have haven't have foot problems like the rest of us!" - - hope you don't...

Be VERY careful! I owned 10 pairs of Crocs, and wore nothing else to work (in a hospital). I walked everywhere in these Crocs. Then one day, outside on a cement sidewalk, i fell flat on my face. Blaming it on the sidewalk, i continued wearing my Crocs. Less than 2 weeks later, i fell again, flat on my face, again outside. This time i severely injured my left leg, which took the brunt of the fall. These shoes, while extremely comfortable, are very dangerous. I wore them for 6 months without incident. Something about the shoe "sticks" or catches to surfaces, and it forces you to fall forward without warning, directly on your face. I have read other comments on other sites about this happening, and i have heard people at work comment on the fact that they sometimes catch themselves from falling face forwards. This company is doing very well but they are going to be in for some nasty lawsuits. Something about this shoe is very dangerous. Be very careful wearing your Crocs. We threw all of mine out.

Walmart to begin marketing their own knockoffs.: I have a friend who works there and tells me they're getting in on the foam shoe craze. Payless already sells a nice knock off. I own a pair of Crox and Payless Airwalks. Honestly you can't tell the difference. Payless has some really nice color patterns. I have camo Payless, and they have a nice pink marlblized model now recently in their stores. I bought my daughter a pair of Pink Crocs. So I know there's no difference in the quality, only the marketing. Crocs is doing some excellent marketing. But any foreign company could do the same and beat them in the international market. Walmart had a version last year but they were aweful, now they're using a vendor who supplies Payless. The Chinese apparently are not loyal to any one partner. I hear $12 is the price Walmart plans to charge but that's hearsay. It seems to me the barriers to entry in this market is very low so margins should come under pressure. Heck, AMD and Intel are battering each other's stock price. And the barriers to entry there are huge. Foam shoes? Hah. Insiders are selling, I don't know, this bubble is gonna burst eventually. Most the stock is already sold short and other than the insiders there's no sellers. Hard to see how this will play out, and how long it'll take, but take a look at TASR for timing.