Ive owned a pair of globes in the past (i forget which model, they were mostly white with little grey globe symbols on the heel) and they were pretty damn good, if not a bit chunky. I bought a pair of generic black and white vans, absolute crap, and im thinking of either going to pauls and buying 2 pairs of appleyards for 100 bucks or getting a pair of considerably better globe tb tajs for $80. my question is which would be the smarter buy? i realise the appleyards are better value, but ive known people who've owned them and they have deteriorated pretty quickly. id probably coat them with shoo goo either way, but id like them to last at least a LITTLE while on their own.