My Shoes Fell Apart

debodun

debodun

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way upstate in New York, USA
I wore these a few times and the sole just peeled off. I tried gluing with various adhesives even bathroom caulk, then putting rubber bands around them to hold the sole against the shoe overnight, but I'd walk a few steps and they come right off again. I took them back, but the store said they can't take back shores or underwear once they've been worn.

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How much did you pay for them? If really inexpensive, it’s not worth the effort needed to write an email, which is what they count on.

If you hadn’t tried to glue them, etc, you could have taken them back and insisted that they were faulty.
 
Surely the store should offer a refund or replacement if you have a receipt Deb, depending on how long you’ve had the shoes of course ?
 
debodun said:
I wore these a few times and the sole just peeled off. I tried gluing with various adhesives even bathroom caulk, then putting rubber bands around them to hold the sole against the shoe overnight, but I'd walk a few steps and they come right off again. I took them back, but the store said they can't take back shores or underwear once they've been worn.

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...so the rest of the story is, that you bought them in 1971.. wore them a couple of times, found them 50 years later under the cat pee drenched cardboard and thought they might do you another few wears ...am I close.... ?:sneaky::ROFLMAO:
 
You couldn't give them back because of all you did to them. That's what you do after you try exchanging them first. Then you try to fix it on your own.
 
debodun said:
They probably don't speak English. ;)
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They speak enough English to be able to market their shoddy products in English speaking countries. Don't be fobbed off, there must be something that's the equivalent of the UK's Trading Standards Office in other countries. Make a noise, give them a hard time, threaten them with adverse publicity, don't be bullied by big corporations.
 
C'est la vie Pepper, if it's all a hassle and debodun really could do without, what we Brits call, The arse ache, (pain in the ass) then just let it be.
My own stance would be entirely different, I'm up for giving them some of the grief that they have given me, and some more besides.
 

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