Really annoyed

[nwhiker]

In August I bought a pair of sneakers for walking. I got them from amazon because finding wide shoes is more difficult than it should be. So. I'm past the return window and the shoes are absolute trash. Expensive trash. I mean, when I pay $100 for a pair of shoes, I do expect them to last more than two months.

The trim peeling off I could deal with, it's annoying but minor.



The sole wearing down to nothing in two months, otoh, is major. I mean, I'm not running marathons every day. I'm moderately active. My weight, while not normal, is not high. And yes, they wore unevenly, my legs are different lengths (broke one as a toddler), but usually the discrepancy takes a lot more than two freaking months to become apparent.



I'm shipping them back to the manufacturer, at my cost. I don't even know if they'll agree they're defective, so I might be out the shipping cost, on top of $50/month for use of the shoes, but there is no way I was just ignoring that, the lack of quality was just too egregious. Since there are already very few places to get shoes for wide feet, it's even more galling.

And the absolute fucking worst part? Now I have to shop for another pair of shoes. I loathe shopping. To the people who told me condescendingly over the years that I only hated it because I was fat and couldn't find much and fat clothes are typically ugly and expensive, and that I'd enjoy shopping more if I could fit in straight sides? Well, you were all wrong. I hate shopping. Doesn't matter that I have a few more options, shopping just sucks, and I am not happy that I now have to find another pair of shoes.

7 miles this morning. Our long walks go up by a mile a week until half marathon day. Gulp.

Comments

[camelsamba]

i was thinking i wouldn't comment on any of your "half" posts because of the time lag, but I do wonder what shoe brand this is! That really is too much wear for 2 months.

Matthew has wide feet and his 2nd toe is longer than his first, so he likes shoes with a big toe box. He has been mostly wearing Altra Torins, but then they narrowed the toe box. Last time we were at the shoe store the sales guy recommended a certain Topo model, and M really likes them. I know you hate shopping, but if there is a well respected running store in your area, you could probably get good advice on what shoes would work for you.

[nwhiker]

Oh, poor Matthew! Nothing like finding shoes that work with wide and/or difficult to fit feet only to have them changed! I don't like the new fit on my beloved Merrill low hikers any longer, sigh, so I have great sympathy.

I tried a local running store a few summers ago (before our trip to Scotland) and... they sent me to their website, they did not have a single wide pair in store, sigh. They did help Linnea get a pair of good shoes, though. I might try one of the other stores at some point.

Brand of the shoes was Rykä. I'm even more sad about the poor quality because they were so so comfortable.

[camelsamba]

the same guy who convinced Matthew to try the Topos, special-ordered him a pair of wide Torins that they wouldn't normally stock. :^) I hope the company reimburses you for the shoes!