What I asked for for birthday/Hannukah/Christmas: Freedom from shoe shopping. I hate that all the shoes kinda look the same to me. And I feel like I’m inconveniencing the salesperson every time I want to try on a different style. (Plus my feet are wide, so it’s hard to get the best fit the first size I try.) And you only get like three minutes to decide on a pair of shoes. What I wanted was for someone to go to the store, pick out five or six styles of shoes, buy them in 10½, and bring them to me. I could wear them at home over a weekend, pick out the ones I like the most, and then the giver would bring the others back.
What I got: A ride to the mall to buy shoes. No, wait, I drove. I guess all I got was “Let’s go buy you new shoes”.
Comments (5)
Doesn’t Zappos do 90% of what you asked for? You just have to pick them out but you can narrow by color and such. And if you think they all look the same, then it doesn’t really matter what they look like, right?
I feel stupid suggesting something so obvious, but zappos has free shipping and free return. You can do his now.
Also, don’t be a baby.
Also also, the comment entry form is busted on the iPhone.
Yeah I’ve done Zappos, but it just takes so damn long. Each ship-try-return cycle takes like 3 or 4 days, so it might take a couple weeks to find a pair of shoes I’m willing to stand in for 8 hours a day.
Also, if I’m not allowed to complain about minor annoyances and anti-gift-giving on my blog, where can I do it?
Also also, might be the live preview JavaScript. I’ll look into it.
Just order a shitton at once.
Yeah, I’ve done that before (ordered a couple sizes at the same time) and sent the others back.
We’re not saying don’t complain, just offering possible solutions!