On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:53:55 -0500, ted rosenberg
<tedrosenberg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>DonnaB shallotpeel wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:11:05 -0500, in
>> <OeudnQk8mrD7Gb7UnZ2dnUVZ_tTinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "bgl"
<bjones44@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I don't buy running shoes from a catalog except for maybe getting
>>> more-of-the-same that I've just bought. I have to try them out & see
how
>>> they feel *while running*. It usually means trying on 6-12 pairs in
the
>>> store, testing a couple of them briefly at the store, then further
>>> testing in real-running conditions, before ordering another 1-2 pr of
>>> the same shoe with the same of whatever insoles I decided on *for that
>>> pair*. I've even found that a different color of the same model isn't
>>> quite the same -- must be on a different assembly-line-machine or
>>> something. Rotating 3 pr I can go 12-15 months before having to go
>>> through the same drill again. I'm due about now :-( It's not a lot of
>>> fun.
>>>
>>
>> In the podiatrist's office you could try on samples of the shoes.
>>
>> You could talk to them about allowing you to return them if they
weren't right
>> when they got there. But, I doubt you could work it with the rigorous
try-out
>> you're describing.
>>
>>
>Donna, he obviously leaped in without readingh the original post
>NO, you dopt "try on" perfect fit shoes
>They take a model of your feet and you pick the shoe style from a
>catalog asnd/or samp[les
>The sjoes are then made to fit your feet.
>
>When you get the shoes delivered, the Podiatrist checks them to make
>sure that they actually are a perfect fit and that no errors were made.
the insoles are made to fit your feet. Getting custom made shoes from
molds of your feet in the USA is damn near impossible.
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