Màck©® wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:53:55 -0500, ted rosenberg
> <tedrosenberg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> DonnaB shallotpeel wrote:
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>>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:11:05 -0500, in
>>> <OeudnQk8mrD7Gb7UnZ2dnUVZ_tTinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "bgl"
<bjones44@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> wrote:
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>>>> 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.
>
>
It is not just the insoles - the chassis is fitted to your feet also
My righ\t foot is slightly larger than my left foot, and they carefully
measured them both (which is why I now know about the differences in
size) It 9is not just width and length, but hight
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