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MasterCaneman -> RE: What is the stupidest thing you ever bought online? (8/5/2013 7:06:54 AM)
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Hiking boots. I should know better-I have a 4" surgical screw holding my left foot together and my right foot is also pretty odd-shaped from decades of hard use, so when I need shoes I really have to try on different examples to find a pair that fits me. Whenever I go shoe-shopping, I always ask for three of the same style to find the "right" ones, because usually one side from one box works while the other doesn't. Most places are cool about this when I explain why.
About two years ago, I'm surfing and at one of the bigger e-tailers are some good name brand hikers, so I figure on taking a chance. 40 bucks plus shipping for boots that are normally over a hundred seemed like a good idea at the time. I get 'em, and sure enough one fits fine, the other was a cruel shoe. So I box them back up and send them back (costing me nearly twenty-five bucks), and the store sends me another pair. This time, the OTHER shoe doesn't fit right. My forty-dollar bargain shoes are now sixty five bucks, but stupid me, I send them back again. Twenty-five more dollars. The third pair arrives. This time, the same side that didn't fit the first time won't fit. I call the company, they won't accept returns anymore because they closed-out the line and I'm stuck with them.
I figure that, no problem, They're brand-new in the box, never worn. I'll just stick 'em on Craigslist and someone'll buy them. Three months later, I give up and ended up donating a brand-new pair of hiking boots to Amvets.
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