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To think soft play centre is wrong to hold 18 month old dd's shoes to ransom

83 replies

Bambiraptor · 05/04/2007 20:04

This happened a few weeks a go but I have been wondering whether I was in the right since it happened.
A while ago I took my 2 dc's to a local soft play area which we have been going to for years. When it was time to collect my dc's shoes I couldn't find the shoe ticket so the lady behind the counter showed me the shoes on each shelf and asked me to tell her when she had my dd's. I did this, put the shoes on my dc's and went home.
A few weeks later we went back to the same place. Whilst paying, the same lady immediatley informed me that last time I had been there I had taken the wrong shoes. It turned out that the someone else had exactly the same shoes as dd, except hers were a size 3 and my dd's were a size 3.5. I had not noticed at all as they fitted my dd and looked exactly the same.
Anyway the owner of the other shoes had insisted that the manager reimburse them for their dd's shoes.
The manager then informed me because I had taken the wrong shoes (implying it was my fault) that I could not have my dd's shoes back as she considered them her property.
I was shocked and said I didn't want the wrong shoes I had mistakenly identified as they are the wrong size and I would like to have my dd's shoes back. She said no. So I gave her back the other pair and said I would not be returning to the establishment.

So they now have both pairs of identical shoes and have lost a customer.
I can't decide who is right.

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FlossALump · 05/04/2007 20:22

I'll try and find out what DP thinks on this either later on or over the weekend.

Bambiraptor · 05/04/2007 20:21

I can't imagine what they are doing with the shoes. Probably they have thrown them away as they are of no use to anyone else.
I nearly accused them of theft but I really was not sure if it was. I am so glad you think they are out of order. I am never going back there again anyway so they have lost alot more than the cost of a pair of shoes.

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lulumama · 05/04/2007 20:20

FGS!! they have stolen your child;s shoes becasue you made a mistake, a genuine mistake, and they have wilfully taken your property....

blardy hell!

i;d write to the local paper, name and shame !

anniebear · 05/04/2007 20:20

I was thinking that also!

If they are Clarkes they could have cost around £25

I would go and threaten them with the police

FrannyandZooey · 05/04/2007 20:18

OMG

how odd

I would consider phoning the police - they have your dd's shoes fgs!

Campagneforlunch · 05/04/2007 20:17

What are they planning on doing with the other pair of shoes??
They should just have let it go, I would have been very annoyed too.

anniebear · 05/04/2007 20:17

Thats so awful! They have stolen them in my eyes!

I would be furious and demand them back

KatyTheProcrastinator · 05/04/2007 20:06

You are. They are completely overreacting - they asked you to point out the shoes in the first place! If they'd said "no shoes without a ticket" that would have been one thing but now they're just being petty.