Would you wear second hand shoes? Like, from a charity shop??

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i had a day out yesterday with dd1, we went on a nose round the charity shops. she got loads of great books, 10p each

Then

i saw these shoes, Faith, almost perfect condition. £4! i bought them

dh thinks its unhygienic

dd2 currently wears dd1's old shoes

Oh it's all bollocks about D EE and XXX fittings or whatever guff they spout.

'Our specially trained fitters'
A phrase that never fails to make me snort dismissively.God yes,it's soooo hard to work out the legth of a foot.

Getouttahere!!

I ram 'em on,and if they stay on their feet they fit.

i do moondog, dd1 has narrow feet dd2 has wide feet, dd3 has very narrow feet, any shoes passed down would destroyed.

i do pass on my kids shoes to others though.

mind you i have found a olovely website that sells slight 2nds clark shoes. its hit and miss on what they have in, but do check it after the kids feet have been measured to see if they have any suitable. £12 for a pair of winter boots.

har

i was about to say that moondog

dont get all this wide fitting either
just dont tie the laces so tight

I have just bought a pair of second hand shoes off ebay (can't afford new ones). Needs must and all that!

but moondog we tried to get shoes to stay on dd3 feet, we wre there a hour trying on shoes, she is a D fitting and even those are slightly too wide.

Too right, filly.

She wore crap shoes once and got a horrible blister.

I felt terrible!

Never again.

I don't care if all my stuff is second hand or looks a state.

But not my girls.

lmao

My grandmother worked in v posh hat shop as youngster.
People would come in asking for a hat to be stretched on 'your special machine'.
Boss would bow in ingratiating manner,say 'Certainly Lady Assheton-Smythe' go into the back room and put his foot in the hat and streeeeetch it to f*ck.

Would then return saying 'Have put it on the machine Modom'

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where we were the charity shops were very posh

you should have seen the jewellery

Broughty Ferry

v posh

Oh, yes, Broughty Ferry's right up there w/Morningside and Bearsden .

St Andrews has great charity shops too

i got the most gorgeous winter coat there one year

ooh misdee please can we have a link to the clarks seconds shop?

isn't it important that kids feet are checked and that the shoes fit properly with the correct width fitting etc? i agree clarks staff are crap and all about 14 years old who would rather be snogging their boyfreinds than measuring my little girls feet bit Startrite are good and seem to know what they are talking about. my dad as a kid was always put in shoes that had no witdths or second hand from neighbours and his feet are a right old mess because my dear Nan thought she was checking his feet properly!

Coats okay. But shoes . . . eeewwww.

the shoes arent a weekly expediature though, so every 3-6months (or if they say their feet hurt) i go get their feet measures, i dont tell the shop assistant their current size anymore as so many times they would say they'd gone up a size but they hadnt, if they need new shoes, then they get them. dd2 still has trainers that fit. and over the summer sale i get dd1+2 some cheap doodles, dd1 pair were £2 IIRC.

Was just in St. A's yesterday. But didn't go into any charity shops. Just to the beach.

oh St Andrews beach is really lovely

itas not working properly atm but often just pop on for a browse.

i havent checled there for a while, so hope they are still running.

It's a nice drive, NP.

Not my thing. I wouldn't want to live there, but it's great to visit.

i kind of trust myself to check dd's feet when she is trying on shoes

we go to a posh shop, get feet measured, then buy shoes in less expensive shops after posh shop has told me their size