Trainer Toe holes

[GeorgesMarvelousCalpol]

Not sure it's a Style and Beauty question, but hoping some of you lovely ladies can give me some advice.

I bought a new pair of New Balance trainers a few months ago, but I've only worn them less than 10 times. They've now got holes in the toes 😔 and I don't know what to do.
I will admit my big toe nail was probably too long over the summer, obviously to the detriment of these new trainers - but can I fix them? Stick something over them? Or are they too far gone and I need to bin them?
(I've since binned the receipt and it's too long ago to return).

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I live close to the NB factory in Maine, email them, they have excellent customer service

Thanks @Backwoods57, I'll give it a shot.

Return for sure.

That sometimes happens to my trainers. I stick my big toe up when I walk .

This always happens to my trainers! I came to the conclusion that my big toenail must be higher up that most people's.

My big toes tip up. DM’s did too. She had surgery to cut the tendon to make it straight but that’s a bit drastic. They shouldn’t wear out that quickly though

Mine normally go like this but not that quickly. Do you wear socks?

I thought I was the only person this happened to!

This happens to me twice - happened to a pair of New Balance shoes, I kept putting tape over them until the holes got quite big.

It has now happened with a Mizuno pair.

And also Mountain Warehouse walking shoes.

I think my toenails stick out a lot. I don't let them get long but somehow they still seem to wreak havoc with my shoes!

I had some Nike air that wore out inside after four months. I emailed them and they asked for pictures and questions about how much I’d worn them and how much walking I’d done in them and sent me a returns label. Few weeks later I got a full refund.

Same here. Also with shoes eventually, though it takes a bit longer.
I now keep my big toe nails v v short

I wouldn't be trying to return them you actually need to keep your toenails short as possible to avoid this problem

I find this happens to me with ASICS, although how quickly varies. I don't think they're very resilient. (I keep nails short, so don't think it's due to that.)

Always worth a try to return. They can say no. Nothing to lose!

Look on Amazon for trainer hole repair tape

https://runnerharmony.com/
Try these in your next pair. I had same problem - Ascics runners wrecked after a few months. Stuck these into my current pair and 2 years on no holes.

Thanks all, I'll search for my receipt and will send an email if I find it - no harm trying!

And thanks for that suggestion @RandyBentwick for future!

Not much help now but I've used big toe hole protectors from Amazon and they work amazingly