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how many of you buy stilettos / shoes online? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by sarah2653@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I can understand buying shoes online if you're looking for a specific model and brand you already tried and fits.

This is not my case: I'm looking for stiletto heels online because where I live there are no sizes that match my feet or heels are too short.

Online there are several stiletto makers, most of them China based, meaning that if I don't like the shoes or they don't fit, I have to pay the return shipping costs, which are most likely higher than the purchase price.

most sellers include a sizing chart, but this means nothing: I've bought shoes according to their charts and sometimes they're off, meaning to make it make sense I'd have to buy several sizes to see which one fits and return the ones that don't.

Overall seems to be a losing proposition, but where I am I find no high heels that fit me.

Has any of you ever done something like this?

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[–] winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why does it effect you?

[–] JSens1998@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

My wife does the same and always wants me to return them for her. Very annoying.

[–] sarah2653@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

you mean she wants you to take the package back to a post office... or does she want you to deal with the seller?

[–] JSens1998@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

You usually don't need to deal with the seller as most things are done through Amazon themselves. Firstly, you have to tell Amazon why you're returning the product. Then you print a return label that they give you, take the product/label to the closest UPS store who then box it up and ship it back to Amazon. A process that gets very annoying very quickly.

It takes time, gas, paper, and ink for each product you have to return.