{"id":9018,"date":"2010-10-21T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=9018"},"modified":"2010-10-19T11:22:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T17:22:29","slug":"frugal-librarian-32-if-the-shoe-fits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/frugal-librarian-32-if-the-shoe-fits\/","title":{"rendered":"Frugal Librarian #32: If the shoe fits?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Maybe its the element of risk or the fear of commitment, but I’m still skittish about buying shoes online.<\/p>\n

There is definitely a larger selection and you can sometimes save a few dollars — especially now as they blow out old stock in the fall to make way for new styles.\u00a0 As far as getting a gander at them, all the online merchants seem to have them mandatorily photographed from a half dozen angles. \u00a0 But what if the dang things make you feel like one of Cinderella’s ugly sisters when they arrive by mail?<\/p>\n

Major player Zappos<\/a><\/strong> tries to assuage that fear by offering free and unlimited returns.\u00a0 You’re not supposed to notice that they build about 5 bucks back into the item cost.<\/p>\n

Take this one<\/a><\/strong> for example. Looks like something I could abuse, cover in winter rock salt and be too lazy to polish for the next 4-5 years. \u00a0 But what’s a Stonefly Milano?<\/p>\n

After straw polling my peers, I’ve been told an excellent way is to know how a certain brand fits and count on that manufacturer’s internal controls to be consistent.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In other words, once a size 11 New Balance, always a size 11 New Balance.\u00a0 In that event, it might not be a bad idea to go to a shoe store with a notepad and number two pencil to build an extensive brand dossier for your feet.<\/p>\n

Comment with your shoe tips and favorite merchants, as well as any woeful tales of goofing on a size and getting stuck with $6.95 return shipping<\/a><\/strong> each way.\u00a0 Hey, sometimes you roll the dice and lose.\u00a0 That’s life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maybe its the element of risk or the fear of commitment, but I’m still skittish about buying shoes online. There is definitely a larger selection and you can sometimes save a few dollars — especially now as they blow out old stock in the fall to make way for new[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[364,6],"tags":[370,521,526,379,1191],"class_list":["post-9018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer-news","category-websites","tag-frugal","tag-frugal-librarian","tag-online-shopping","tag-saving-money","tag-shoes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-2ls","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9018"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9021,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018\/revisions\/9021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}