Blowfish Boots

DeadDisco · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:24 pm Post subject: Blowfish Boots

So I bought these shoes off of Delias online.

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st3ph · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject:

I don't have them, but I think rubber would be way more durable!!! A fabric kind of bottom would get dirty and wear down much faster. But I really like them, they're cute! Isn't that kind of false advertising then? I would maybe call or email them about it. Cause I wouldn't want microfibre on a rainy or snowy day.
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DeadDisco · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject:

^Yeah, I was thinking of calling. Would I just call the number that they give you for returns?
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st3ph · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject:

^ go for it. they could probably refer you to another number if that's not it.
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sh0rty · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject:

I looove them! I saw them on UO's site a while ago and again at Stoneridge, but that has nothing to do with your question. I agree, you should call and ask about that. You could try calling/emailing Delia's too, they could've sent you a similar style instead of what you ordered?
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DeadDisco · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject:

^I was looking at the site, and it's not mistaken for anything else that I can see.
I'll try calling Delias tomorrow and see what they have to say.
Also, I looked up it on Google and I guess that's how most of their Hobbit sneakers are made. So maybe I'll have to end up returning them (which would be such a hassle).
I guess I could always get similiar ones from Aldo... but I love these ones.
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emcee · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject:

If it says that it's supposed to be rubber and it's not, you definitely have a reason to complain, plus it doesn't look like how the picture you saw looked like, which is another reason to complain. Definitely call them up. I wouldn't keep them if they were like a felt bottom, I'd feel like they'd break down really quickly!

DeadDisco · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:13 pm Post subject:

^Yeah, it's really weird. They have the rubber siding on the bottom, and I think a rubber base, but then there's just felt or whatever on the bottom.
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boarderlinefrenzy · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:51 am Post subject:

I once had sandals that I wore on the pool deck when I used to swim and they had that felt-ish bottom (and on the top, so the whole shoe was the same material). About six months into it, the felt-ish part was getting all weird and loose, so I ripped it off. It was then just that sandal material underneath. It didn't effect the durability at all.
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DeadDisco · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject:

So I kind of procrastinated and got busy and forget to call.
Also, I was searching and I read somewhere that Blowfish sells some sort of .. cover.. that you can put over top of it? So there's grip? I might look into that as well.
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missally · Supermodel Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 729 Smiles: +8 544

i bought a pair of boots like that too actually... i didnt realize the bottoms had material on them until i got home though. i bought them in the states so i couldnt return them anyways. i just wore them to school and eventually the fabric part just wore off... underneath theres an actual rubber sole so i wonder if yours have that too? i dont understand what the point of having felt/fabric/whatever it is on the bottom though... walking on the sidewalk wore mine off in no time.

DeadDisco · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:10 pm Post subject:

^Well that's good to know. If all all fails I'll just do laps around my street until the wear down haha.
I just don't want to wear them at school and then slip in the hallways.
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