{"id":2292,"date":"2013-07-31T04:33:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T19:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-07-31\/2292"},"modified":"2013-07-31T04:33:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T19:33:40","slug":"pleased-with-online-shoe-retailer-zappos-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2013-07-31\/2292","title":{"rendered":"Pleased with Online Shoe Retailer Zappos.com"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D4 + Nikkor 24-70mm f\/2.8 @ 24mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 220 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nShoe Shopping at Home<\/span>\nat my sister's home, via Zappos.com\n<\/div>\n\n\n
My sister:<\/td>“It's like Christmas.<\/i>”<\/td><\/tr>\n
Me:<\/td>“No, Christmas happens every year, but this is the first time in my life to have shoes that fit.<\/i>”<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n

I'm currently on a trip to The States, visiting my sister's family in\nWashington State, and later my folks in Ohio. I took the<\/span> opportunity of\nbeing here to give shoe retailer Zappos.com<\/a>\na try.<\/span> My feet are<\/span> water-ski narrow\n(US size 13½ width AA),<\/span> a size<\/span>\nthat shoes simply aren't made for, but some makers do offer a “N” (narrow)<\/span> or\neven “B” (super narrow)<\/span> sizes, which is at least a step<\/span> in the right\ndirection to the “AA” (ultra-crazy narrow)<\/span> width I really<\/span> need.<\/p>\n\n

So, prior to my trip, I searched Zappo's huge inventory for size 13½ or 14 in the\nvarious narrow widths, and placed my order for lots of shoes to try, so that by the time I got<\/span> here,\ndozen pairs of shoes, socks, and shoe inserts waiting for me.<\/p>\n\n

Zappo's thing is that they pay for shipping both to you, and if you decide you don't want something,\nfor the return as well, so this kind of “order a bunch<\/span> to try and keep only a few<\/span>” thing is exactly\ntheir business model.<\/p>\n\n

(Still, with my hard-to-fit feet, I felt that<\/span> I would<\/span> be ordering so\nmany to try that it might be considered an abuse of their system, so asked\nwhether I could<\/span> pay for shipping, to which they essentially replied “No,\nsilly, we'd never let you do that. Order away.”)<\/p>\n\n

So it was fun to go through the various pairs of gym shoes, running shoes, hiking shoes, and dress shoes. For sports<\/span> stuff, I found<\/span> time and again that Brooks<\/a> brand just\nfit me the best, so I've a new<\/span> favorite there. For other<\/span> brands, I generally<\/span> had to replace the insole\nwith a special<\/span> narrow arch-support insole; in addition to extreme narrowness, my feet have absolutely no arch. These\ninsoles are more than $40 for a pair,<\/span> but they make the difference between comfort and pain.<\/p>\n\n

I kept a bunch and sent back the rest, then promptly ordered more when I\nrealized<\/span> that the running shoes I kept<\/span> were not appropriate for\nside-to-side movement of playing soccer with Anthony. UPS says that<\/span> order\nis “out for delivery”, so four pairs should be arriving today, with three\ngoing back tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n

The problem with this business model is that it works so well, and I\nfind<\/span> myself scouring Zappos.com for interesting styles that I've seen out\non the street. But I'm limited by luggage weight and space (and then storage space at home\nin lack-of-space Japan), so I must<\/span> show restraint.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I'm currently on a trip to The States, visiting my sister's family in Washington State, and later my folks in Ohio. I took the opportunity of being here to give shoe retailer Zappos.com a try. My feet are water-ski narrow (US size 13½ width AA), a size that shoes simply aren't made for, but some makers do offer a \"N\" (narrow) or even \"B\" (super narrow) sizes, which is at least a step in the right direction to the \"AA\" (ultra-crazy narrow) width I really need.<\/p>

So, prior to my trip, I searched Zappo's huge inventory for size 13½ or [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}