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Queen Combat: Dec 29, 2017; Lipstick Apathy

Payless had size 12 women's?!

gently caress wish I would have known that two weeks ago.

# ? Feb 16, 2019 09:41

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# ? Apr 16, 2024 22:19

Slippery: May 16, 2004; Muscles Boxcar

Queen Combat posted:

Payless had size 12 women's?!

gently caress wish I would have known that two weeks ago.

On the bright side one assumes they will have even deeper discounts now so maybe you can get some cheap!

# ? Feb 16, 2019 15:33

Goober Peas: Jun 30, 2007; Check out my 'Vette, bro

Queen Combat posted:

Payless had size 12 women's?!

gently caress wish I would have known that two weeks ago.

Hit them now, everything is on sale.

Also please post pictures of your haul.

# ? Feb 16, 2019 15:43

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Soysaucebeast posted:

I figured this was coming though, since the one near me has had a 50-75% off sale every day for the past two years. They had to have been bleeding money.

They declared bankruptcy in 2017, too, so yeah this wasn�t really out of the blue.

# ? Feb 16, 2019 17:01

RandomPauI: Nov 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

I'd have hit them up if they had 4e sizes.

# ? Feb 16, 2019 17:17

Krispy Wafer: Jul 26, 2002; I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat; Grimey Drawer

Their retail rents were probably cheap enough and it's not like their stores were overflowing with personnel. I wouldn't be surprised if most stores operated with a handful of low-paid employees. Overhead couldn't have been that much compared to most retailers.

There's just no money in discount shoes. The big shoe-only discounters like DSW have got you beat on selection and the Wal-Marts and Targets of the world can match you on price and beat you on convenience.

Still surprising to see them close down completely and not try another restructuring/branding change. The last info I could find had them at a 3 billion a year company. There must be fewer lenders willing to toss money into struggling retailers.

# ? Feb 16, 2019 17:18

Chicken Doodle: May 16, 2007

I wonder if this is going to bleed up into Canada? Some of the best shoes I've had are from Payless. I love their Safe-T-Step ones cause they're awesome in icy/slippery weather and they're a fraction of the cost of proper work boots. :ohdear:

# ? Feb 16, 2019 17:36

The Moon Monster: Dec 30, 2005

I bought some shoes from payless a year or so ago that gave me terrible back pain, something I've never had before or since, after wearing them for 3 days. That's my payless anecdote, thanks for reading.

# ? Feb 16, 2019 21:13

TheKennedys: Sep 23, 2006; By my hand, I will take you from this godforsaken internet

Chicken Doodle posted:

I wonder if this is going to bleed up into Canada? Some of the best shoes I've had are from Payless. I love their Safe-T-Step ones cause they're awesome in icy/slippery weather and they're a fraction of the cost of proper work boots.

Safe-T-Step's women's work boots (Brooke, I think) have been my go-to for years now, they're knockoff Docs with awesome treads and they're hilariously cheap for women's work boots, which are drat near impossible to find in the first place.

# ? Feb 16, 2019 23:58

Queen Combat: Dec 29, 2017; Lipstick Apathy

No sales in AZ yet at payless, other than the standard BOGO they always do.

Cannot wait, though, because I tried on their size 12 clogs and they fit nicely.

# ? Feb 17, 2019 00:29

SweetMercifulCrap!: Jan 28, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

I've been going there to buy the Safe-T-Step all-black work shoes for years now. I get about 6 months out of them, I do a lot of walking at my job. Outside of the work shoes, most of their shoes feel cheap to me and definitely don't last as long as name brand shoes. I thought the whole point was supposed to be that you get name brand quality for off-brand prices. Maybe it's different for their women's shoes.

# ? Feb 17, 2019 08:25

Weatherman: Jul 30, 2003; WARBLEKLONK

Queen Combat posted:

No sales in AZ yet at payless, other than the standard BOGO they always do.

That's a scam I never thought I'd hear in real life. Buy one shoe, get one free? :allears:

How do they get away with that?

# ? Feb 17, 2019 09:19

Queen Combat: Dec 29, 2017; Lipstick Apathy

Pair

# ? Feb 17, 2019 10:46

Weatherman: Jul 30, 2003; WARBLEKLONK

Queen Combat posted:

Pair

# ? Feb 17, 2019 11:09

Queen Combat: Dec 29, 2017; Lipstick Apathy

Fair

# ? Feb 17, 2019 12:02

Weatherman: Jul 30, 2003; WARBLEKLONK

# ? Feb 17, 2019 12:53

Queen Combat: Dec 29, 2017; Lipstick Apathy

Weatherman posted:

Err.

# ? Feb 17, 2019 12:54

ChickenOfTomorrow: Nov 11, 2012; god damn it, you've got to be kind

Share!

# ? Feb 17, 2019 21:47

21st Cherry boy: Jan 28, 2004; i'm a girl, fucktard

I bought two pairs of different saf-t-step shoes and in both pairs the sole completely came detached from the shoe in less than a week. Good riddance. And they weren't even much cheaper than a good pair of skechers work shoes.

# ? Feb 17, 2019 22:52

n8r: Jul 3, 2003; I helped Lowtax become a cyborg and all I got was this lousy avatar

Weatherman posted:

Zaurg alt spotted.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 03:07

value-brand cereal: May 2, 2008

Stolen from tumblr here: http://cosmomoore.tumblr.com/post/182861239591

https://twitter.com/sadiemcshadie/status/1096516453589647361?s=09

the above twitter posted:

Trouble at Etsy. Accounts have been seeing charges of over $5000 to their credit cards connected to their shop accounts. Shoppers might want to check their accounts as well. Etsy took $12,000 from this shop owner @etsy #etsy

There's more in the twitter thread linked above.

mirrorada posted:

http://mirrorada.tumblr.com/post/182874720435
It gets better (worse) Etsy is returning the money via the payment account. They also halted all payments out going on Friday and returned(recalled) any that had started processing. They payment account is seeing these returns/refunds as new transactions which is hitting people with another 5%+ And what has Etsy said about all this?

One. loving. Moderator. Post.

That�s it. One post amounting to �sorry, our bad� no public announcement or apology, no site wide announcement, no mass email. Due to what they have called an �unexpected site error� they cleaned out people�s bank accounts, causing many frozen accounts, leaving people with overdraft fees and no money over a 3 day weekend (it�s presidents day on Monday, so financial institutions won�t process poo poo till Tuesday)

gently caress Etsy.

They�ve been dead silent about this happening, many people still aren�t aware, and only become so because another Etsy seller has told them. Only a handful of people effected by the stop/refund on processing payments got an email explaining why, and Etsy didn�t start contacting people who had money stolen untill there was a 20 page deep thread with people complaining.

Someone in the master thread went through and added up all the $ amounts from users actually reporting, mind you this is likely just a fraction of the people effected, and it totaled over $600k.

Six hundred thousand USD. Because of a supposed �site error�
Bull poo poo.

If anyone knows someone with an etsy account, please give them a heads up!

# ? Feb 18, 2019 03:18

Sir Lemming: Jan 27, 2009; It's a piece of JUNK!

SweetMercifulCrap! posted:

Outside of the work shoes, most of their shoes feel cheap to me and definitely don't last as long as name brand shoes. I thought the whole point was supposed to be that you get name brand quality for off-brand prices. Maybe it's different for their women's shoes.

That's definitely been my experience. My wife forced me to buy shoes from slightly better places (like DSW) and they've generally lasted much longer. It's one of those cases where paying less costs more in the long run.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 15:30

Croatoan: Jun 24, 2005; I am inevitable.
ROBBLE GROBBLE

The only thing I liked about Payless Shoes was that I could get super extra wide shoes back in the 90's before the internet made it easier for me to cover and hide my Fred Flintstonesque stupid wide feet.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 15:45

Iron Crowned: May 6, 2003; by Hand Knit

Croatoan posted:

The only thing I liked about Payless Shoes was that I could get super extra wide shoes back in the 90's before the internet made it easier for me to cover and hide my Fred Flintstonesque stupid wide feet.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 15:48

Demon Of The Fall: May 1, 2004; Nap Ghost

Hell yeah idiot wide foot checking in, I haven't been to Payless in ages though. I told my wife to stop by if she could and check out any sweet deals.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 16:52

Randaconda: Jul 3, 2014; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

It can be hard to find a decent pair of size 13 shoes sometimes, I can't imagine trying to find 13 wides

# ? Feb 18, 2019 17:01

The Moon Monster: Dec 30, 2005

Croatoan posted:

The only thing I liked about Payless Shoes was that I could get super extra wide shoes back in the 90's before the internet made it easier for me to cover and hide my Fred Flintstonesque stupid wide feet.

Yeah, I have size 13 wides and most stores don't stock over 12 so that was one reason to go to Payless. The quality was always pretty bad though.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 17:10

the holy poopacy: May 16, 2009; hey! check this out; Fun Shoe

value-brand cereal posted:

Stolen from tumblr here: http://cosmomoore.tumblr.com/post/182861239591

https://twitter.com/sadiemcshadie/status/1096516453589647361?s=09

There's more in the twitter thread linked above.

If anyone knows someone with an etsy account, please give them a heads up!

Er, maybe I'm a bit naive but isn't this the kind of thing that can get you in big poo poo trouble over? Is Etsy really big and profitable enough to make this go away?

# ? Feb 18, 2019 17:21

Der Kyhe: Jun 25, 2008

Straight White Shark posted:

Er, maybe I'm a bit naive but isn't this the kind of thing that can get you in big poo poo trouble over? Is Etsy really big and profitable enough to make this go away?

It used to mean that the company loses credit card endorsements and gets blacklisted because of gently caress up and cover up this big, but who really knows.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 18:27

Queen Combat: Dec 29, 2017; Lipstick Apathy

Wide feet family :smith:

# ? Feb 18, 2019 18:33

BigDave: Jul 14, 2009; Taste the High Country

12EEEE crew checking in.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 18:38

JK!: May 10, 2007; EZ-PZ!

I don't have a wide foot but I wear a size 15 and Payless always had something in a color that wasn't black/white/grey and usually for less than 30 bucks. I like Payless

# ? Feb 18, 2019 19:36

Volmarias: Dec 31, 2002; EMAIL... THE INTERNET... SEARCH ENGINES...

Queen Combat posted:

Wide feet family

Buying boots is nightmarish.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 19:46

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Payless for me is always "I loving need a pair of dress shoes, or at least shoes I can pass off as dress shoes NOW" and then discovering they weren't as cheap as I hoped they would be.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 20:40

Queen Combat: Dec 29, 2017; Lipstick Apathy

I remember wearing size 12 or 13 men's and the army being like "lol no 9.5EE you stupid idiot" and it's the only thing they've ever been right about.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 20:42

Croatoan: Jun 24, 2005; I am inevitable.
ROBBLE GROBBLE

I literally just ordered size 9EEEEEE from Orthofeet.com. Got 20% off with free shipping. I hope these are good. gently caress I just ordered shoes old people order. Then again, old people don't give a gently caress and want comfy shoes.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 20:46

Veni Vidi Ameche!: Nov 2, 2017; by Fluffdaddy

Croatoan posted:

I literally just ordered size 9EEEEEE from Orthofeet.com. Got 20% off with free shipping. I hope these are good. gently caress I just ordered shoes old people order. Then again, old people don't give a gently caress and want comfy shoes.

I don't think you have feet. I think you might have flippers.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 20:52

Rick: Feb 23, 2004; When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

Croatoan posted:

I literally just ordered size 9EEEEEE from Orthofeet.com. Got 20% off with free shipping. I hope these are good. gently caress I just ordered shoes old people order. Then again, old people don't give a gently caress and want comfy shoes.

Dr. Scholls inserts changed my life.

# ? Feb 18, 2019 21:00