Shoes ruined in Belfast

Parisien

absoluteutopia wrote: »

Good auld NI mentality, "claim" then you can whine when the rates goes up

So the huge potholes that open up on the roads are my fault???!!!

Bend a £150 alloy.........plus ruin a £100 tyre.....and I should pay up?

I already pay road tax and rates......their responsibility...not mine......crap pavements.....in same area of responsibility!!!!



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fairplay4u

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Parisien wrote: »

So the huge potholes that open up on the roads are my fault???!!!

Bend a £150 alloy.........plus ruin a £100 tyre.....and I should pay up?

I already pay road tax and rates......their responsibility...not mine......crap pavements.....in same area of responsibility!!!!



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Must say I agree with you, my alloy was completely ruined by a pot hole ( i'd only got them 4 days before.....raging:mad: ) anyhow, took the photos ect, ended up with the buck being passed from DOE to the water board, long story short i paid £220 outa my pocket to repair the damage the road caused to my wheel (which i pay road tax to help maintain)

marksimpson

Difference is that if you damage a wheel you've damaged something that is designed to carry the weight of a car on a road surface.

When you damage a high heel on a pair of women's shoes or boots you have damaged something designed to look nice, not something that was designed as a practical means of walking the streets.

Parisien

marksimpson wrote: »

When you damage a high heel on a pair of women's shoes or boots you have damaged something designed to look nice, not something that was designed as a practical means of walking the streets.

So if you damaged a wheel........if it was an embellishing alloy wheel you'd only compensate them for a "plain" steel wheel????!!!

Still a wheel...still damaged......

Still a shoe....still damaged.....

marksimpson

No, you're missing the point.

An alloy wheel will still be as good at being a wheel as a standard one, and in most cases will be stronger as well as looking nicer.

Conversely it would seem to me that the more expensive the shoes, the less fit for dealing with its intended purpose - walking - they are.

Therefore you have to admit that they are more designed to look nice than to walk in and you have bought them more because they look nice than because you thought they'd be comfortable and practical. Much like an ornament, or jewellery.

Golden_Anemone

Conversely it would seem to me that the more expensive the shoes, the less fit for dealing with its intended purpose - walking - they are.

The think is Mark, that's simply not always the case. A pair of comfortable walking shoes are likely to cost far more than a pair of fashion shoes, mainly because the market for fashion shoes is to young people whereas the type of person buying comfortable walking shoes tends to be more affluent.

marksimpson

How many comfortable walking shoes have heels as the OP describes?

jinja

Thank you for the replies, but to some posters why did you bother, when you ignore the question posed and instead posted smart-alec and/or insulting comments.

absoluteutopia wrote: »

Good auld NI mentality, "claim" then you can whine when the rates goes up

Did I say I wished to make a claim, NO.
Do I intend to make a claim now, NO.
Are you perhaps judging me by your own standards, WELL?

marksimpson wrote: »

How many comfortable walking shoes have heels as the OP describes?

In no post did I state the size of the heel but I believe in post #14 you made the assumption that I was wearing high heeled footware
FYI the shoes and boots had 1 inch heels

ballyblack wrote: »

wear sensible footwear?

How do you define sensible?
Any shoe devoid of a heel perhaps?
Should I wear trainers or Ugg boots to work (even though neither would be acceptable in my office) or how about Wellingtons even though I do not work on a farm or building site?
It is a little bit insulting to suggest that I do not wear sensible footwear particularly considering the weather conditions last week, icy mornings etc.

Golden_Anemone

marksimpson wrote: »

How many comfortable walking shoes have heels as the OP describes?

It was your posts which said

not something that was designed as a practical means of walking the streets.

and

the less fit for dealing with its intended purpose - walking - they are

that led me to believe that you were implying that the OP should have been wearing comfortable walking shoes. I believe it was a logical conclusion to reach from what you wrote, you may disagree. Whatever.

jinja

where in my post did it say
"not something that was designed as a practical means of walking the streets."
seriously, where?

I am the original poster, hence OP