Have shoes to sell on eBay but...

Rhymsta

My wife has had a pair of unworn Springers casual shoes in her wardrobe for about a year. Still in the box and even have the price sticker still on. However, we got them out to photograph and the soles had gone really sticky and had stained the bottom of the box. Anyone know what causes this or if there is any remedial treatment?

theonlywayisup

Sell them as 'well worn' you will make a fortune!!

Rhymsta

theonlywayisup wrote: »

Sell them as 'well worn' you will make a fortune!!

You could be on to something there... Perhaps I could say, "very good grip."

theonlywayisup

Rhymsta wrote: »

You could be on to something there... Perhaps I could say, "very good grip."

or slippy rubber bottom.....nah that's bad.

Perhaps try white spirit on the soles? Not sure why they are sticky.....sorry.:p

Rhymsta

The White spirit idea might work ... Or I could read through something I downloaded about the thousands of uses for WD40 amd see if there's anything in there.

theonlywayisup

Rhymsta wrote: »

thousands of uses for WD40

sounds more and more like a dodgy eBay auction....:eek:

hermum

It seems to be a common problem,
http://search.babylon.com/?s=web&babsrc=SP_crm&rlz=0&q=springers+shoes+soles+disintegrate

theonlywayisup

Spam off. .

Rhymsta

Well I searched as suggested by hermum and was horrified to say the least.... one person said that theynhad found their child with a chunk of sole in its mouth after it had disintegrated - the sole not the the child.

Just got me thinking though ... If you sell something on ebay that causes a problem such as a child choking on small parts would you be liable for any sort of damages?