Kids shoes...why so expensive?

*speed-queen*

i know i am 2 years too late for this thread

but i have found it a really interestung read

I am a clarks trained fitter, and have been for over 2 years even though i am only 18

i love my job, and do the best that is physically possible to fit a child with the correct size

one point i read that i didnt like was " have you noticed how they ask what size they were in before, so they can just add on a half size to sell you more"

thats is not true, yes i always ask what size the child was in before, but thats because it is what i have been trained to do to guage the right measurement for a child, if i measure a child as a 9G when currently they are in say a 10G then obviously there is something wrong there,

but if i hadnt have asked, i wouldnt know that this size was a missreading would I?

and the point where you can get measured 3 times in one week and get told different sizes each time,

measuring feet is not an exact science, it is only a guideline, it varys on whether you use an electric measure, a hand held measure, what socks they are wearing, how hot theire feet are!

just like bra sizes, i bet you have bras in a few diffferent sizes but they all fit, its the same with shoes

as quackers said the most importanfd thing isnt mthe actuall measurement, its that you go away with a shoe that fits, all shoes vary


i also think its true that younger fitters dont get treated the same as an older fitter,

i often get asked by the customer if i am sure they fit, or if i can get someone else to check them, and i know its because of my age,

but yeah rant over

i agree that clarks shoes are a bit expensive

but i definatly think its worth it

i know when i start having kids they will all wear clarks ( or startrite) and nothing else

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