shoe meltdown

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i mentioned shoe issues previously. well after my tromp through the floods of melaka, my tevas again started coming apart. i superglued them. two days after gluing, i stumbled upon some nice sandals for sale. i bought them and wore them out of the store, throwing my tevas away. bad idea.

it took two days for these new shoes to come apart. i was able to hobble to the store from which they came. i was told that they would not give me a refund but would repair the shoes. it took me about 1.5 hours and a number of phone calls to the distant manager (with the very helpful local clerk) but i convinced them to give me a refund. i think, though i still haven't seen it in writing.

this is why i don't make big purchases in asia, especially the fake ones. that sentence looks odd since most of our things are made here.

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