>>Tom, I try not to myself. Sometimes they are the best fit in the "low end" range of shoes. I hate how they operate! Unfortunatly all the other manufactures do the same thing.
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>Yes, and I don't think there remains a viable way for us, the general public, to put a stop to such things.
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>Sadly, JimN

Jim;

1. We can stop buying shoes!
2. We can start our own company!

I think that if we did the second suggestion we would end up as bad as the lot we are criticizing! Perhaps it is like being a politician. You think you can do a better job, run for office and win and then the system envelops you and you become “just another politician”!

Tom