Author |
Message |
Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 6:39 pm
Oh, those are darling Dipo! I wish Penneys was around these parts...
|
Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 7:06 pm
Thanks for the extra effort! I've just got back - seems sporting stores were the trick and I got a really good pair at Sports Chalet - on clearance down from $55 to $20! So I'm very happy. I was using the wrong words (as usual) - what I was looking for were hiking shoes not walking shoes. Once they told me that they took me straight to the right department!
|
Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 8:15 pm
Kitt, the cats didn't come out of the car except to and from a motel room.. didn't see any bears (did in Yellowstone years ago) And yeah, it was tense with the cats acting crazy and loud. They had previously been very quiet on tranqa .. my ex did the driving and he didn't mind that sort of stuff at all. Sounds like a great price on shoes!
|
Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 8:19 pm
dahli, I order them online and have them shipped to me! Oh, Kit, totally different shoe, LOL.
|
Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 10:31 pm
Well, duh!!! We KNEW she was going to Yosemite, LOL. Congratulations, Kitt, on getting the shoe you needed at a great price.
|
Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 12:24 am
Even on the phone to the hotel booking in Yosemite the "hold" message warns you about bears - I thought they'd be round every corner and would certainly sniff out a kitty! Thanks! Yeah, I'm all set now, got my shoes, got a room booked and a tour booked! Now just have to wait impatiently for about six weeks!
|
Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 2:17 pm
Not sure where to put this, but I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to stretch boots...? I bought a pair of Cole Hahn boots on sale the other day, they were $100 bucks off so I was excited. They're a 7.5, I wear a seven and they were comfortable in the store, but I wore them yesterday and they were tight! I don't have any of those wooden shoe thingys which I think is what is normally used?? so am looking for some other ideas..
|
Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 3:55 pm
I would think how effective it is depends on what the shoes are made of, but for natural materials if you stuff something damp in them - like balled up newspaper or a towel - and then let that dry overnight it stretches them a little. This might be an old wives' tale, but they also say stuffing them with banana peel works too!
|
Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 4:42 pm
<<This might be an old wives' tale, but they also say stuffing them with banana peel works too!>> Oh great, now Dahli will have monkeys chasing her everywhere...

|
Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 6:08 pm
Dahli, have you thought of taking them to a shoe repair shop to see if they can stretch them a little?
|
Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 6:53 pm
Shoe repair is the way to go. I've done it and it worked like a gem.
|
Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 7:57 pm
I'm voting for the bananas
|
Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 9:15 pm
HA! Thanks for the banana votes and the other suggestions, I will check out a repair place and if they don't offer it I'll buy some bananas. They are leather, so perhaps some damp towels? I was wondering if that would hurt the leather...but you said damp not soaking wet - right?
|
Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, March 07, 2008 - 9:49 pm
Yeah, damp, not wet. The leather will soak up the dampness from the towel and it will relax them a bit. And they won't smell of bananas ;).
|
Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 12:01 am
... or the dampness will shrink the leather ...
|
Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 1:10 am
Well I'd add in "do at your own risk", but I remember my grandmother doing it, several times, and it worked for her. Whether leather was treated the same then as nowadays I don't know...
|
Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 6:32 am
In Ebay, would you call charging $3.00 for shipping an item that really only costs .58¢ in a regular (non-padded) letter sized envelope, overcharging or fair?
|
Mictay
Member
09-29-2006
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 6:40 am
I would say it's overcharging,but that's how some people make their profit.It's my understanding that ebay doesn't charge the seller for S/H fee.I could be wrong.
|
Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 6:46 am
That is a tough call Julie. I guess if it was called shipping & handling it might be ok. Then you figure in the cost of the envelope, putting the item in the envelope, the driving to the post office, standing in line at the post office, making/writing the label, the postage itself....
|
Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 7:25 am
I think $2 would be reasonable, $3 is maybe too much in my mind. Depends how much the buyer wants the item and how much of a bargain it is. I always consider the shipping as part of the price.
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 8:26 am
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but, oh, well.... My sister is helping make a St patricks day float for her son's boyscout den. The theme if the parade is "It's a small world". She is making flags from different countries, and I think they are trying to make a giant globe. Does anyone have any ideas what she else can do? They have to wear their uniforms, so they can't dress up in different costumes.
|
Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 9:03 am
they could have "food of the nations" pics of different food from different nations. such as swiss chocolate, mexican tacos, chinese food.
|
Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 9:04 am
How about sashes with the pertinent country logos on them?
|
Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 9:05 am
...or their flag colors on the sash?
|
Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Monday, March 10, 2008 - 9:32 am
Thanks guys! I'll pass these along to my sister along with anything else someone can think of.
|