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    Just ordered a pair of stiletto boots through a company called Aliexpress that imports from China. They offered many larger sizes, and the prices are ridiculously low, so I couldn't resist. I've heard the quality is.........fair, so I'm willing to take the chance. Anyone ever done business with this company? 

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    There was a company selling Pleaser shoes on the auction site at ridiculously low prices. I know because I bought about 4 pairs off them. All but 1 pair have been re-sold (a pair Mrs Freddy 'owns' but has only ever worn once - to my recollection). They were typically £20-£29 for shoes and boots respectively. Company might have been called SkyHigh or something similar. These were even cheaper than American imports. At the time Pleaser boots advertised with a 5 inch heel, didn't have a 5 inch heel, but a little over 4½ inches. Same with the 6 inch heels, something a little over 5½ inches. The pair retained by Mrs Freddy are some patent ankle boots with 5½ inch heels. Very attractive, but not really going out shoes, which is why I sold my pair on.

    The seller was very busy. There was at least two versions of the company, one starting after the other folded. I suspect they didn't pay VAT or taxes on any profits, disappearing when it came time to 'settle up'.

    I've experienced the same "unfair" competition myself, where someone sold the same product as my (then) company. They didn't pay any import duty/VAT, nor company tax on profits. Consequently they could sell the product for the same money it cost me to get them in the building. Fortunately for me, I had significantly better cash-flow so I was never out of stock, where he was nearly always 'waiting for new stock'.

    Pleaser now do a range of shoes I think are a lot more stylish, though I suspect harder to walk in. The older style (420's) had the heel tip closer to the toe than the current styles. The further away from the toe the heel tip is, the harder I find it to land my heel and then rotate my ankle. With the heel tip landing position slightly forward of the heel, the landing/rotation is noticeably easier. Taken to it's ultimate position, I have found "heel-less" shoes to be very easy to walk in

    The 420 vs the new 20:

    Pleaser heels - Old vs New.jpg

    I hope to own a version of the 20's at some stage, but given the position of the heel, I know I won't be able to walk in them. ;):D

    I find your research on the Pleaser brand interesting. I own many pairs of older Pleaser boots and I'm starting to wonder if the newer ones may be different. May just buy a new pair to find out.

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    I've had a good few failures too. Asked a seller if a shoe-boot had a platform. "No" was the answer, but it did - a "hidden" platform. At the time, returns had to be paid for by the buyer, so they just got relisted as it was a cheaper way to dispose of them.

    Same experience with some software. Claimed to be retail boxed. What turned up was an opened OEM version. I lost the cost of the insured/signed for return carriage (circa £7) but I got the £80 back for the original bid. The seller had pulled the same trick on at least 3 others and got himself banned.

    The most notable for me was a pair of NEXT knee boots. As soon as they arrived, I tried them on and was disappointed to find one boot was unusually tight, Closer examination revealed why.

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    Further examination revealed they weren't even the same make of boot....

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    After I sent the seller some pictures, I got a full refund and the boots were donated to the recyclers.

    In 'real world' auctions, people have few consumer rights, save what the auction house offers as part of the Sale conditions. Some of that will be about authenticity; a painting claimed to be by X or Y, will actually be by X or Y. A "solid wood table" will actually be, solid wood. If not, then a return for refund will be offered. Above that - buyer beware.

    The benefit of an auction is that because we don't enjoy consumer rights available in the usual retail situation, goods or services tend to be proportionately cheaper. Of course there is risk, and fortunately that risk doesn't often come home to roost, but it does - sometimes. The software, the NEXT boots, and possibly for me a further 10/15 pairs of shoes or boots that were either poorly made or poorly sized.

    On balance it must be worth the risk, or me and zillions of others wouldn't use auctions, either real world or on-line. ;)

    Wow. Amazing that they thought you just "wouldn't notice" the boots. Especially considering they weren't even the same brand OR size.

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    Late last winter (meaning this year and past the really cold weather) I bought some thicker leggings to wear under my jeans. "Leggings" of course look like this: LEG5284-53401-2T.jpg

    From a great site BTW. >> here <<

    The extra thick leggings are very stretchy, and not entirely unpleasant to wear. ;) I've thinner ones too, though I like to wear either type as they stop chaffing around the ankles and calves from stiff uppers. I'm seldom without them when it gets cooler. :ph34r:

    I hope you get out more this year. :)

    I have a picture of you in mind..... Standing on the corner of a wooden porch, watching the Sun set across a dusty and desolate plain, with your shiny thigh boots reflecting the last of the evening light...... B)

    FF2, If wearing boots was that dramatic I would never take them off. ;) Great visual, though.

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