Comments on: Find mismatched pairs of shoes at OddShoeFinder.com

By: patti mcwilliams

patti mcwilliams — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:10:57 +0000

I regularly buy my shoes at Nordstrom’s Department Store. They do not charge any extra fee for the second pair, and send the unused shoe of each pair back to the factory.

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:03:51 +0000

Hello, Liberty. I am the webmaster of OddShoeFinder.com. I did not find a “Marion” among the users, but did see that there are dozens of shoes posted in your size range, along with 24 “sole” mates. Your sole mates are located in 15 US states and three Canadian provinces.

By the way, in about two weeks, I will be mailing out about 3500 copies of a book (the “Shoe Wearer’s Handbook”) I coauthored to promote the site. Most of the books will go to podiatrists, orthopedists, physical therapists, and others who deal with foot problems. If you want to read the entire book online, please go to:

shoehandbook.com

Hard copies of the book will be available on Amazon.com, and eBook downloads will be available at my site. I’m asking the recipients to review the book and/or place it in their waiting rooms. I’m keeping my fingers cross that the promotion will result in thousands of new users for the site.

By: Liberty

Liberty — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:23:10 +0000

Marion! I am your sole mate! I wear an 8-8.5 on my left and a 6.5-7 on my right. I see this was an old post but maybe there is a chance you will read this.

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:56:11 +0000

Marion, if you have not already done so, you should register at OddShoeFinder.com, indicate that you are looking for a “sole” mate, and post your own shoes. It is really very simple. Send me an email at kbasson@hotmail.com if you have any problems. Thanks.

Kent

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:53:51 +0000

Hello, Marion. If you have not already done so, you should register at OddShoeFinder.com and indicate that you are looking for a “sole” mate. Eventually, maybe someone with opposite feet will register (The feature is new, so not that many are using it yet.) and the two of you can exchange shoes. Also, it is a simple matter to post your shoes for sale on the site. Give me a call at 703-505-9750 should you have any questions or problems. Thanks.

By: Marion

Marion — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:47:02 +0000

I am looking for a female to exchange shoes with. I wear either a 6 1/2 W to 7 W on my left foot and a 8 M on my right foot. I need flat soled tie shoes with deep heels
I currently have a brand new pair of athletic, “skate” type looking Route 66 brand tie shoes. The Left shoe is a size 8, the right shoe is a size 7 both medium. They are dark brown with light blue leather accents.

By: jennysmith

jennysmith — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:02:39 +0000

Basson kicked off the recycling theme at Odd Shoe Finder.com by recently purchasing 5,469 unused, brand name shoes and boots from an asset recovery company. The original size of the shoe lot was about 12,300 single shoes from which 1,900 matched pairs were created.

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:49:38 +0000

Thanks for the nice write-up and comments. We continue to improve the site.

As for “sole mates” (people with opposite foot sizes with whom one can exchange shoes), we are working on a way for users to find them – perhaps in the range of sizes in which people ask to be notified weekly. A user would be able to view a list of his/her sole mates with contact information.

We may include a place for information such as what sort of shoes a user has and is looking for, and a user’s location so that someone doesn’t waste their time looking for sole mates on another continent. There are users on every inhabited continent except Africa.

I just went to look at storage buildings with my niece yesterday, so we are looking to continue selling shoes ourselves. That was not my original intention, but we’ve found cheap sources of shoes and have made sorting into a family event. Two of my nieces, their husbands, and children get together and sort thousands of shoes.

We WERE throwing away shoes for which there were only rights or only lefts. However, we accidentally came upon a use for many of those. Some construction workers saw bags being hauled to the landfill and asked if they could have them. They sorted them out by size and wear two shoes that do not match when doing concrete work. Then, they throw the shoes away. It is nice to know that those shoes are not totally wasted.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:33:08 +0000

I found oddshoefinder.com soon after the webmaster started the website. He and his family have put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into that thing, and for those of us that have problems needing either 1 shoe or mismated shoes, it’s an amazing resource. For those of you out there that are looking for resources, NOSE and oddshoefinder.com are two goods ones. The one and only store that really caters to these types of issues is Nordstroms (www.nordstom.com). I don’t know if they publish it anywhere, but last time I checked you can buy mismated shoes for regular price (that’s 50% off for us used to buying two pairs). They keep the mismates you don’t need for whatever reason. You can both buy in stores or by calling in an order, and the people I have talked to knew about the discout/offer. Please pass on these resources to those in need.

By: stocks

stocks — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:56:19 +0000

My dad has polio, so of course, one foot is bigger then the other, what an odd website idea, thanks for the link.