I like New Balance and have been buying the brand for many years but for the last seven years they've started to suck. I get sick and tired of how they are always deleting a certain shoe band number or change the model I like and make it more narrow.
Before I was able to just look up my number and order a couple of shoes that I liked and be done with it. Now I have to go to the stores and try on different models. Even the same model don't always fit right anymore. And some of their colors suck too.
I hate to be blunt, but $10 per hour is what that kind of work is worth. If you’re 40 and trying to support a family of 4 on $20,000 per year, then you probably made some bad choices along the way. These jobs should be for entry level people, those who have retired and are looking for additional income or those who are working and going to school to try and move up. In addition, the high minimum wage drives up the cost of unskilled labor. Its artificial and must be abolished.
Agree with you about the model number change. I have on 856 that was something else a year ago. And another number the year before.
These shoes are the same size of previous, but my foot swims in them. Had to buy the $40 insert to make them work. Outside is wide, like Donald Duck. Some things changed and not for the better.
Unless congress makes life better for business, companies will leave period. They need to make a profit. Things don’t look good. Third world is coming to America. And then, God help us.
The thing that I’m hating is every pair of sneakers I buy for the past 10 years or so has the sole come off. The glue just stops adhering the sole to the shoe.
I’ve got a pair of Nike’s I bought in boot camp in 1988, from the NEX, and sure enough - they still fit, are fairly comfortable, and while the sole is worn smooth, it’s still solidly attached.
I wonder what EPA regulation forced manufacturers to change the glue?