Yuck

I made my first really big mistake, other than mailing stuff that weights more than I estimated.

This mistake was buying a pair of Birks locally. They are pretty nasty. I ordered a cleaning kit from Amazon. I will never recover my cost of 30 bucks. Maybe, if I am lucky I can get 40 and make 6. I learned my lesson. I will take forever to clean them. The shoe bed itself is really yucky. And this afternoon I realized they smell too.

So, live and learn. If I can revive this pair I will look for them at the bins. But then I have to fight off the family that is staked out at the shoe bins and once the rotation begins, they toss everything into their carts without even examining the shoes. Just toss toss toss. I suppose afterwards, when they have exhausted all the good stuff or stuff with potential, they sort thru it.

It's exasperating and I feel waves of anger. I wish I knew when they are not at the bins. They were not there once, I beleive. Maybe on a Sunday.

I asked the other woman who is always there and presumably knows everybody, she talks a lot, I know a lot about her by just observing her with others, anyway I asked her what the deal was? She said they sell it by the container and ship it overseas. At least that's what she says. They are there everyday ALL DAY. I stay for an hour or two and spend anywhere from 28 - 80$. I can only imagine they spends hundreds a day.

That's my birk story. I'll have before and after photos. I've read a lot on  line about refurbishing these hippie shoes and am assured they will sell. At the least I will recoup some of my 30$.