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MuseRider

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27. Awww too bad.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Feb 14, 2019, 09:38 PM

Feb 2019

I went to school with the kids of the families that started this store here in Topeka. So many things we have lived with all our lives that are going away. Times are a changing.

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Retailer Payless ShoeSource set to shutter its U.S. stores: sources [View all] Eugene Feb 2019 OP

Not surprised that they could not find a buyer after all the online competition can pretty much cstanleytech Feb 2019 #1

I can never understand Ohiogal Feb 2019 #5

You nailed it genxlib Feb 2019 #8

My husband does the same thing.... Ohiogal Feb 2019 #12

+1 n/t area51 Feb 2019 #9

Same here however its clearly working as online sales are pretty robust. cstanleytech Feb 2019 #11

they allow easy returns so people buy a bunch with intention to return JI7 Feb 2019 #16

Wouldn't trying them on be reasonable before buying them. After all you want to make sure they fit. politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2019 #23

Zappos Corgigal Feb 2019 #20

My daughter has narrow feet greymattermom Feb 2019 #28

They get a lot of competition from Walmart and Target too TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #22

aka cheating creditors and employees nt msongs Feb 2019 #2

That's too bad. LisaM Feb 2019 #3

I will not buy shoes without trying them on. And I do shop payless--wide width is for riversedge Feb 2019 #4

Yes, and at the store in downtown Seattle, I see lower-income people shopping there. LisaM Feb 2019 #10

This sucks gay texan Feb 2019 #13

Wow. BumRushDaShow Feb 2019 #6

Shoot, it was a good place to find shoes not made of leather. n/t demmiblue Feb 2019 #7

That's why I've shopped there for thirty years. Codeine Feb 2019 #19

Buying shoes online? Not me! I must try them on! NurseJackie Feb 2019 #14

I have to try them on, too. LisaM Feb 2019 #18

I have the same problem Raine Feb 2019 #24

Weird. I had to switch to wide sizes as well. Codeine Feb 2019 #25

They're probably not. LisaM Feb 2019 #26

Dang. I like their stores. Owl Feb 2019 #15

Well, I don't have any particular love for Payless, but... moose65 Feb 2019 #17

Meh Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #21

Me too. LuvNewcastle Feb 2019 #29

Awww too bad. MuseRider Feb 2019 #27