No shoes for you!
Back in February I got an email from Alex Rawal, asking me if I wanted a free pair of running shoes to try out. Despite the fact that I find Alex’s company’s advertising incredibly insulting, I decided to give them a fair shake and try them out. After all, Alex was nice enough to offer free shoes, so the least I could do is give them a fair and balance review. Alex asked if I wanted regular shoes or flats, and so I said flats because I run in flats now that I know regular shoes are made by Satan.
Well, I see that Vanilla received his new shoes about a month ago. What did I get?
Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Maybe they don’t make flats and Alex was just kidding. Maybe they don’t like me because I don’t like their advertising and he was just teasing me. Maybe he just forgot. Either way, another empty promise from the-shoe-company-who-must-not-be-named.
I have to ask myself, would I spent $100 on something that was sold by someone who acts like this?
April 28th, 2008 23:32
That’s crazy! That was the same guy that I was e-mailing back and forth with and I thought I noticed that he was copying you on some of the responses. Maybe yours are back-ordered. :D
After I gave them my address it seemed like it took forever before I received the shoes, but this is now what 2 or 3 months down the road?
April 29th, 2008 00:21
Hopefully yours will be better looking than his, though it is probably the picture.
April 29th, 2008 11:18
either way i don’t like their slogans but if it’s free i’d try their product.
April 29th, 2008 14:54
You contacted Alex directly before posting this, right? A lot of things can happen to hold up an order.
April 29th, 2008 21:55
I think a natural law of marketing is that the freer something is the longer it takes to deliver. I mean think about it, how long does it take to get a rebate check in the mail?
May 9th, 2008 06:08
I am in desperate need for new running shoes, maybe I could give them a ring to test out their shoes. That sounds like a fun job, ‘running shoe tester’..