SimpleShoes.com

Simple Shoes are the new, hip sneakers (at least, in my neck of the woods). The designs are simple, as the name implies, and they are featured in a lot of the trendy new stores. I liked the fact that I could get a nice pair of sneakers for under $50 ...

I placed an order this morning at 9:21 a.m. and when I hit the "continue" button it took me to a page that said my cart was empty.  So I added the items to my cart again and went through the process again.  I recall reading that hitting the ...

I ordered a pair of men's Ecosneaks from SimpleShoes.com. Ordering shoes from this website fairly straightforward, and the shoes came in about a week later (not bad), but after the purchase I received flurries of emails from distributors. This thoroughly annoyed me because they kept asking me to take a survey I had already taken.

Now for the product. I know you're not supposed to say anything mean about the environment, but I've got to put it out there: Ecosneaks are the crappiest -- that's THE crappiest -- shoes I've bought in over a decade. They hurt my feet terribly the entire time I had them. Fortunately, that wasn't too long because they promptly decomposed after 2 months. I guess they're not really made for walking. They're more like driving shoes.

The first reviewer got it right! Unfortunately, I would have been 100% satisfied with their experience.

My original order was apparently lost (by UPS). Simple Shoes made no effort to contact me/respond to my inquiry (info@simpleshoes.com), and UPS repeatedly refused to talk to me, since I wasn't the shipper.

Then, I was sent a notice saying my return had been accepted, a new pair of shoes were shipped, and my card had been charged (a second time). I finally found an email addy for the parent company, customerservice@tevasandals.com, who confirmed my card would not actually be charged twice, however made no comment to the repeated emails I sent to simple shoes that went unacknowledged. They also refused to let me change the shipping address once I realized a signature was required for delivery (icing on hte cake).

Finally, after more drama with UPS, I got my hands on the shoes.

Despite the hassle, I do like the shoes a lot. They seems sturdy, well built (as they should be for the price), and are comfy with ample room for my super-wide feet. I definitely recommend the product, but beware of ordering from the website!