Footing the bill
CAN anyone help me with one of life's great mysteries?
A loaf of bread weighing 800g costs £1.20 and a load of 400g costs 60 pence, a pint of beer costs £2.50 and a half will set you back £1.25.
So if a pair of adult size nine shoes costs £35 who do child's size 5 shoes using half the leather costs errrrr, £38?
Doesn't make sense to me, especially as I've just been told both my lads need new school shoes about two months after their last pairs.
The bloke who invents stretchable shoes will become a millionaire overnight.
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Stop them playing footy in their school shoes!!! My lads wear theirs out after SIX weeks!
Easier said than done Ruth!
What really annoys me is that while children's shoes have zero VAT - the children's sizes only actually go up to size 5. Above that and you'e classed as an adult.
My boys, who are only average height & size, were into size 6 shoes at the age of 11 - they haven't got freakishly large feet either.
Adidas Football boots, which may be priced at £35 for sizes up to a 5, suddenly double in price at size 6. That's one month's Working Tax Credit wiped out in one visit to the sports shop.
Don't get me started on the price of football boots.
When I were a lad I made do with a pair of Winfield Specials (anyone remember them) for years and I'm sure my feet never grew.
We were 'appy then.
It's absolutely ridiculous that the manufacturers reckon size 6 is adult and utterly wrong that parents are forced to fork out £50 plus on something that probably costs a fiver to make.
Come on Woolies - get back into footie boot making.