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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 3881862, member: 34"] Ended up going up to the running store to get my own good running shoes a few weeks ago. My customer experience representative, Misty, was very attentive to my needs. Not only did she pull up the shoe bench so she was facing me, she took off my current shoes and socks and gave my foot a good once over with her hands checking for soft tissue, muscle, bone, etc. When I tried to apologize that I hadn't had a pedi recently and I wasn't prepared to have my feet massaged, she had none of it. In one fell swoop I got her past relationship history, current status of single and a reassurance that she sees plenty of females with feet way more nasty than mine. After a few questions she went back to the stock room and returned with Altras, Brooks and Hoka Cliftons. Tried the Altras first and they had a wider toe area allowing for toes to spread out as you come down on them alleviating some strain on the toes. I liked them but the sole seemed to wide for me. If I have wide soled shoes I tend to get sloppy and run a bit on the outside of my feet-supination. Now, Misty was watching me walk these through the store and complimented my neutral stride, no pronating or suplinating, but I wasn't buying it. The Hoka Clifton's were spot on. Narrower sole and definitely cushioned. Misty could see the joy in my face as soon as she slid them on my feet and laced them up. She gave me a gentle tap on the calf to raise my foot, untied the shoe, took it off and slid out the insole and slid in a nice Curex Run Pro High Profile insert. Oh, heaven. It was like the shoe was molded to my foot. Told her done deal, wrap it up. Mrs. Diesel decided to get another pair of the Hokas in a different color from her first pair. They were out of stock so she was going to have to return to pick them up. Fast forward a few days and I was so stoked at how the shoes felt on the treadmill I sent a text to Mrs. Diesel to grab me a few more of those Curex insoles when she goes to get her shoes so I can put them in all my shoes. At that point she informed me they were $50/set. Dr. Scholl's they are not. It was at that point that I realized Miss Misty's seemingly harmless flirtacious attitude was nothing more than an attempt to upsell and get a better commission. It worked. And I don't feel bad about it. [/QUOTE]

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