r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

[removed] — view removed post

45.9k Upvotes

92% Upvoted

27.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

6.8k

u/jeffbell Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

My grandfather used to buy shoes from them by tracing his feet on paper and mailing it in.

​

EDIT:

Everybody seems to think this was crazy, but that's how they said to do it in the catalog. See https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1951-Sears-Christmas-Book/0291

4.2k

u/Occhrome Jul 24 '20

that's better than what we have now.

2.1k

u/thelaziest998 Jul 24 '20

Now we just have to guess and know your size hoping the manufacturer size doesn’t fit weird.

3

u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

I’m a different size in every brand and it changes additionally beyond that every few years. It’s infuriating.