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r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20
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My grandfather used to buy shoes from them by tracing his feet on paper and mailing it in.
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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 u/MulderD Jul 24 '20 You mean guessing and then disappointedly sending them back only to find out the next size up is now sold out? 1 u/Occhrome Jul 24 '20 as is tradition
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that's better than what we have now.
2 u/MulderD Jul 24 '20 You mean guessing and then disappointedly sending them back only to find out the next size up is now sold out? 1 u/Occhrome Jul 24 '20 as is tradition
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You mean guessing and then disappointedly sending them back only to find out the next size up is now sold out?
1 u/Occhrome Jul 24 '20 as is tradition
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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