by Tony Feria

Created on: October 27, 2009

I would buy used shoes for a number of reasons. Not only is it environmentally friendly but you can save a very large amount of money buying used shoes then if you were to purchase brand new ones. As always, there are necessary precautions to take when purchasing your first new pair of used shoes. The quality of shoe is important because you do not want to waste your money on a pair of shoes that will not last five minutes out the door. Be sure to verify that the shoe's previous owner had correct foot hygiene while owning the shoes, also check if the shoes have a small odor coming from the inside of it. That could possibly mean the shoes were not taken care of and could be a bad buy.

The main reason why I would buy used shoes is because shoes have the tendency to get dirty in a short period of time. With white shoes it is even more noticeable but everywhere I would go with new shoes it would seem like they would get dirty. It was hard to keep them clean and after a while, I just came to my senses and realized that it is pointless to try to stop my shoes from getting dirty. Most shoes now comment to the person's taste in style, even different pairs of shoes are made to go with certain outfits. If a person does not mind wearing used shoes, they will have a better chance in finding the suitable pair for them as oppose to having to pick from a list of shoes given by a store.

Although wearing used shoes can be looked upon as being dirty, a quick tumble in the washer machine will fix it right up. There will be very little evidence of a previous user to the shoes because after a quick wash used shoes seem to come out looking brand new and smelling new as well. I hope more people share my opinion on wearing used shoes because shoes should be used for their utilities, and should feel comfortable on the users feet.Most back and foot injuries are caused by wearing improper shoes. This can be easily fixed with choosing from a variety of shoes. Wearing used shoes is a really great way to recycle old shoes that were going to get thrown away, now they can go on one more adventure, and maybe they can also find someone else to wear them after all is said and done.

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