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		smackfu on March 1, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ShoeFitr: The company Amazon must buy immediately "Buying shoes online sucks. Sizing between brands (and sometimes even within brands) is different." Zappos (who Amazon owns) does show whether shoes fit true to size or whether to size up. Is this really that much better?

jrockway on March 2, 2011 [–]

This data seems to be based on reviews, and reviewers are typically morons that know nothing about shoes. I order by size, ignoring the reviews, and I've only had one pair of shoes from Zappos not fit well.

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