I have purchased several pair of shoes from Spring Step Shoes. Most of them are the brand L'Artiste. The brand of shoe is wickedly comfortable, BUT, they are sold with plastic on the heels as opposed to rubber. The plastic is quite dangerous (slippery) and I have taken a fall in their shoes. Ever since then, I immediately replace the plastic on the heels with rubber. At a cost of $24.95 each and I have never requested reimbursement. Nor did I make a claim for the fall, but I am still within the statute of limitations. One of my most recent pair came with a very heavy chemical smell from the dye used in the shoe and it cost me $45.00 to have the boots treated. This time I did request to be credited, especially considering I purchased 7 pairs of shoes within a 10 day span. One would think they would value their customers. To my surprise, I was denied !!! They even requested photos and a receipt for the shoe repair, which I submitted, and still responded with a big fat NO!!!! So from now on, I will wait until the shoe I want is at Zappos, 6pm, Kohl's or Nordstrom. Somewhere where I am valued as a customer and they stand behind their product because Spring Step clearly does NOT !! read more