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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Ask a Mustachian => Topic started by: saijoe on September 26, 2016, 02:17:54 PM
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I had my bags lost while doing business travel in Germany. I had to go out and buy some replacement dress shoes. I bought some Paul Rosen shoes that were too expensive, butt Ii was in a bind. I thought that they needed a break in, but not knowing the Europe to US size conversion, I think I just bought the wrong size. I'm about an 11 in the US. I'm thinking these are a 9? in Europe sizing.
I am wanting to sell them as I only wore them for a day. My problem is that I didn't bring the shoe box back to the US and I'm not sure of the size. The only text on the inside is 69095 4225 9, so I'm guessing that they're a European 9. I read online that a European 9 equates to a US 9.5. But if I'm going to sell them, I want to give accurate information.
Could anyone help me with the size based on the info and the photo?
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European sizes are generally in the neighborhood of 35-45.
UK sizes are more like 9, 10, 11 so if that is UK sizing, the 9 could be it. A UK 9 is about a men's 9.5 US. And around a 42 Euro.
This may be useful: http://www.zappos.com/c/shoe-size-conversion
Did you check inside/under the tongue? That's where a lot of shoes have sizing printed...
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No, there's nothing under the tongue. So I guess I'll assume that these are UK size 9. My plan is selling through eBay, but does anybody have any better ideas?
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I wouldntry to measure the inside length of the shoe. Then people should be able to compare ot with their own shoes.
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I sold shoes on eBay with no problem a couple of years ago... there are specialty sneaker resale sites but not sure about dress shoes.
If it were me I'd e-mail or call the manufacturer or shoe store as a last-ditch attempt to figure out the size. Pretty small amount of effort that could potentially avoid a return or bad feedback if your guess at the size is wrong.