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JJB Sports "Serious About Running" - they must be joking!
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If I'd wanted size 11s, I'd have asked for them, so I answered, "No, I want size 10.5." He was really confused then, so I walked off!
this threw him somewhat so I asked him if he had a size chart (didnt look it up beforehand to see what size I wanted)
No he says (to the size chart) - we dont sell them.
If a customer came in asking about heel stability or whatever i would give them an honest answer which was i simply didn't know because i hadn't been trained and then point them to the asics section. i am not a chav (i regularly mock them) but the problem seems to be the people who give the training, not the trained.
JJB shouldnt have made the claim without full training of all their staff.
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2p extra....... Lillywhites no longer has the right to call itself a sports store - it's a badly merchandised, over-crowded, bargain basement. it makes jjb sports look like harrods!
the point of the thread wasn't 'how dare these people have the audacity to work at JJB, that beacon of running excellence'
it was 'JJB is a chav fashion shop - isn't it annoying (and potentially dangerous) that it claims to be serious about running'
it doesn't matter that its assistants know nothing when they are seling to its key demographic (other chavs). but if a beginner runner was tempted in by the 'serious' claims, and sold a supinator shoe when they overpronate, then JJB's lie might cause irreperable damage.
all you need to know.
How long should I wait? Perhaps we should all send mail asking them (JJB) to substantiate their claim of being 'serious about running'.
Now I know what to mutter under my breath when out in Kingston on a Friday night.
Mr J had a Chav thrown out of the cinema the other day for talking to his m8's all through Spiderman 2 :-)
At the bottom of the page there is a banner advertisement for a CFD trading company ???
Now, i might be wrong, but i think the market researchers may be targeting the wrong audience there.
Can just imagine one of them phoning up and asking for 10 pills for Saturday night when "I is out wiv me bruv's"
still no reply.
It seems that they do. The 5 was too big and the 4 is ok on my feet but I am slightly concerned that they are a little tight if Im going to injure myself wearing them.They arent uncomfortable but I know I shuldnt be wearing a 4 or a 5 becuase Im a 4 1/2. it shouldnt be down to trial and error. My nearest running shop charges more than double what JJB do for shoes and for a beginner I just didnt want to throw £70-80 at trainers until i found out whether I could really stick at it.
Im really really annoyed now. Not everyone had huge amounts of money to throw at training shoes when just starting out and it seems theyve told me something which basically is a blatant lie. I looked at the tag at the time and said look it says 6 1/2 and she said yeah that refers to the largest size we stock. I said so they DO make 1/2 sizes then and she said NO only 6 1/2 is available in 1/2 sizes. adidas dont make 1/2 sizes except in that 61/2.
Im more than annoyed after reading this but what can i do? nothing I expect
They are adidas Climacool and someone else has commented on the forums that why she liked them, becuase they were a snug fit ( which is why i did go for them, they did feel supportive)
Is there any way of checking? something to look for in the way they feel when im running in them???