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post #3586 of 5946
12/9/12 at 3:20pm
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Originally Posted by klint View Post

shoes are fine, and apart from wholecut, look just like AE Weybridge with the punching. Only problem I would have, is that they are black- strictly subjective. 30 years ago, brown was the rarely pulled shoe for tight business or office standards. No mores and thank God. You have nice shoes there, but the stitchwork you asked for is sort of lost on a black backdrop. Be happy, toolmarks, not visible from the pics, are the scarrings of a hand made shoe- putting best face on this for you
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post #3587 of 5946
12/9/12 at 3:25pm
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Anyone else experiencing a very slow response rate on classic collection (non-custom) shoes?

I placed an order 3 weeks ago, was contacted a week later to say that the shoes were available and ready to ship, and that a PayPal invoice would be arriving shortly. Have heard nothing since then (15 days), and Sandro has not responded to my email follow-up.

Not sure if this is a normal part of the "mañana mañana" business culture in Spain...

Thanks!

Exact same story for me. I've pretty much given up. Not sure I'd pay them if the paypal invoice actually arrived at this point. Annoying to say the least.
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post #3588 of 5946
12/9/12 at 3:38pm
Thanks. Don't know if all the pics went on I can only see the inside profile one. The marks are really the least concerning and, as I said, I wasn't expecting all round Norwegian stitching, it was really a weather resistance thing not aesthetics. I'm happy enough with them they just look a bit clunky and the premium paid kinda means I don't get that bang for your buck thing you do with regular LM. On the bright side, they were 3 weeks late so I blagged free trees! smile.gif
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post #3589 of 5946
12/9/12 at 4:09pm
I've gotta say- Pepe, Luisa, and Sandro are, from personal buying perspective, getting a bad rap, but for anyone who has had a poor response/ reply/ delivery experience , no one can say you don't have gounds for complaint. I find this company to be quite efficient, given the distance, and fact that you are directly dealing with family ownership. To each his own
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post #3590 of 5946
12/9/12 at 4:09pm
I've gotta say- Pepe, Luisa, and Sandro are, from personal buying perspective, getting a bad rap, but for anyone who has had a poor response/ reply/ delivery experience , no one can say you don't have gounds for complaint. I find this company to be quite efficient, given the distance, and fact that you are directly dealing with family ownership. To each his own
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post #3591 of 5946
12/9/12 at 4:21pm
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Originally Posted by bespoken4me View Post

I've gotta say- Pepe, Luisa, and Sandro are, from personal buying perspective, getting a bad rap, but for anyone who has had a poor response/ reply/ delivery experience , no one can say you don't have gounds for complaint. I find this company to be quite efficient, given the distance, and fact that you are directly dealing with family ownership. To each his own

What we see here on SF are the times something has gone wrong - I've had nothing but fantastic interactions with Meermin. Quick responses, MTO delivered on time, etc.
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post #3592 of 5946
12/9/12 at 4:46pm
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Originally Posted by Gdot View Post

Exact same story for me. I've pretty much given up. Not sure I'd pay them if the paypal invoice actually arrived at this point. Annoying to say the least.

For me I placed an order on Nov. 16, got the message on Nov. 29 to pay via Paypal, did so . . . and now, 10 days later, still haven't heard from them with a tracking number. Maybe the shoes are on their way, or maybe they're still in Spain. But hey, I got a pair a few months back and I really like them, and don't need these urgently, so I'm alright with it. Definitely don't order if you need shoes right away!
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post #3593 of 5946
12/9/12 at 9:00pm
i wear an 8.5 on alden indies should i order size 8 uk for meermin?
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post #3594 of 5946
12/9/12 at 9:05pm
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Originally Posted by REguy View Post

Anyone care to chime in on the fit of the Hiro v. Ben v. Rui?

Anyone?
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post #3595 of 5946
12/9/12 at 9:41pm
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Originally Posted by mrUnicorn View Post

i wear an 8.5 on alden indies should i order size 8 uk for meermin?

I wear 10.5D on Trubalance and went with 10UK on Hiro.
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post #3596 of 5946
12/9/12 at 9:50pm
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I wear 10.5D on Trubalance and went with 10UK on Hiro.


thanks pal.
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post #3597 of 5946
12/10/12 at 7:18am
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This was not my experience at all. I wouldn't give up.
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post #3598 of 5946
12/10/12 at 7:29am
Placed my first classic collection order, received a confirmation relatively quick. There is an interesting disclosure that it might take all classic collection orders 45 days to fullfill, so patience will have to be the order of the day. For $206 shipped, if they can match AE quality, I will be very pleased.
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post #3599 of 5946
12/10/12 at 7:44am
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Originally Posted by JubeiSpiegel View Post

Placed my first classic collection order, received a confirmation relatively quick. There is an interesting disclosure that it might take all classic collection orders 45 days to fullfill, so patience will have to be the order of the day. For $206 shipped, if they can match AE quality, I will be very pleased.

 

Whether the classic line matches AE qualitywise has been a much debated issue in this thread, while I think most agree that the Linea Maestro line definitely surpasses AE.  What did you order?

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post #3600 of 5946
12/10/12 at 8:18am
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Originally Posted by Stefan88 View Post

Oh I can, just too lazy.

 

Hand welted, yeah, I´m aware of that. Just trying to figure out which would be the better one. I´ve seen the carminas in person, and they look great. The meermins look great too, but they seem to have had a lot of quality issues from what I´ve read here. (not much major, but splitting soles, bad stitching, and such) Does them being hand welted make them so much better? Is the lower price worth the possibly worse quality (even if just slightly). 

 

These are the questions I was seeking answers to. If you have experience with either one of them, I welcome you to share your experience.

 

 

I have both.  One Meermin Linea Meastro and a few Carmina.  Quality is about the same.  However, Carmina's leather seems to be of higher quality.  I think, even AE has better quality leather.  

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