CARMINA SHOEMAKER by Jose Albaladejo Pujadas

[zeroize]

http://www.carminashoemaker.com/

I live in Spain, near a couple of Carmina stores. A lot of people has sent me a message because I'm selling a couple of shoes and posted I could replace the soles and buy a brad new pair of whatever they wanted and include it in the package.

I never thought about being an intermediary for a profit, but it seems this brand is no longer available outside Spain (except in France, they keep at least one store open). If you are interested and you know what you want I could do it. Price range is about 300€ for boxcalf, double for cordovan (no less than 250€ and no more than 1000€ in any case).

Cons:
1. The web site catalog is limited. I'd have to ask if they print a larger one.
2. Yo pay in euros, strong at the moment.
3. Customs outside Europe. I could send by a similar service to USPS, slow despite cheaper and it could avoid paying taxes. Private couriers are reliable and fast but expensive and they do the custom check themselves (they charge this check and profit from it, so you always pay)

At this moment I just want to know if there is any real interest in the brand and if the forum administrator has any problem with it. I will probably not offer this intermediary service, but if you want to talk about it, please use this thread so I don't have to privately reply to every person asking me the same.

Thank you.

 

[BrooklynWeGoHard]

Tom, is that you?

 

[LA Guy]

If you want to run a proxy service from the forum, you'll need to email to [email protected].

Cheers,

Fok.

 

[zeroize]

¿A gmail account and not "@styleforum.net"?

 

[upnorth]

Would be nice if you could scan photos from their catalog and a general write-up on the sizing and lasts.

 

[mr. magoo]

Originally Posted by upnorth

Would be nice if you could scan photos from their catalog and a general write-up on the sizing and lasts.

The other option is to take photos of the shoes in the store, which, if memory serves, has broader selection than what's available even in the catalog and photograph quite well. If you did that, I think you'd generate significant interest. If you do searches on here and AskAndy, you'll see some past interest and photos. For example:

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/F...ad.php?t=43866

 

[zeroize]

Originally Posted by mr. magoo

The other option is to take photos of the shoes in the store, which, if memory serves, has broader selection than what's available even in the catalog and photograph quite well. If you did that, I think you'd generate significant interest. If you do searches on here and AskAndy, you'll see some past interest and photos. For example:

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/F...ad.php?t=43866

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I don't know if it would look too weird to the owners if I systematically take a pic of every shoe in the store.

 

[Newcomer]

If you provide this service, and have accurate estimates of the lasts, take pictures of the models, colors, etc... You will make a killing.

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by Newcomer

If you provide this service, and have accurate estimates of the lasts, take pictures of the models, colors, etc... You will make a lot of sales, get a lot of headaches, do a lot of legwork, deal with disgruntled customers and in the end, probably think that it was not worth it.

I agree.