Author Topic: Payless Shoes Is Going Out Of Business! (Read 4415 times)

Fallsview · « **on:** February 15, 2019, 08:13:11 PM »

Goodmorrow,

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

myt1 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2019, 08:18:42 PM »

Paymore?

hardgainerj · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2019, 08:23:18 PM »

low quality products are not cheap

oldtimer1 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 16, 2019, 11:12:08 AM »

Plastic simulated leather Chinese crap shoes.

ratherbebig · « **Reply #4 on:** February 16, 2019, 11:13:20 AM »

i only wear otomix.

Dave D · « **Reply #5 on:** February 16, 2019, 11:31:17 AM »

Quote from: ratherbebig on February 16, 2019, 11:13:20 AM

i only wear otomix.

I literally witnessed yesterday a 20 something dude wearing a new pair of otomix to train arms.

IroNat · « **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2019, 11:32:51 AM »

Payless has been on the skids for years.

Dokey111 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2019, 11:42:47 AM »

Quote from: IroNat on February 16, 2019, 11:32:51 AM

Payless has been on the skeds for years.

robcguns · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2019, 03:34:35 PM »

About time.Dont know how they lasted this long.for women and kids it’s fine but I wouldn’t buy anything there

Dave D · « **Reply #9 on:** February 16, 2019, 03:36:57 PM »

Quote from: robcguns on February 16, 2019, 03:34:35 PM

About time.Dont know how they lasted this long.for women and kids it’s fine but I wouldn’t buy anything there

What about flip flops?

Or a pair of Vans?

Primemuscle · « **Reply #10 on:** February 16, 2019, 03:39:54 PM »

Of course!

I once had stock in Payless Shoes. It's just another example of my poor relationship with stocks and investments.

IroNat · « **Reply #11 on:** February 16, 2019, 03:42:43 PM »

Where will the morticians buy the shoes for the corpses now?

myt1 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 16, 2019, 03:52:16 PM »

I'm just happy Sketchers has their own outlet store nowadays, and they're ironically cheaper than at Payless.

That's the only thing I bought from payless was Sketchers boots years ago.

Dave D · « **Reply #13 on:** February 16, 2019, 04:11:07 PM »

Quote from: myt1 on February 16, 2019, 03:52:16 PM

I'm just happy Sketchers has their own outlet store nowadays, and they're ironically cheaper than at Payless.

That's the only thing I bought from payless was Sketchers boots years ago.

Sketchers boots........

Side note apparently Sketchers is a brand that isn't afraid to "steal" other shoe companies tech and they have multiple lawsuits against them for these practices.

myt1 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 16, 2019, 04:18:38 PM »

Quote from: Dave D on February 16, 2019, 04:11:07 PM

Sketchers boots........

Side note apparently Sketchers is a brand that isn't afraid to "steal" other shoe companies tech and they have multiple lawsuits against them for these practices.

Don't they all do that?

I love their tennis shoes and boots, and the prices. If you have a link I'd be interested in reading about that?

They're shoes....how much more different can any of the brands make them at this point?

IRON CROSS · « **Reply #15 on:** February 16, 2019, 04:32:40 PM »

Barfooted, flippy flops, Keen Aroyo sandals, Keen light McKenzie & Palladium

Trashed dozen of Converse ............

Fortress · « **Reply #16 on:** February 16, 2019, 04:37:38 PM »

It’s fucking shoes.

Who cares.

Shoes. Fucking shoes.

Hell, wear a couple of Kleenex boxes.

It’s shoes.

Dave D · « **Reply #17 on:** February 16, 2019, 05:37:08 PM »

Quote from: myt1 on February 16, 2019, 04:18:38 PM

Don't they all do that?

I love their tennis shoes and boots, and the prices. If you have a link I'd be interested in reading about that?

They're shoes....how much more different can any of the brands make them at this point?

Good points.

Here is a link to the most recent lawsuit, but Nike and Adidas are continually in litigation with Sketchers.

I can remember getting fake Nike shoes at payless as a kid, theyd be a pair of Voit or Spauldings that looked like the bo Jackson cross trainer. So company's have always created knockoffs but as I understand it Sketchers goes after the intellectual property while the patent is pending.

http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/06/12/ecco-accuses-skechers-stealing-soles-files-patent-infringement-lawsuit-delaware-district-court/id=97834/

Fallsview · « **Reply #18 on:** February 16, 2019, 07:29:49 PM »

Quote from: Fortress on February 16, 2019, 04:37:38 PM

It’s fucking shoes.

Who cares.

Shoes. Fucking shoes.

Hell, wear a couple of Kleenex boxes.

It’s shoes.

Haha...Thats what the overweight guy on THE OFFICE did at Jim's wedding.

STAY POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

myt1 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 18, 2019, 08:25:29 PM »

Quote from: Dave D on February 16, 2019, 05:37:08 PM

Good points.

Here is a link to the most recent lawsuit, but Nike and Adidas are continually in litigation with Sketchers.

I can remember getting fake Nike shoes at payless as a kid, theyd be a pair of Voit or Spauldings that looked like the bo Jackson cross trainer. So company's have always created knockoffs but as I understand it Sketchers goes after the intellectual property while the patent is pending.

http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/06/12/ecco-accuses-skechers-stealing-soles-files-patent-infringement-lawsuit-delaware-district-court/id=97834/

Thanks for finding and posting.

I had read it the other day, and just noticed the tab was still open and it reminded me to say thanks!

I did not expect the article to be about fucking golf shoes of all the types of shoes they make

Does the side by side look like a knock off? Yeah, but I'm betting I could probably find at least 5-10 others that had soles laid out like that Ecco brand's. I'm sure they all do studies on weight distribution, and gripping the course to determine the number of cleats and where they go....how many patterns could 20+ golf shoe makers with multiple models come up with?

Interesting about Sketchers from the article link you posted. "Skechers has been involved in 89 intellectual property lawsuits filed in U.S. district court dating back to January 1st, 2000. Skechers was a plaintiff in 50 of those cases, a defendant in 39 cases and a third party in two cases."

As said earlier in thread, seems like all of them do it. That excerpt would suggest so.