I had something unique happen to me and the kids last weekend when I was shopping around for new boots and the such for my oldest son.
We where at Ken Jones in Manchester, just checking out sales, looking for new snowpants for the kids. We wanted to have him try on some boots, and we where waiting behind a woman with her teenage son. While talking to the associate, I overhead him mention they don't take old boots for any sort of credit anymore. She glanced at my oldest, and looked at me.
"What size is he?", pointing to my son.
'Uhhh.. 8 to 9, not sure, we're about o have him try on some to see.'
"Come out to my car a second"
We went out and she had my son try on her sons VERY well taken care of boots. Perfect fit. Now, not knowing brands all that well, I wasn't sure how decent of a boot it was, but my son loved it, so I asked her, "How much do you want for them"
"Oh, they're free."
"You sure? Let me go hit an ATM and give you whatever they'd be used inside"
"No, no, that's fine! Take them, as long as another kid is getting use out of them"
Blank Stare
"Can I buy your son something in the store or something? Seriously, it's very generous, I really don't mind, my son loves them"
I couldn't get an address out of her for a thank you card, nothing, she wasn't having it. So my son, with glee, gloated to his brother all the way home after we got him some new gloves, and a real wristguard instead of the crappy ones built into his old gloves.
I get home, and my son's like 'Dad, you know what these boots are, right? Like how much they'd COST?' So I looked it up. They where Vans Fargo boots, for thos who may recognize the name.
Cost new? 239$. The ONLY way I could tell these boots had even been used was really the slight rubbing aginst the liner where the velcro attaches to the custom fit 'subliner' or whatever it's called.
I was seriously floored. Wish she knew exactly how happy my 'would have had a pair of low end cold feet starter boots' son is now.
We where at Ken Jones in Manchester, just checking out sales, looking for new snowpants for the kids. We wanted to have him try on some boots, and we where waiting behind a woman with her teenage son. While talking to the associate, I overhead him mention they don't take old boots for any sort of credit anymore. She glanced at my oldest, and looked at me.
"What size is he?", pointing to my son.
'Uhhh.. 8 to 9, not sure, we're about o have him try on some to see.'
"Come out to my car a second"
We went out and she had my son try on her sons VERY well taken care of boots. Perfect fit. Now, not knowing brands all that well, I wasn't sure how decent of a boot it was, but my son loved it, so I asked her, "How much do you want for them"
"Oh, they're free."
"You sure? Let me go hit an ATM and give you whatever they'd be used inside"
"No, no, that's fine! Take them, as long as another kid is getting use out of them"
Blank Stare
"Can I buy your son something in the store or something? Seriously, it's very generous, I really don't mind, my son loves them"
I couldn't get an address out of her for a thank you card, nothing, she wasn't having it. So my son, with glee, gloated to his brother all the way home after we got him some new gloves, and a real wristguard instead of the crappy ones built into his old gloves.
I get home, and my son's like 'Dad, you know what these boots are, right? Like how much they'd COST?' So I looked it up. They where Vans Fargo boots, for thos who may recognize the name.
Cost new? 239$. The ONLY way I could tell these boots had even been used was really the slight rubbing aginst the liner where the velcro attaches to the custom fit 'subliner' or whatever it's called.
I was seriously floored. Wish she knew exactly how happy my 'would have had a pair of low end cold feet starter boots' son is now.
