No Return, No Exchange

Despite my initial excitement upon learning that Payless Shoesource will be opening stores in the Philippines, I only bought my first Payless pair(s) of shoes locally last week....more than a year since the stores opened!

I honestly have no idea who Isabel Toledo is, but her collaboration with Payless is just adorable.  Especially this style:



Ghillie Flats in Black



I am ultra conservative and boring when it comes to picking shoes for the office, but for casual wear...it's anything goes for me.  The quirkier, the weirder, the better!  And that's why these Ghillie flats with the ballerina-like criss-cross lace thing caught my eye immediately.  They look fugly in the pictures, but they became 1000x more interesting when I wore them.  I wish I took an action shot!

And since I was on a roll, I also came home with this:



Pompom Flat



Yes, I love those flats, pompoms and all.  I can't help it!

The best part is that both pairs were on sale at 45% off.  I honestly would have thought twice or thrice if those shoes were sold at full price (P2,450.00 each), but at about P1,400.00, I didn't need any convincing.   Both pairs were originally priced at $34.99 in the U.S., so with the discount, I got them for slightly less than the U.S. price.  Pwede na!



Lookbook from the Isabel Toledo for Payless Fall 2010 collection



One minor quibble:  when I bought these shoes, the salespeople reminded me that I cannot return nor exchange items on sale.  Store policy, according to them.  What is up with that?  I know Payless is not the only store which doesn't accept sale items for return or exchange (and honestly, I really won't return or exchange these shoes anyway), but it still annoys me whenever I hear this policy being implemented.  The fact that you paid less for an item shouldn't give you less consumer rights compared to a customer who paid full price.  It doesn't make sense to me.  Oh well...

All Payless "designer collaboration" shoes (including Christian Siriano, Lela Rose, Alice and Olivia) are still on sale and will remain so until they run out of the past season's styles.   Happy shopping!