11th November 2008Buying new shoes can put a strain on yor wallet especially if you have a large family. There are, however, several things you can do to make your shoes last longer and get better value for your hard earned money.
One of the most overlooked ways of saving money is to purchase well-made, high quality shoes. You may be able to find shoes at lower prices at discount stores and bargain department stores but they are likely to be made cheaply out of man made materials that disintegrate with daily use. The money you save by buying cheap shoes will be lost when you need to replace them often. Purchasing shoes that are well made out of durable materials may cost more but the shoes will last much longer.
One of the first areas to wear out is the sole. Shoes soles can be protected from wear in advance by gluing a layer of rubber on the bottom of the shoe. This can be done at a shoe repair shop or on your own if you can obtain the rubber.
Gluing rubber onto the sole of the shoe is an inexpensive preventive care method that can be repeated as the rubber wears down. Rubber also will give extra traction to your leather sole shoes.
