The Good Feet Store's shoe inserts made my feet pain ten times worse! The first time I wore them to work, a little more than half into my shift I was begging my boss to let me go home - not only was the pain in my heels unbearable but my calf muscles in both legs were in agony. That has never happened to me in my entire life. My coworkers helped carry me to my car because it was too painful for me to walk. My girlfriend looked at the products The Good Feet store recommended and sold me and she was incensed. She noted the the cushion the salesman installed were very thin and the inserts were just plastic and no cushion; it was like I was stepping on hard cement.
These "Maintainers" that the salesman said I wear for my work shift (8 hours) do not support the arch AT All! They flattened out with each step exacerbating whatever pain existed ten fold. I had to miss more days of work and two days later my feet and heels and calf muscles are still giving me terrible pain. Those $20 inserts you can buy at Walmart NEVER did this to me. I am sitting here fuming that I spent $1,700 at The Good Feet store, feeling that I was scammed - or worse, pranked maliciously to inflict further pain and injury to me. My next course of action is to file a complaint on BBB, and submit negative reviews on every platform that exists in the hopes that this never happens to anyone else.
After learning my job employs over 30,000 workers the salesman asked if there was any way to promote The Good Feet store because my job holds annual health fairs where providers (that work with our insurance) set up info tables, offering business cards and free gifts. Not in a million years, Mr. Salesman, would I recommend The Good Feet store. Indeed, the damage has been done. As I passed security and dropped to the ground because I couldn't go another step, they asked what happened to me. After I told them, several security informed me they had thought about going to the Good Feet store since they stand in the same spot for 10 hours and have sore feet as a result. But after seeing me and the state I was in they will never go to the Good Feet store. I implored them to tell as many workers as they can, and have workers tell more and more workers, and then beyond their place of employment to warn family and friends, and yes, to people who are unliked - the Good Feet Store's products would be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
Now I have an appointment with a podiatrist in four days and they want me to bring in the $1,700 inserts from the Good Feet Store to examine them. I will post an update with the podiatrist's findings.
***Photo added***
I uploaded a photo showing the difference between the two cushions: the left cushion provided by the salesman at the Good Feet Store and the cushion on the right that was in my shoe when I entered the store. As you can see the Good Feet cushion on the left is very thin, offering no shock absorption for the heel for each footstep - that thin cushion is on top of the Good Feet Store insert. The salesman made such a theatrical production when he ripped out the thick cushion that was originally in my shoes saying they were worthless and was about to throw them away. I told him I paid for those at Walmart and I'm keeping them. In my opinion, I consider the name of the store, "Good Feet," a misnomer and should treated with the same level of mistrust a customer would have for a used car lot called "Honest John," or the suspicion usually reserved for a snake oil salesman peddling a cure-all tonic. read more