I’ve been poking around, seeing what the interwebs have to say. Some sites, like this “website validator” thing, give Sportsshoes.com (which I *think* is the same as .co.uk, right? Ugh, the internet is confusing) a “medium authoritative trust score.” What the heck does THAT even MEAN? Medium? Like, I’m only *kinda* gonna get scammed? No thanks.
Then you see reviews, like “Do you agree with SportsShoes.com’s 4-star rating?” with like, eighty *thousand* people weighing in. Eighty thousand! Who has the TIME?! And how many of those are real people and not, you know, bots or paid-for reviews? I’m skeptical, to say the least.
One bloke on some forum said Sports Direct is “100% legit,” and he’s been buying all his shoes there. Okay, cool. But that’s Sports *Direct*, not Sports*shoes*. Similar names, sure, but still different. And he even mentions a discount code! So maybe he’s just trying to get me to buy something, ya know?
But then, I saw something that seemed promising. Someone said that “sports shoes .com” is legit and safe to use. And the review is positive based on 40 analysis, which is great.
Honestly, I’m still not completely sure. It *seems* like Sportsshoes.co.uk is probably okay. They claim to be “the UK’s no 1 running and fitness retailer” which sounds impressive but could just be marketing fluff, let’s be real. And the fact that they have return info readily available is a good sign, I guess?
My gut feeling? Proceed with caution. Maybe order something small and inexpensive first, just to test the waters. Don’t go dropping hundreds of quid on fancy running shoes until you’re 100% sure they’re on the up and up. And for goodness sake, use a credit card so you have some protection if things go south.
