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[Patrique]

I want to buy some Nikes, probably a pair of Dunk Highs. My size is 13 and whenever I ask for my size at a Nike store here in Busan, I either get a blank stare or laughter. The Lotte store doesn't have anything in my size either. Are there any Korean online stores that sell Nike shoes in size 13?

Thanks!

[wylies99]

I'm 14 with XX wide. Koreans look at me like I'm Godzilla.

If you have success, please post.

[eddie1983man]

you could always try ebay. They have 10 pages of size thirteen nikes.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?fcid=111&fpos=&satitle=nike+13&from=R40&gbr=1&category0=&_trksid=m37&save=Save

gonna pay a little for shipping though, but might work out for you.

good luck.

[Patrique]

If I order from an online seller outside of Korea though, won't I have to pay a huge customs fee?

[rD.NaTas]

thats odd , the converse store here has all american sizes , and the other american brand name stores carry them as well .I have actually seen koreans bigger then 6 ft tall and with pretty large feet , i wonder if its just my city , the women even have bigger feet here

[Binch Lover]

I just had a pair of size 13 soccer boots delivered from www.bananakick.net. I couldn't find anything in that size in the stores in Seoul, so I looked online. The selection was very small but there were a few pairs available.

I would suggest asking a Korean colleague or friend to help you search naver for online shoe stores. You might find something you like, if not the specific shoes you want. You're looking for 310 Korean size.

[air76]

If you're American or have family/friends in the US then the best way to buy shoes online is to get them through www.shoebuy.com and have them shipped to your US residence for free, and then they send them on to Korea. I ordered a pair of shoes and 4 pairs of pants and it cost like $40 to ship it over here (4-6 days delivery)

On a side note, I have a hilarious Asia story about big shoes. A buddy of mine that I worked with in Vietnam took his shoes into a custom shoe shop with a note in Vietnamese that said he wanted the exact same shoe made, nothing changed but the exact same. She agreed. But when he returned a week later he found that not only were the shoes 5 sizes too small, they looked absolutely nothing like the shoe he had brought in as a model....her response was that the shoe was too big and not beautiful. Luckily they were only 20 bucks, so he paid her instead of refusing to pay the little old lady.

[ForceOne]

I see 13's on these sites sometimes...not very often but sometimes

www.player.co.kr

www.my7cm.co.kr

www.realpicky.com

Good Luck