I’ve been buying and loving your ALLEBY slippers for many, many years. Recently, I noticed that you’ve discontinued them and replaced them with the NJUTA slipper. I purchased three pair (I buy a lot of slippers — they make great slippers for guests and keeping my wet feet off the hardwood floors!), hoping that they would be comparable. Unfortunately, they weren’t.
I found them heavy and uncomfortable compared to the light and comfy ALLEBYs I’d grown so used to. Plus, after only a week of wearing them after a shower (yes, with slightly wet feet), they developed a sick, rotting smell I can only surmise was caused because the moisture had no chance to evaporate due to the new construction and materials.
While I understand and appreciate that products become obsolescent and it’s in your company’s interest to periodically refresh your product lines, I would entreat you to consider reintroducing the ALLEBY slippers. They were a superior product and one which there was no other comparator for yours in the slipper market. A soft-bottomed, uni-sized, inexpensive slipper? Trust me, I’ve tried finding one out in the marketplace and there are none to find. If they are available, they are definitely not at IKEA’s price point.
Alternately, I’m sure there’s got to be a supply of the leftover, unsold slippers in a carton in a warehouse somewhere in IKEA’s domain. What are the chances of my procuring a dozen or so for my own? Wouldn’t your company rather store less and collect some revenue from them? I beseech you to take pity on a girl who just adores your ALLEBY slippers and dreams of one day slipping another pair on her (sometimes damp, but always chilly) feet.
Thank you very much,
Heather
[yes, i did just send this email to IKEA Canada. boy, i hope it works.]