George Cox slams sham Strummer shoe scam
09/02/2017
Wellingborough-based George Cox is the celebrated supplier of shoes to a wide range of rock stars. It designed a style called Strummer for, and in honour of, Joe Strummer, the lead vocalist of punk rock band The Clash. The shoe still sells well.
Recently, a customer pointed out to George Cox that an online retailer called Ace Removals Folkestone purported to be offering Strummer shoes for the bargain price of £60 per pair. Cox’s manager, Steve Gollings, told leatherbiz that he and his colleagues decided that the best way to find out if the shoes really were Strummers was to buy a pair.
Mr Gollings said: “We ordered a pair only to be sent a pair of trainers, fake New Balance from China. Quite clearly they do not have our shoes or even fakes; it is just a scam.”
He explained that George Cox has passed all the information to trading standards authorities in the UK but said “next to nothing” had happened. A request for comment from Ace Removals Folkestone brought no response. On February 8 the retailer was still offering the shoes to customers on its website.
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