Dear  Dr. Martens,<br /><br />I felt compelled to write your company and tell you how extremely disappointed I am with the quality of your boots. I am 39 years old and when I was a kid your company was highly respected for making quality boots that lasted forever. Sadly your company has turned into a mockery of your once respected name.<br /><br />As an adult I am required to wear steel-toe shoes due to insurance reasons where I work. However, I do not do any form of hard labor. I am an avionics technician.  Several years ago, when my company mandated that the workers start wearing steel-toe shoes, we all sighed. However, my first thought was Dr. Martens. I immediately bought a pair of Dr. Martens 1919 which was perfect because although they were not truly safety rated boots they would pass our inspection for steel toe shoes and were not as bulky.<br /><br />I wore those boots for about 3 and half years. I would have continued to wear them if it was not for the two holes that wore into each side of the one boot. Although I expected them to last longer I was not that upset since I almost got 4 years out of them. During my time of wearing them many of my co-workers thought the boots looked great and were impressed that they lasted so long and several of them bought Dr. Martens based on my experience. Mind you, there are 3000 employees that work at my company and we all hate steel-toe shoes and hate that we are being forced to wear them. Especially since the work we do does not risk our feet. So we are all always looking for better quality or lighter shoes.<br /><br />After my experience, I decided to buy a pair of 8761's, they looked like they would last much longer and they cost even more money $140.00. I was excited to get them and as I did with my first pair I would regularly tell people at work that they would get more out of their money with Dr. Martens boots then they would get from other brands. Well all of my talk came to an end rather quickly with the 8761's. Within 6 months the damn soles started coming apart. People at work that were wearing generic Wal-Mart shoes were getting longer lasting foot wear then my expensive Dr. Martens. I felt like a fool and felt like I had been robbed. The company I work for gives their employees $65.00 a year toward shoes. I had wasted 2 years worth of money on a pair of boots that did not even last 6 months. You should see the boots now they look like they are 15 years old yet they are maybe a year and a half old.<br /><br />Anyway, it is time for me to buy another pair of shoes. A lot of the guys at work have been having some good luck with steel toe shoes from Keen. I think I will give them a try. I don't feel like throwing my money down the toilet. I will leave that for un-informed pop punk teenagers that want to look cool, not the working class.<br /><br />If your company feels that you owe me as I do, you are welcome to make a shoe donation to me and I am willing to give you another try but not on my dime. I wear a size 41 and you can contact me at propagnesiaaa@hotmail.com<br /><br /> Otherwise My days of promoting Dr. Martens is over...<br /><br />I will be happy to share some pictures of the boots with you. Either go to these tiny pic links or email me and i will send you some pictures of how bad these boots are.<br /><br />here are pictures of the newest pair, with the soles split on both boots.<br /><br />[...]<br />[...]<br /><br />here are pictures of the old pair with holes.<br /><br />[...]<br />[...]Within 6 months the damn soles started coming apart. People at work that were wearing generic Wal-Mart shoes were getting longer lasting foot wear then my expensive Dr. Martens. I felt like a fool and felt like I had been robbed. The company I work for gives their employees $65.00 a year toward shoes. I had wasted 2 years worth of money on a pair of boots that did not even last 6 months. You should see the boots now they look like they are 15 years old yet they are maybe a year and a half old.<br /><br />Anyway, it is time for me to buy another pair of shoes. A lot of the guys at work have been having some good luck with steel toe shoes from Keen. I think I will give them a try. I don't feel like throwing my money down the toilet. I will leave that for un-informed pop punk teenagers that want to look cool, not the working class.<br /><br />If your company feels that you owe me as I do, you are welcome to make a shoe donation to me and I am willing to give you another try but not on my dime. I wear a size 41 and you can contact me at propagnesiaaa@hotmail.com<br /><br /> Otherwise My days of promoting Dr. Martens is over...<br /><br />I will be happy to share some pictures of the boots with you. Either go to these tiny pic links or email me and i will send you some pictures of how bad these boots are.<br /><br />here are pictures of the newest pair, with the soles split on both boots.<br /><br />[...]<br />[...]<br /><br />here are pictures of the old pair with holes.<br /><br />[...]<br />[...]