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Plenty of people order stuff from the internet nowadays, and nine times out of ten it's probably fine.
But when you're paying for something you've only seen in a tiny thumbnail image, there's always the potential for mishap.
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Take Robyn Moore's recent purchase, for instance:
This is why you shouldn't order doc martens off ebay x pic.twitter.com/1CqUAZOnHl
— Robyn Moore (@_Robynmoore) February 8, 2018
Oh dear.
But hang on, why the sweet hell does that shoe have the Royal Mail logo on it anyway?
Well, according to this 2010 article on Highsnobiety (which features a picture of the same footwear), Dr. Martens once created a shoe specially for the Royal Mail (known as a "Postman Shoe"). Read more...
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