the http://weartest.newbalance.com/ webpage does not seem to be working for me at the moment. can anybody confirm? thanks.

It worked for me.

It worked for me.

works for me now also. thanks for trying.

just got my second pair!!!!! nice.......
it's funny how the new balance team is actually on the forum and answering questions.... it's pretty cool that they are using latest forums to get more info and their product out there.

cool thing this time is that i have the shoes for 2 months!!!!!!

if the new balance team sees this post, THANKS!!!!!!!!

I just signed up for this. If I get excepted this will be great. The only shoe I wear when I am running is New Balance.

Just filled out an application. I hope to get a response. New Balance makes some great shoes!

Just filled out an application. I hope to get a response. New Balance makes some great shoes!

I signed up back in April, and STILL haven't been accepted. I'm a walker/runner and ALL I wear is New Balance. They are the best shoes in my opinion.

just got my second pair!!!!! nice.......
it's funny how the new balance team is actually on the forum and answering questions.... it's pretty cool that they are using latest forums to get more info and their product out there.

cool thing this time is that i have the shoes for 2 months!!!!!!

if the new balance team sees this post, THANKS!!!!!!!!

yeah me two, i recieved mine a couple days ago, this time they send me running sneakers, last time was boots....

Thanks. Registered tonight, hope to hear something soon.

DH registered a few months ago and has never heard anything

I signed up back in April, and STILL haven't been accepted. I'm a walker/runner and ALL I wear is New Balance. They are the best shoes in my opinion.

They do say in the front page that runners will have much less chance of recieving tests compared to other categories involving running.

i wish they would do another one, i had my shoes from this once but had to send them back in hopez that i would keep getting shoes..... i half wish this thread was deleted and no one else would sign up!!!! LOL

yeah me two, i recieved mine a couple days ago, this time they send me running sneakers, last time was boots....

Does NB pay for the shipping and mailing costs for returning the test product?

Never say never, thanks!

Never say never, thanks!

yea I dont even remember when I signed up for this and they send my kid a pair of shoes today but they were the wrong size. I gotta get ahold of them I guess....

I had been accepted, and gotten a pair, and must say they were great. I wish they would send me another pair, I was so :crying2: when I had to send them back. So many people commented on my pair, I won't say what they were, or specifics, but I got rave reviews from people the entire time I wore mine. They were the most comfy sneaks I've had on my feet, I want them back :lol:

Does NB pay for the shipping and mailing costs for returning the test product?

yes, when you get the shoes there is a return label in the box along with instructions when you have to return them.

I just got an email that I have been accepted and my shoes are on the way. I signed up for this a long time ago, but I guess it just takes awhile....:drool:

Okay, is this dejavu, posting in this thread last night, and in today's mail I got another test pair :woot: :woot:

I can't believe it :omg: :omg:

Thank you New Balance :)

Nice Post

got a pair for my son a few months back nothing after that......

i just got my second pair!!! i love them!!!

Long process, no respond from them yet :rolleyes:

Thanks I signed my dd up!!

Thanks! I walk to work everyday so a good pair of free sneakers would be FANTASTIC! (Even if I do have to send them back. LOL)

Do New Balance shoes run big or small? In Adidas I wear a 13, but in Nike I wear a 12. I don't own any New Balance's. :(

Got a pair of 749 "stability running" shoes in the mail yesterday. They're very, very comfortable. I only wish I could keep them :(

I just signed up. How can we know how it goes?

I signed up for this a few months ago on a whim never expecting to actually get anything and I got a paiir of running shoes in the mail yesterday to test. This deal is legit!

All 5 of my friends kids are wear testing these. I never heard anything from them.

Ok, I got this email yesterday from New Balance ( I think). I signed up a couple of months ago, and not heard anything until now. Has anything gotten this before? I just wanted to make sure it was legit (tons of typos, and it just looked kind of weird.) I replied to it, and also emailed the company separately, but I have not heard anything yet.. I would appreciate any feedback!


*Good Afternoon, (If you have at this moment a pair of New Balance shoes that you are testing please 2 things need to occur. 1 Complete feedback form for that style or test immediatly. 2 Send the shoes back so that the can get inspected and you can become available for this upcoming test.) I would like to inform you that you have been selected to participate inour next shoe test. I'm trying to confirm that you would be available toparticipate in this test for the next 6 weeks. Also that you will be ableto complete all feedback forms and return shoes on time. Please get back tome ASAP so that I can start sending the shoes if I don't hear from you in 2days I will select someone else in your place. Please keep in mind that even if the shoe look the same as a previous test,it's not necessarily the same shoe. We are constantly working on newtechnologies and a way to find out if there's noticeable differences is byusing the same style over and over. Other details will be appear on your test site, in which you will log in tosubmit your feedback form. If you haven't received a password or forgotyour password let me know I would be more than happy to retrieve thisinformation for you. Once you have logged on double check or confirm thatwe have the correct address, please don't send the address information. Logon to your site go to my profile and update it there. It's more secure thisway. Thanks for your time and effort in advance,

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I just got done with me first test wear of prototype running shoes/ Man these were great to bad I just retuned them. But this works if you get luck

what is the average width of a women's foot according to the brannock scale?
I just measured my feet the other day, too! But didn't pay much attention to the width because well.....its average and I never had to pay attention to it before..lol

Never mind I got it! :)

Submitted my app...hopefully I get picked!

Ok, I got this email yesterday from New Balance ( I think). I signed up a couple of months ago, and not heard anything until now. Has anything gotten this before? I just wanted to make sure it was legit (tons of typos, and it just looked kind of weird.) I replied to it, and also emailed the company separately, but I have not heard anything yet.. I would appreciate any feedback!


*Good Afternoon, (If you have at this moment a pair of New Balance shoes that you are testing please 2 things need to occur. 1 Complete feedback form for that style or test immediatly. 2 Send the shoes back so that the can get inspected and you can become available for this upcoming test.) I would like to inform you that you have been selected to participate inour next shoe test. I'm trying to confirm that you would be available toparticipate in this test for the next 6 weeks. Also that you will be ableto complete all feedback forms and return shoes on time. Please get back tome ASAP so that I can start sending the shoes if I don't hear from you in 2days I will select someone else in your place. Please keep in mind that even if the shoe look the same as a previous test,it's not necessarily the same shoe. We are constantly working on newtechnologies and a way to find out if there's noticeable differences is byusing the same style over and over. Other details will be appear on your test site, in which you will log in tosubmit your feedback form. If you haven't received a password or forgotyour password let me know I would be more than happy to retrieve thisinformation for you. Once you have logged on double check or confirm thatwe have the correct address, please don't send the address information. Logon to your site go to my profile and update it there. It's more secure thisway. Thanks for your time and effort in advance,

.

yeah, the way they wrote that is REALLY bad..so many typos...........doesnt sound legit to me, coming from a huge company with THAT many typos??? :confused:

tks tks!!

Quick question, do they take the shoes back after the test or they allow us to keep it.

Quick question, do they take the shoes back after the test or they allow us to keep it.

you have to return them, i dont mind i like the different types of shoes they send, if you dont return them or fraud them saying they are lost they wont send anymore to you.,

hooray!!! mine are on the way!!!

Mine came a couple days ago.

Beware, they may be hideous though (like mine!)

I got some shoes to test last week.

I got the long email today and replied saying that I am still interested but have not heard back anything, do I need to call them?

thanks! i would like to give a try

Registered my hubby back in January, and only got an acknowledgement email; never heard from them again.

Tonight a package shows up on our doorstep with his first PT. I am both surprised and jacked at the same time--we were going to go buy him shoes this weekend! The PT is only for a month, but that's one more month I can put off buying new shoes!!!

Quick question, do they take the shoes back after the test or they allow us to keep it.

If memory serves me correctly, the final questionairre was an offer to buy the shoes. DEEPLY discounted. I wish now I would have done it. They were already broke in!

No emails received after applying last week, but a pair showed up on my doorstep yesterday.

I guess they have a shortage of sasquatch sized testers and needed my gooneygoogoo feet...

No emails received after applying last week, but a pair showed up on my doorstep yesterday.

I guess they have a shortage of sasquatch sized testers and needed my gooneygoogoo feet...

Hmm, hub wears a 14 and we haven't received anything yet. I was hoping he would get to test their workboot line. They cost an arm and a leg for a good pair in his size. Maybe we will get lucky soon. We signed up quite a few months ago though.

got a pair to test out... cool... I needed ones to wear out... hate to use my Gym shoes out and about...

Good Lord, I totally forgot to return mine, and I think the end date was in May. Oops! I guess I'll be going to the UPS store tomorrow!

I got my shoes last month and boy, they were ugly.. I'm a guy, but they sent me lady's shoes. At least they looked like lady's shoes..white with light purple.

Just returned the shoes. I'm hoping they sent me better (gender-correct!) shoes next time..If there is a next time.

G

how about some pictures?

I got mine last week! They sent me some nice brown gore-tex laden hiking trail type shoes. I took them camping this weekend and beat the crap out of them it was great!

I got mine today, very nice training shoes, they might easily retail for 90-100 bucks... great stuff.!! Thanks OP...!!

I got my shoes last month and boy, they were ugly.. I'm a guy, but they sent me lady's shoes. At least they looked like lady's shoes..white with light purple.

Just returned the shoes. I'm hoping they sent me better (gender-correct!) shoes next time..If there is a next time.

G

ROFL are you serious??! I thought I was unlucky, white and light purple shoes for men?! :lol:

Yeah I got mine a week ago. No e-mail or letter. Just came home one day and there was a package at my door.

Got my running shoes yesterday..THEY ARE AWESOME! but I can only keep them for 3 weeks. Bummer!

If memory serves me correctly, the final questionairre was an offer to buy the shoes. DEEPLY discounted. I wish now I would have done it. They were already broke in!

Sometimes on feedback forms we ask questions about whether or not you would buy the shoes in an effort to establish 'purchase intent' but this in no way should be viewed as a solicitation to actually buy a specific pair of test shoes! Test product is used exclusively for testing purposes and absolutely cannot be sold, as doing so would violate trade agreements.

NB Wear Test Team

signed up my 2 kids, keeping fingers crossed.

Sometimes on feedback forms we ask questions about whether or not you would buy the shoes in an effort to establish 'purchase intent' but this in no way should be viewed as a solicitation to actually buy a specific pair of test shoes! Test product is used exclusively for testing purposes and absolutely cannot be sold, as doing so would violate trade agreements.

NB Wear Test Team

So, with all do respect, why would anyone want to sign up for this, they get nothing but hassle in return it seems. Not trying to be a jerk, or TC, just wondering what the consumer tester gets out of this deal?

So, with all do respect, why would anyone want to sign up for this, they get nothing but hassle in return it seems. Not trying to be a jerk, or TC, just wondering what the consumer tester gets out of this deal?
What hassle? You get free shoes and all you have to do is return them (free shipping label) at the end of the test.

I had gotten some shoes a couple of months ago (forgot to return them for 2 months, but finally did last week! :lol:) Dh got some to test the other day too! They are nice shoes too, I think this is a fun program. And returning the shoes is not a hassle at all!

i signed up... hope i get to do it! sounds like fun!

What do you get by signing up? when will it come? >_<
thanks

What do you get by signing up? when will it come? >_<
thanks
If you are accepted you will get shoes and or clothing to test (I have only tested shoes so far). One day you will walk up to your front porch and find a mysterious box and think to yourself "I don't remember ordering anything", then you will see the return address is Wear Test New Balance. :P

What hassle? You get free shoes and all you have to do is return them (free shipping label) at the end of the test.

I guess it's just me then. Like I said, there was no offense intended, I'm just curious what, if any, are the benefits of doing this. Getting to break in a pair of running shoes for a few months doesn't sound all that appealing. Give em six, or twelve and mebe you've got something. I dunno, like I said, not trying to TC at all, just curious if there were at least some cupons or something.

I wonder what their demographic needs are... I signed up a while ago, got the confirmation email but have never heard from them again... why doesn't anyone like me???

If you are accepted you will get shoes and or clothing to test (I have only tested shoes so far). One day you will walk up to your front porch and find a mysterious box and think to yourself "I don't remember ordering anything", then you will see the return address is Wear Test New Balance. :P

Cool ^___^
Thanks for letting me know :bounce:

Do they get any incentives or points for testing them since
they have to return the shoes back?It seems like they would
for all the testing they have to do.:O

Do they get any incentives or points for testing them since
they have to return the shoes back?It seems like they would
for all the testing they have to do.:O
You get to postpone buying shoes. The first set arrived just as I was getting ready to order a new pair and the second test arrived a day or two after I ordered two sets of running shoes. :lol:

You have to return the shoes back?
So what do you gain by testing their products?

You have to return the shoes back?
So what do you gain by testing their products?

You get to save money by not buying new shoes as often and decide if the shoes are a good fit for you for when they go on the market. Most stores do not allow you to return shoes after you have ran a few miles in them.

You get to save money by not buying new shoes as often and decide if the shoes are a good fit for you for when they go on the market. Most stores do not allow you to return shoes after you have ran a few miles in them.

For how many days can you keep the shoe? will they ship you the box, postage, etc.. so you can return it? or do you have to pay postage, and other things out of your pocket?

For how many days can you keep the shoe? will they ship you the box, postage, etc.. so you can return it? or do you have to pay postage, and other things out of your pocket?

You keep it for as long as you have to test it, mine was a month, my husbands was a little less than a month.

You have to pay absolutely nothing, the box and prepaid shipping return label are alerady provided, you only have to drop it off at the nearest UPS shipping center.

You keep it for as long as you have to test it, mine was a month, my husbands was a little less than a month.

You have to pay absolutely nothing, the box and prepaid shipping return label are alerady provided, you only have to drop it off at the nearest UPS shipping center.

Thanks

applied

You keep it for as long as you have to test it, mine was a month, my husbands was a little less than a month.

You have to pay absolutely nothing, the box and prepaid shipping return label are alerady provided, you only have to drop it off at the nearest UPS shipping center.
You did miss one thing that you have to pay for.... the tape to tape the box back up. I'm sure someone will complain about that. :lmao:

I got some cross-trainer shoes last week. I get them for 5 weeks. They are pretty nice looking and very comfortable to work out in.

i entered me and my litlte one and never got an email to be a tester months and months ago oh well

I can see the New Balance building in Boston from my street. Hopefully they give a local boy a better shot than someone far away.

I just filled out the forms last week and got my shoes today!

There is a catch...you dont get to keep the shoes forever. They put you on a schedule and you have to return the shoes eventually. But they pay for the shipping back...and my new running shoes are GREAT!

Got my 2nd pair on Monday. I get to keep them till the end of the month. Sweet

Your Application has been submitted.

Thank you for applying to be a participant in the New Balance Wear Test program. Your application has been received and will be reviewed. Please be patient during this process. If your application is accepted, you will receive an e-mail with additional information.

Thank you for your interest in the program and your support of the New Balance family of brands!

i applied back in jan, and i got my first pair today!

how long does it take to get another pair of shoes after you test and send back your first pair? my boyfriend was just curious because he got his first pair to try today. really cool looking.

my daughter got a pair today, very nice...

I got a pair yesterday which were to be returned on 8/20. I had my old address in the system. I returned them today and they were shipped on July 16th. Doubt they will use me again after I messed up on the my first test.

Plus, I never received an email informing me to expect the product shipped on 7/16.

Applied today..hope I qualify

Got another pair today (arrived while I was running), can't wait to try them out. :woot:

DH applied atleast 6 months ago and has not heard or gotten anything

DH applied atleast 6 months ago and has not heard or gotten anything
That is because of how badly Wisconsin beat Marshall. :( Sour Grapes

1. You have to return the shoes. 2. The shoes may have marks on them so they look like testers -not pretty. 3. You have to spend your time doing the required activities and then spend more time filling out forms. Now, unless your somebody who enjoys wasting your time doing things for free for companies without getting anything in return, can you please tell me why in the world you would do this? There is no point to this except if you want to waste your time, and my time is too precious to be doing things for free for some company that already over charges on their shoes...sorry.

Why? To put miles on their shoes instead of your own, making it longer until you have to buy a new pair of your own. I know I'm a serious runner and go through shoes at least every three months. It's an expensive hobby. I wear-tested for Nike for a couple of years and using their shoes for 6-8 weeks at a time saved me a lot of money! AND I like having a say in how to make shoes better!

I got selected in August and even asked to keep the shoe an additional month because they have been so good for me training for my marathon so they let me keep them an extra month and requested I send in pics of me running in the marathon. I absolutely love the shoes I was sent.

1. You have to return the shoes. 2. The shoes may have marks on them so they look like testers -not pretty. 3. You have to spend your time doing the required activities and then spend more time filling out forms. Now, unless your somebody who enjoys wasting your time doing things for free for companies without getting anything in return, can you please tell me why in the world you would do this? There is no point to this except if you want to waste your time, and my time is too precious to be doing things for free for some company that already over charges on their shoes...sorry.

I have to agree. I would think they'd at least give you a coupon for a discount on a pair of shoes. But I do like New Balance. I recently had a defective pair of shoes I returned to them and they sent me a brand new pair and even upgraded from the ones I had.

1. You have to return the shoes. 2. The shoes may have marks on them so they look like testers -not pretty. 3. You have to spend your time doing the required activities and then spend more time filling out forms. Now, unless your somebody who enjoys wasting your time doing things for free for companies without getting anything in return, can you please tell me why in the world you would do this? There is no point to this except if you want to waste your time, and my time is too precious to be doing things for free for some company that already over charges on their shoes...sorry.

1. They have to be returned for R&D and QA purposes.
2. None of my test shoes have had any markings on them, unless they have purple hearts and pink laces I really don't care if they have markings on them.
3.
Required activities: These are activities that you typically already participate in, as you would have indicated such on the enrollment forms. I seriously doubt they are going to send me badminton or equestrian shoes and tell me that I need to do those activities or I am out of the program.

You typically only have to fill out forms once or twice during the course of the test and they don't take an extremely long time either. The final feedback is typically the longest and takes me less than an hour while doing other stuff.

As another poster stated it saves you money by not having to buy shoes as frequently. I know I have saved money as well by participating in this program.

If your time is so precious you probably shouldn't be wasting your time on slickdeals, we all know how easy it is to waste all of our time on here looking for deals and free stuff. :lol:

Got my pair yesterday. 749 model soes anyone know if this is an exsiting model?

looks very nice.

Anyone else have a green card filled out atth to the shoe out of the box?

Haven't recieved anything yet from them hopefully soon

Hi, Does anyone know what happens when they send your child a pair to test that is too small? I signed up at the end of the summer and never heard a word from them. Today a pair comes for my child to test but they are too small. I sent an email to the person in charge of the test. Do they send another pair or is it just too bad?

For what it's worth, I never expected to test anything since we never heard from them after we signed up;)

got an email yesterday asking if my son still wore a size 12 and upon confirmation they would send a pair out to test. this is awesome because i was just about to buy him new shoes and can put that off a little bit longer.

I signed up for this last December. I did the professional device thing. Got nothing.. They must be pretty selective on who to send to.

Got a Great Running Shoe to test!! They are awesome!! I get to keep them for 4 weeks as well! :nod:

Just got mine today. :P

Man I missed out on this! Sounds cool and I would have loved to do it too.

thanks!
tho, this aint a freebie !

these are so ugly.

received my 441 trainers to test...pretty awesome looking. going for their test run today...hopefully they will feel as good as they look.

these are so ugly.

Mine are good looking, however I did test out an ugly pair before. :lol:

Just got 906's... they're pretty cool looking :)

:thanks:

Has anyone had trouble accessing the site today? My 1st response is due today and am unable to access the site using the link in the email, copy and paste to Firefox, IE, Safari.

I googled and clicked on the google link but still receive an error msg: Directory Listing Denied-This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed

Also I received 2 different pairs of shoes & two forms I emailed my NB contact Sunday, haven't heard anything yet.

i got a pair yesterday. tho its pointless if i have to send them back! why would they want used shoes? i want to keep them, grr

the date on my form says 2008, maybe they will forget about mine and ill get to keep them?

i got a pair yesterday. tho its pointless if i have to send them back! why would they want used shoes? i want to keep them, grr

the date on my form says 2008, maybe they will forget about mine and ill get to keep them?

A "wear test" is to see how well the shoes hold up under use :) (Hence, the name, wear test) They measure how the soles do under usage, how the insides do under the rubbing of your feet, etc. So they need them back. Keeping them breaks the agreement, and if you do keep them, you won't be included in any further tests. I know it is tempting to keep them, but think of the potential new shoes you may be giving up in the future!

i signed up back in december for basketball shoes and have yet to get anything :-(

I got another pair of running shoes in the mail today. It's one step up from the first pair I received back in Feb '08, and 2 steps up from the pair that I wear daily. Very comfortable and cool looking.

I need to do more running in them and report better so I can get shoes more often. Looking at their site about what makes a good tester, I definitely don't use the shoes enough (they say 200+ miles makes an "Elite" tester, when coupled with good descriptions. I normally only do 25-50 in a month (yeah, I'm lazy).

gave it a whirl

Thanks for the post. Maybe my Bigfoot-sized(16) feet will get me some shoes to test. It will save wear & tear on my shoes.

My son has recieved two pairs of shoes so far. The latest pair I had so many problems with the feedback. First we couldn't log in and it was so hard to get a response from their support people. Then the first feedback was no problem. But the second one I could not get it to send and I tried a million times. Again the support staff was not at all helpful. It was more of a pain than it was worth for shoes we don't get to keep.

Mine should arrive soon. I'm hoping they're good, since I'm seriously going to use them!

Thanks!

I don't get this. I got a email that I would be sent a pair of shoes in about 5 days and today I got a email about doing my final report on the test and its do on Monday. I don't even have the shoes. Has this happened to any of you?

Same here ckm

I don't get this. I got a email that I would be sent a pair of shoes in about 5 days and today I got a email about doing my final report on the test and its do on Monday. I don't even have the shoes. Has this happened to any of you?

that happened to me yesterday. i got an email saying that i was selected to test a pair of shoes and they would be here in about 5 business days and to double check my address. so i logged in the account and there was a walking test survey in there and it said that there would be no shoes sent. whatever. this would have been my first time getting picked.

that happened to me yesterday. i got an email saying that i was selected to test a pair of shoes and they would be here in about 5 business days and to double check my address. so i logged in the account and there was a walking test survey in there and it said that there would be no shoes sent. whatever. this would have been my first time getting picked.

I just logged in and found the same thing. I don't know if I am going to do it yet because it sound like it is going to be long it said to save often. What do I get out of this? I don't even get to test any shoes.:mad:

This would have been my first time testing also.

I just logged in and found the same thing. I don't know if I am going to do it yet because it sound like it is going to be long it said to save often. What do I get out of this? I don't even get to test any shoes.:mad:

This would have been my first time testing also.

it was long! there are quite a few questions and a LOT of typing. they want very detailed answers.
guess they tricked us both. :mad:

Got an email saying I got picked to test some running shoes and they should be here in 3-5 days!.....finally!...I signed up for this a long time ago and just now got picked.

Got an email saying I got picked to test some running shoes and they should be here in 3-5 days!.....finally!...I signed up for this a long time ago and just now got picked.

Cool! congrats!

I just signed up. Thanks.

I applied. I just put standard width because I've never had the width measured. I always just had my length, a size 9. I just buy size 9 shoes without caring about width though and my feet are pretty small so standard should be fine!

I just got an email that I was finally chosen to test some shoes.

Not sure if it's "me" or one of my kids.

We'll see!

My DH just got an email that he was chosen to test some shoes. It has been soooo long since he signed up we both had forgotten about it.

http://weartest.newbalance.com/Apply/Index.asp?Reference=GettingStarted&~=