[nina_70]

Hoping one of you sailors out there can help me! I am desperate to find some Plastimo Crew Shoes for my brother's XMas present. He has one pair which he got 6 years ago and wears constantly...to the point where it's painful for me to look at them. It's impossible to convince him of any other brand (believe me, I've tried) so I'm trying to track these ones down...help?

[kombuchakid]

Here are the local agents

STORM FORCE MARINE LTD 2310 Dominion Centre - 43-59 Queen's Rd East - Wanchai simon@stormforcemarine.com
HONG KONG +852 9031-2555

[nina_70]

kombuchakid - thanks a bunch. Your contact is the dealer for Plastimo in HK, but turns out they have no stock...back-order only...ugh! And, they couldn't tell me where else to get 'em.

Anyway, I phoned a mass of other sailor friends, and found one store with a v.small stock of Plastimo deck shoes on sale (they only had ~6 pairs, but found the one for my bro). Here's the store in case anyone else has the same problem as me

Sky International
China Resources Bldg
26 Harbour Road
Shop 107
2827-4026

[kombuchakid]

you are not going to believe it nina but my first reaction on reading this thread was to tell you about Sky International, but then I googled Plastimo instead.
Pity the agents aren't the go getter types

[nina_70]

Hey, that is pretty funny! Yeah...those agents aren't really the go-getters here. One thing to note though...I think the Plastimo shoes at Sky International have been sitting around for a while, might even be several years. The shoes look fine & are brand new, but the box is a little worse for wear and the barcode has faded to a light brown (originally black I presume). Might explain why Storm Force didn't know about 'em. Still, I got a good deal & I can finally say goodbye to my bro's nasty old ones.....Thanks for the help!