[Doriana] Wanna make the world dance

[doriana_]

Today, I bought a pair of shoes. The price tag said €133, but they ended up costing me €135.50. Why?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Was the extra €2.50 actually payment for the shoes themselves? Was it payment for something else? For travel? Transportation? Size or weight of something?

[BitterLemonCurry]

Are currency Exchange rates relevant? Taxes? Shipping costs?
Are the 133€ the price for the shoes without laces?

[Sundowner64]

Did you go to a shop to buy the shoes? did you order them online? were they custom-made for you? hand-made?
Are the 2.50 EUR the price for a service? a deposit of some kind? an extra fee due to some special law? a donation to charity? import tax?
Relevant what kind of shoes? sports shoes? hiking shoes?

[Sarisberie2]

I presume it's not something obvious like laces, insoles etc? Higher price for different colour? Were they actually dancing shoes? Ballet, tap, other? EDIT: Polish/cream?

[GalFisk]

Was the extra money a fee? Tax? Did it go to the seller of the shoes? To someone else? Was it lost?

[doriana_]

Balin
Was the extra €2.50 actually payment for the shoes themselves? No Was it payment for something else? Yes For travel? Transportation? Size or weight of something? But none of these

BLC
Are currency Exchange rates relevant? Taxes? Shipping costs? No to all
Are the 133€ the price for the shoes without laces? N/a, as the shoes are loafers that don't have laces to begin with

Sundowner
Did you go to a shop to buy the shoes? Yes did you order them online? were they custom-made for you? hand-made? No to these
Are the 2.50 EUR the price for a service? a deposit of some kind? an extra fee due to some special law? a donation to charity? import tax? No to all
Relevant what kind of shoes? No sports shoes? hiking shoes?

Sarisberie
I presume it's not something obvious like laces, insoles etc? Correct Higher price for different colour? No Were they actually dancing shoes? No Ballet, tap, other? n/a EDIT: Polish/cream? No

GalFisk
Was the extra money a fee? Tax? No to both Did it go to the seller of the shoes? No To someone else? Yes Was it lost? No

[Sundowner64]

Would there have been also a chance to get the shoes for 133 EUR? Did you volunteer to pay the extra 2.50?
Does the extra money go: to an individual? to a group of people? to an organization? to a business? to the government? unknown?
Do you know the people in person who would receive the extra money?
(I hope it's not just that the guy at the cashier pockets the 2.50 .. )
Did you pay in cash? credit card? other card? gift coupon? paypal/..-pay? relevant?
Could the same situation come up when you buy other items than shoes? in a different shop?
Is the country relevant where that happens? (other than it's a country with Euro currency)

[doriana_]

Would there have been also a chance to get the shoes for 133 EUR? Yes Did you volunteer to pay the extra 2.50? Yope. I voluntarily made a decision that meant I had to pay 2.50, but I could have made a different decision and not have paid the extra money
Does the extra money go: to an individual? to a group of people? to an organization? to a business? This to the government? unknown?
Do you know the people in person who would receive the extra money? No
(I hope it's not just that the guy at the cashier pockets the 2.50 .. )
Did you pay in cash? credit card? other card? gift coupon? paypal/..-pay? relevant? Irrel
Could the same situation come up when you buy other items than shoes? in a different shop? A somewhat similar situation could arise with different items, but much less likely
Is the country relevant where that happens? (other than it's a country with Euro currency) No (Germany)

[GalFisk]

Did the money go to the other business before you paid for the shoes? After? At the same time? Did all the money go to the shoe store, but they then gave the extra money tot he other business? Is the other business also a shoe seller? Other store? A charity? Mass transit company? Food place? Did this extra money gain you anything? Gain the receiver of the money anything, apart form the money? Does anyone else do this thing that you did? Multiple other people?

[doriana_]

Did the money go to the other business before you paid for the shoes? This After? At the same time? Did all the money go to the shoe store, but they then gave the extra money tot he other business? No Is the other business also a shoe seller? Other store? This A charity? Mass transit company? Food place? Did this extra money gain you anything? Yes Gain the receiver of the money anything, apart form the money? No Does anyone else do this thing that you did? Multiple other people? Unknown and not very likely, but possible

[Sundowner64]

Did you give the 2.50 to the same person you paid for the shoes to? together with the 133 EUR? did you use the same payment method?
Was there someone from the other business present and you gave him the money? did you put the money into a box?
Would the money earn you a service? a tangible product? had you received the product or service already when you paid the 2.50? would you receive it immediately after? later? much later? whenever a situation comes up that you would need it?
Is the thing you would get for the 2.50 related to the shoes? some kind of repair or refurbishing?
Would this payment require or trigger future payments? is it some kind of subscription or membership fee? an insurance?
Did you simply want to support local businesses?

[BitterLemonCurry]

So you bought something for €2.50 at another store before buying the shoes?
Did the object you bought help you trying the shoes on? A makeshift shoehorn? An ice-pack against swollen feet?

[trebor2]

Did you have to transfer funds from one account/card/payment service to another, and there was a transfer fee?

Did you have to pay for parking? Transit fare? A really cheap Uber/taxi/other ride service? Like, maybe you didn't have a pair of shoes at all, and so to go to the nearest store and buy some you spend €2.50 on a getting there so you don't have to walk in bare/sock feet?

Was the whatever you spent the money on a service? A tangible product? Entry into somewhere? How much, for example, do public toilets cost in Germany? (It's been twenty years since I was there, and I can't even remember how much they cost back then, let alone have an idea of the cost now.) Did you decide to go and wash your feet before trying on shoes?

[doriana_]

Sundowner
Did you give the 2.50 to the same person you paid for the shoes to? No together with the 133 EUR? No did you use the same payment method? Irrel
Was there someone from the other business present and you gave him the money? No did you put the money into a box? No
Would the money earn you a service? a tangible product? This had you received the product or service already when you paid the 2.50? would you receive it immediately after? [b]This later? much later? whenever a situation comes up that you would need it?
Is the thing you would get for the 2.50 related to the shoes? Yesish some kind of repair or refurbishing? No
Would this payment require or trigger future payments? is it some kind of subscription or membership fee? an insurance? No to all
Did you simply want to support local businesses? No

BLC
So you bought something for €2.50 at another store before buying the shoes? Correct
Did the object you bought help you trying the shoes on? Yes A makeshift shoehorn? An ice-pack against swollen feet? No to both

trebor
Did you have to transfer funds from one account/card/payment service to another, and there was a transfer fee? No

Did you have to pay for parking? Transit fare? A really cheap Uber/taxi/other ride service? Like, maybe you didn't have a pair of shoes at all, and so to go to the nearest store and buy some you spend €2.50 on a getting there so you don't have to walk in bare/sock feet? No to all

Was the whatever you spent the money on a service? A tangible product? This Entry into somewhere? How much, for example, do public toilets cost in Germany? Irrel to the puzzle, but to satisfy your curiosity: Usually around €1 (It's been twenty years since I was there, and I can't even remember how much they cost back then, let alone have an idea of the cost now.) Did you decide to go and wash your feet before trying on shoes? No

[trebor2]

Curiosity satisfied!

Did you buy: Socks? Insoles/orthotics? Something to mimic insoles or orthotics? Something to assist you in bending over? In raising your feet so you can reach them? Something that you would like to wear with the shoes? Something you might pair with the shoes, like for matching a colour palette?

Were the shoes for you?

[doriana_]

trebor2
Did you buy: Socks? This Insoles/orthotics? Something to mimic insoles or orthotics? Something to assist you in bending over? In raising your feet so you can reach them? Something that you would like to wear with the shoes? Something you might pair with the shoes, like for matching a colour palette? No to rest

Were the shoes for you? Yes

[Sundowner64]

Did you need the socks in order to try on the shoes?
Didn't you have socks with you? did your socks get torn or dirty on the way?
Were there no try-on socks available in the shoe store?
Did you just like the socks so you bought them?

[doriana_]

Sundowner
Did you need the socks in order to try on the shoes? Yes
Didn't you have socks with you? Correct did your socks get torn or dirty on the way?
Were there no try-on socks available in the shoe store? Also correct
Did you just like the socks so you bought them?

********SPOILER********
The other day, I walked into a shoe store wearing sandals with no socks. I saw a pair of shoes that I liked and wanted to try them on, but the store was all out of disposable try-on socks. So I went to the drugstore across the street and bought a pair of socks for EUR 2.50 before returning to the shoe store and trying on the shoes.

Thanks for playing, everyone, and congrats on the solve, Sundowner!