I had bought pair of sandals from Bata, came home and tried a walk inside the house to check the comfort before taking it out for the next day the strap of one my sandal came out and I had run back to the dealer as I had the bills luckily the dealer agreed to exchange and I got another pair but the quality standards of Bata have come down drasticallly from the early ninety’s. The products are heavier and the prices have gone up and the qulaity has dropped down drastically.