Customer Reviews Sperry Gold Cup Boat

These are a little pricey for boat shoes, but worth the investment. The Gold Cups stay looking great even after wearing all season. The ASV technology was also comfortable for walking and standing.

I had a strange problem with Zappos. I ordered two pairs of shoes from them and one pair direct from Sperry Topsider. I wanted to return the Sperry shoes and one pair from Zappos. UPS delivered (by their mistake) the Sperry Shoes to Zappos. I called Zappos to track them down and as a courtesy (in a mountain of shoes, they could not track a misdelivered box) gave me the shoes that I wished to return to them for free, crediting my account. The agent was friendly, competent and adaptive to an unusual circumstance. A customer made for life. Different experience with Sperry and UPS. Sperry said not their problem but UPS (true, but left me out in the cold). UPS finally came through with a refund but long process and an incredible conversation with someone who took a long time to understand that returning Sperry shoes to Zappos was not the same as returning Sperry shoes to Sperry, and that delivering to the wrong address still counts even if the misdelivered package went to a return center. This last point was about a five minute conversation with the agent, with my repeated request that she look at the intended address and not focus on the fact that yes, the package was delivered to a shoe return center. UPS also shorted me about nine dollars, since when I filled in their online label, I approximated the declared value. They have an interesting policy: if you cannot provide proof for the value declared, they will mark down what they pay you to the value you can prove, but show proof of a slightly higher value, and they will still mark you down to the declared value. This is like playing house odds. Bottom line: I will use Zappos in the future and UPS when I must. Also noted below that though I ordered two models of the same Sperry brand shoes from Zappos in the same size, the one returned felt narrower than the other model. The model shown is the one I kept, felt fine.

This is my husband's second pair of the same Gold boat shoes. He has been a boater for 25 years, has worn lots of boat shoes, and these take the prize! Despite the price, he feels they are more than worth it!

Fantastic shoe. Very comfortable, true to size, durable. One of the best looking and feeling boat shoes available. The deerskin lining inside truly adds to the comfort of the shoe.