On my search for a pair of New Balance Caravan sandals

I've always been obsessed with chunky shoes, but now it turned into chunky sandals and everything started here:

See the guy on the right? That´s JB of kpop idol group Got7, well, i've been searching for what the hell he's wearing but the language barrier hasn't helped. (JB's next images were took from http://swoonfinite.tumblr.com/post/115278383461/thank-jb-for-bringing-back-socks-and-sandals-they  thank you!)

 You can also see him wearing these:

 

 Then i finally  found that the sandals in the pic below are New Balance, specifically Caravan SD3205, which were sold in asia around May last year (2015).

  I went all excited to my local New Balance store to yell "shut up and take my money! welcome spring, i'll be waiting for you summer" and the guy in the store looked at me all bored and said: We don't sell sandals...waah! :'( 

Ok next step, internet, i have a bbf in Canada, he could buy them and ship them to me. I entered the New Balance site http://www.newbalance.com/international  and typed Caravan in the search bar, nothing came out, i typed sandals and there was a men sandal that i can buy generic at any shoe store in my city, nope i wasn't searching for that!

I searched at New Balance US, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Australia, Italia... they weren't there. The only site that showed them, even with the language barrier, was New Balance Korea and apparently the sandals are a new edition for this 2016.

 I wrote to customer service US  asking where could i find them and Stuart S. answered with a "Thank you... I'm sorry... the closest sandal we have is...." it seems New Balance Korea was my only option, i contacted them through their facebook site because i couldn't translate their page and the answer was "sorry, we don't ship internationally, you can contact to your local New Balance store" and i was sent again to the beginning.

Now let's use the hashtag search at facebook or IG and i found The SOM Korea https://www.facebook.com/thesomkor/ (that little sound in my ear saying: really? to buy from an unknow company overseas, that advertises i don't know what in a i don't know what language?  the sandals are as expensive as a pair of tennis, plus the taxes, the money conversion, the shipping...) I wrote in english, and i was expecting a basic english level, i mean i'm not even a native english speaker, but the person on the other side wrote in perfect english, asking were would they have to ship the sandals.

Well it's been a week from now, they answer in office time, and for me it's bedtime, so it's been hard. So far the transaction is almost done, and all i can think is that i'm a lucky person and The SOM Korea has been so helpful answering everything and trying to meet my expectations, i'm even ashamed that they've put so much effort to sell 2 pairs of Caravans and send them overseas to a lonely girl in a third world country that the only way i could think to thank them was to write in my blog. 

Now... let's wait to see if everything will be ok, and while i leave you listening to Just Right by Got7, i'll finish telling the executives of New Balance that you're not doing your job. Lulu suggest you to consider selling those Caravan sandals not only in Korea, or in Asia like you did last year, this year you couldn't even make it to Hong Kong. It's hot over here! Sandals are a must! i predict they will be huge, and a trend everywhere, and if you decide to expand and increase your numbers, please, call me and reward me with another pair.