Originally Posted by peachfront
I paid $25 to have some boots reheeled in Metairie, and this was in the 1980s! Considering the cost of shoes today relative to the price of repairs, I just toss them. I live in Mandeville, and I have given our shoe repair place a few chances but if they only charged me $10 to repair a heel, I would probably fall on the floor and kiss the ground.
If it's that little place in Lakeview that was there all those years and beers ago that gives you the good price, sigh, how well I remember it and the good deals they did have. Too far away for me now though.
The place I take them is on West Esplanade right beside the Robert's grocery. It is called Commercial Shoe Repair. It is run by two lesbian ladies (not that it matters) but they are super cheap and super nice. I have brought them items on Friday and asked that they be ready on Saturday since I usually leave Monday morning. They have always been ready right on time and they do a great job. If I would have had a second pair of shoes I would have waited till I got home to have them repaired.
PS to cawhite I like the word twatwaffled and have started using it. I use the term fnarked (pronoune the F, and then say narc, like a narcotics cop). Anyone else use the term fnarked?