AbnormalAviator t1_iur9xgc wrote
Reply to comment by Pnobodyknows in Women's heels - do they exist in the BIFL category? Or at least lasting a couple of years... by jennycotton
I can only speak from my own experience. Most I paid was $50 for patching up boot uppers that were worn all the way through...cost me about 30-40 to have soles redone. So on, so forth.
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AbnormalAviator t1_iuxu2iz wrote
Red Wing is a rip off - I have a pair of their boots, but won't buy another. Locals are way more reasonable.
The only things that make them stand out, even as a shoe and boot maker, are Goodyear welting, good materials, and mass producing things in different widths - none of which they have a monopoly on, they're just the biggest company doing them.
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AbnormalAviator t1_iuxv63r wrote
Well I don't know about your area. My local cobbler in BC - like I said, one can only speak from personal experience.
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AbnormalAviator t1_iuxw4ok wrote
Got those Oxfords done at Vic's Shoe and Boot in Abbotsford, BC. But I don't know if you will save anything on shipping. Good luck!
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AbnormalAviator t1_iuxylvv wrote
Sad - all my family used them. Just moved to Kamloops - so I had a patch done with the folks in Vernon recently. Will have to see what they charge when its time for a new sole.
javaavril t1_iv4i8qf wrote
A ladies pump is very different than a redwing boot (I know, I own both). I've had Prada heels done for $40 in NYC.
I will admit though, in our walking city we pay for cobblers like other places probably pay for oil changes, it's sort of a fixed rate that you just pay for maintenance every couple thousand miles.
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