I stopped in here today with my favorite boots (the only ones I brought with me for my three months in Paris and the shoes I've worn every day here so far). The heels on the boots were about to fall off, and since the rainy weather hasn't stopped yet, I needed them repaired.
Unfortunately, after talking to the two nice cobblers here at Les 2 Lutins, we decided that they were not worth saving. They only cost me $150 originally, and it would cost about 60 Euros and 2 weeks to have them repaired, so I opted to let them die and buy new shoes.
However, I wanted to comment on how much time the two employees here spent with me to go over what was wrong with my boots and what options I had. We managed to communicate just fine in my broken French and their small amount of English. And then after I decided to not have them fixed (even though they spent 20 minutes with me), they were still nice enough to point me in the direction of some other shoe shops with similar-priced boots. I really appreciated it! read more