DO NOT GO TO THE SHOE DOCTOR IN ENGLEWOOD FLORIDA! He is a rip off!
My granddaughter dropped off 2 pairs of high heels that needed the black tips replaced on the heels. When she gave me the pickup ticket a week later (so that I could go pick up the shoes) I saw written on the ticket "70" --I asked her what that "70" meant and she said, "I don't know I just dropped them off and the guy handed me this small little yellow claim ticket." I was in shock! Did the "70" mean that was what he was charging me to put 4 black rubber tips on the heels? When I reached the store I said to him, "I just saw this claim ticket today and if "70" is the price you are charging me, then we've got a problem." He confirmed that was the price. Neither pair (dress shoes that I rarely wear, and which are both more than 20 years old) cost over $30. There was no way that I was going to pay $70 for them. I told him, "Keep the shoes, and I walked out." He came to the door and told me to come back in so we could "talk". I told him I would pay him $30 and he said "no", so I walked out again. He followed me and said he would take $40. I VERY RELUNCTANTLY gave him $40---but ONLY BECAUSE I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE COST AND THAT WAS MY FAULT for not immediately getting the claim ticket from my Granddaughter the same day she dropped them off. Had I known the cost that day, I would have called him and told him DO NOT FIX THOSE SHOES. I laughed out loud when he hollered as I left, "you not come back again, right?"
So, I learned a very valuable lesson---don't assume that anything these days is going to be fair. The world has tilted off its moral axis! read more