John’s Shoe Repair

He just moved two doors down I am guessing for more space!! OKAY HERE WE GO! This owner is from a spanish speaking country (unsure of where exactly) which is cool and that is why I attach myself in the beginning because they are hard workers. Well. Let me tell you something, he must know and think that to because he is all the way up on money!!! John prices are extremely expensive for the repair of fixing your items!! If you think you are saving money from saving old valuables think again! He is actually charging you more just because it might be a valuable. The owner has a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ on his mind! John is so pricey I left a pair of pumps there because he wanted $ 45 from me to fix just the points on the pumps!! He makes up his own prices and does not have a legit pricing selection, it’s just whatever!! He charged me 30 bucks to fix a pair of Aldo sandals with a pop string. Not to mind you That’s ¹⁄₃ of the price I paid for it. Also, he charge me 15 bucks for a broken zipper on my purse, and the purse only costs 22 dollars in New York. I confronted him about his price and ask him to drop it down $ 5 and he said no «he got bills to pay’ ! I then asked him for a bag, and he act like he didn’t want to give it to me. I one day decided before I payed to sit next door in the nail salon to watch customers of his walk in and out, and none of them looked happy. They either seemed stress that their belongings were there, or in a relief that they got their stuff and they could finally leave. This owner is very good at his craft but, is a con artist! I don’t trust him and I spoke to other customers and they said that he was high too, but could not understand why? Yeah, I get it this is a small town, and yes there are limited options, but don’t feel threaten by that!! It might take a little more time, but just go in the city to the chinese and they will charge you weigh less than this fellow!!! I would only suggests people to go if you really need him. In the future
I am going only if it is a true emergency other than that I rather trash my broken belongings then to go to him!!! Watch out beware!

This place is awesome and John does amazing work. I brought 2 bags and one pair of boots to him so far. The work was high quality at a great price and the service was very friendly. All of the work was explained in detail up front and so was the price. I will bring all of my leather goods to John. Gracias por la atención que toma.

Great work! And a cool owner!
John has done a variety of shoes for me and work is great on my leather shoes. He also convinced me that some leathers are not the same quality and fake shoes just are not worth it for long term use. I now buy shoes for quality over quantity and going to a place like this keeps your shoes looking good for the log haul!

John is amazing with leather.. completely transformed my heel and soles on a number of boots. These were expensive, but even expensive comes through with plastic, not rubber heels. John removed that plastic and replaced with rubber changing the way the boot felt. They r all comfortable now and don’t make all that noise when u walk. Polishing even without charge. Thanks john.. We need u

John is AWESOME, fixed n re-​sewed my snowboots, 100% waterproof again!

«If you’d called to remind me to do it…» Really? I took a purse here for repair based on the (admittedly only 3) glowing reviews on Unilocal,but it has been a bad experience from start to finish:
1. $ 25 to replace a tiny little strap attachment loop on a purse? I said OK because it would cost a lot more to replace it, but it seemed steep.
2. I waited until after lunch on the day he said it would be ready, and when I got there he hadn’t even started it. He said it would take 20 minutes and could I come back — making me question, again, the steep fee.
3. When I got it home I discovered he’d sewn the inside pocket into the stitching he did, so I had to take it back to get that fixed. He apologized and said he’d have it ready the next day. This time I didn’t show up until the end of the day he said it would be done — about ½ hour before closing — and HE HADN’T STARTED IT. He asked if I could wait — NO! I’d gone out of my way after work, making the rest of my evening run behind schedule already.
When I pointed out that twice he had not had the repair done on the day promised he suggested I call to remind him if I want it done on time. SERIOUSLY? WTF?

Great work! I dropped off 4 shoes (3 heel replacements and 1 sole replacement). Heels were done same day. Leather replacement sole was completed 4 days later and looked amazing. Johns a real craftsman. John shined all shoes as well. I was super satisfied!
Gave only 4 stars because of the wait. I arrived for pick up at the time promised and had to wait another 30 – 45 min for completion. Similar for sole replacement. Arrived 1 day after Eta and was told they weren’t ready. Easy fix– I’ll call before pick up next time.

Excellent work, fast work, inexpensive work. I was thrilled with the results. Ed O.

Very knowledgeable and trustworthy.

John is a very skilled, professional, and sweet person. I needed to replace some heel tips for a pair of boots and I wanted to dye another pair of leather boots. He charged $ 5 less than other places I called and had my shoes ready the next day (they would have been ready earlier if we didn’t need to wait for the dye to dry). He even shined my boots for no extra charge. He was very warm and friendly to me and the other customers.