Cobblers, repair of shoes in the DR...

Chris_NJ

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This week I realized that the soles are coming off the shoes that I have been wearing to work daily for the past year. They were not super expensive shoes, Kenneth Coles with a list price of little more than $100 but bought on sale for around $70 at DSW in Union Square.

The leather is in good enough shape to keep wearing for a while but the cost to have resoled in NYC is prohibitive. After reading AZB's thread about the inexpensive fixing up of a used car in DR I thought about sending several pairs of older shoes with my girlfriend to DR when she goes on Sunday and having them resoled there. I could then have her bring a few pairs back to me and maybe leave a few pairs there in DR.

I know the price would have to be less in DR but how is the quality of the work of cobblers? I know I may sound cheap and will probably buy a new pair this weekend anyway but it would be good to have a few pairs of functioning back up shoes for work.
 

shadInToronto

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... I know the price would have to be less in DR but how is the quality of the work of cobblers? I know I may sound cheap and will probably buy a new pair this weekend anyway but it would be good to have a few pairs of functioning back up shoes for work.
I've never had repairs done but, I saw shoe shine guys in POP (next to the hospital) fixing shoes and their work was very good. That group were all Haitians.
 

jrf

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I know of a few cobblers in Los Charimicos if you are heading to the North of the island.
 

Chris_NJ

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My girlfriend's family lives in La Union so not too far to Charamicos. Is the quality of the repair good?
 

HOWMAR

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There is also a shoe repair "hospital" located diagonally across the intersection from Centro Medical Bournigal on Calle Antera Mota in Puerto Plata.