Vakschoenmakerij Stadionweg

I have taken several pairs of shoes here with great results — resoling, inserts, etc. Quick and efficient service.

A place to avoid! I bought in a pair of soft leather shoes yesterday which had a few water stains on them. I wanted to have them cleaned and to see if anything could be done about the discoloration. The person who was working (and older gentleman who claimed to be the owner) told me it would be 90 € for the service because it would take me at least 1.5 hours to do the work. He told me I could do it myself at home and sold me two products for 12 €. I did exactly as it said and it didn’t help my shoes at all. Today I went to another shoemaker with the products I was sold and asked if anything could be done for my shoes. He told me the products I was sold were not for this type of leather at all and that he could fix the discoloration for around 12 – 15 €. I have yet to pick my shoes up from this other place.
Not only was the gentleman at Vakschoenmakerij unfriendly, but he tried to charge me an outrageous price and proceeded to sell me two products which he claimed would improve the color, but was actually just a water-​repelent and a block for a TOTALLY other type of leather. I am very disappointed.