It is a good organization. People have been pressuring me to become more involved, but I have no time to prepare for the competition.
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People need to go to a professional shoe store, and they don't like to hear that because they know it will be expensive. But these are your feet, and having the proper shoes can save you from a lot of toe and back problems in the future.Michael Montalto
I came here Madison about 20 years ago. In fact, this shop has been here longer than I this was a cobbler shop before me.
Michael Montalto
This business isn't as dead as everyone thinks it is. I go to seminars dealing with new machinery and how to fix new shoes that are coming out on the market.
Michael Montalto
I couldn't wait to get out of the factory, to be honest. I enjoy doing it shoe repair. When I resole a shoe, you can't just take the old one off and put a new one on you have to fashion it and create it. It's a chance to be artsy.
Michael Montalto
There's somebody I'm friendly with in the shoe repair business in New York, and he's at retirement age. He told me he only has two pairs of shoes to work on a day, but he's never upgraded or modernized his equipment.
Michael Montalto
They're quick fixes. People buy cheap throwaway shoes that have no support, and down the line in the future they will be paying for it dearly.
Michael Montalto
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