Javier O.
Yelp
I've had a climbing crash pad repaired at Liebers, and they charged me $40 for a job that included materials, multiple stitches, and probably about an hour of work all told. I was happy to pay it. So when I had one small, broken strap on my Osprey backpack, I thought this would be super easy, and am happy to throw some business
To my surprise, these guys wanted to charge me $25 for what turned out to be about a five minute job when I finally found someone reasonable. Liebers told me the base charge for any repair was 15. When asked what the extra ten would be for, I was told it would be for extra work. So I asked what the base price covered. They said it was only to get my item in the door. I expressed to them that that price didn't really make sense to me, as my $15 should buy something, and they said it was for labor. So I asked if the extra ten was for materials ($10 of thread?). They insisted that $25 was the least they would do it for. I asked how long it would take. The seamstress, who was clearly already frustrated that I was asking for an accounting of what I was paying for (saying usually at a mechanic for ex., they tell you their base price, which is then subtracted from a total based on an hourly rate/materials, etc.), told me that if she couldn't get to it that afternoon, it would be 5-10 business days (which also didn't make any sense, the disparity between this afternoon and 5-10 business days). At this point, it seemed like they weren't interested in my business at all (which is a shame, because I've spent hundreds here over the years). I walked out and the next day I had the exact same repair done in 5 minutes by a nice guy with a luggage repair shop, right in front of me, for $10.79. 10/10 def recommend the guy in nob hill with the luggage repair shop over liebers. Thanks, this is my first yelp review.