Which of us has not had the misfortune of throwing some article of apparel away because of a broken zipper? Be it your favorite purse, a winter jacket, backpack, etc. Well in China, these type of articles would never be thrown away. One would simply walk down to the corner street repairman and have them fixed. Which is just what I did today. Sean has a favorite downed vest that really helps keep him warm on those cold bike rides to school. However, last year, the zipper broke. We also have a nice spinner suitcase which had a broken expander zipper. I walked down to the repairman this morning and within 10 minutes, he had both articles fixed! The cost…approximately one dollar and fifty cents. He also fixes shoes, belts, etc. Here’s a picture of the machine he uses to sew broken shoes, or ripped leather/canvas goods. He asked me if they have this type of machine in America. I told him I didn’t know. He asked what do we do with broken shoes or purses. I said usually we throw or give them away.
Here’s the man working on my luggage
Finished product…good as new!
Amazing! It might just be worth the airfare to get all my zippers fixed. It would definitely be worth it if I throw in a few massages while I’m there! 😉
I get angry sometimes at all of the things we just toss out here in America; I see things at people’s curbs that are definitely valuable and could be given to the Salvation Army or Goodwill. We have so much here materially, and are so wasteful. I think this is excellent and could definitely take advantage of such a thing. If I could sew, I’d probably sew all of our socks with holes in them!
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