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Shoe Mania Inc

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Local(212) 253-8744

853 Broadway Ste 201
New York, NY 10003

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Shoe Mania Inc
Local(212) 253-8744

853 Broadway Ste 201
New York, NY 10003

http://newyork.citysearch.com/tracker/link/website_redirect/marchex_nm/7087113

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Expert Reviews of Shoe Mania Inc

Citysearch | Multiple shoe brands for the urban trekker.

It's always a little hectic at Shoe Mania, purely because it's such a good store. Men and women of all shapes and sizes try on shoes for any occasion at all three of this rapidly growing chain boutique's...
citysearch.com - expert review - 08/14/2003
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User Reviews of Shoe Mania Inc

horrible store policy

I had bought my 2nd pair of Thierry Rabotin shoes. My 1st pair was from Tip Top Shoes . I still have my 1st pair after a whole year and love them dearly. Anyway, I always past this store and the location is good. After I purchased the 2nd pr, I stood on the carpeted floor at my place of work, the heel didn't have that stable feel. Only if I walked around in them did they feel better. I misjudged these pair since they are alot more dresser then my first pair and the heel part isn't as wide as my 1st pair. I decided to try to exchange them and get a pair just like my 1st pair but in a different color. The manager Sammy took a careful look at the Claires (2nd pr) and said to me that he couldn't do anything because the inside of the shoe showed signs of it being worn and the edge of the front had a scruff mark. I said why don't you sell them in clearance? He said he can't. This tells me how inflexible this business is and how a customer can't ever make a misjudgement on how a shoe really feels after a actual day of it in action. How can ANYONE know for sure if the shoe is absoluately comfortable if they hadn't worn them?!!! They don't have any common sense and all they are after are PROFITS!! No concern whatsoever about the CUSTOMER. I WILL NEVER SET FOOT IN THAT STORE EVER!!!!!
openlist - user review - 10/18/2008

Yelp.com Review - by Kristine R.

3.0 of 5 stars. Not bad. I stumbled in here so just to look and fortunately (not really, I am a poor grad student) I came out with two new pairs of flats both for $40. I went downstairs were all shoes are $19.99 or…
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by John L.

1.0 of 5 stars. I keep saying I'll never go back here but today was the last straw. There selection of shoes and merrell's are decent, but the sneaker selection is hard to stomach. Playing 5 straight ABBA tunes, and…
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by tim t.

1.0 of 5 stars. ng
yelp.com - user review - 08/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Eric R.

2.0 of 5 stars. Shoemania is a madhouse. I guess your opinion of the place depends on your feelings about madhouses. On the bright side, they are always offering a buy one pair get one half price deal. Solid. Their…
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by maureen k.

1.0 of 5 stars. always crowded (anything in unions square is ALWAYS crowded), never can find a salesperson to help, never have my size, selection hardly ever changes...the list goes on and on dont be fooled by the buy…
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Peter D.

1.0 of 5 stars. I second Karen G.'s labrythine comparison (well without the David Bowie part). Do you remember those halls of mirrors at the fun park? Those were easier to manage, and at least you got a laugh,…
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by karen g.

1.0 of 5 stars. I have been on a mission for a new pair of Saucony's for a while now. Either I am looking in the wrong places or there is a veritable Saucony drought in New York. As a last resort, I came to one of my…
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Micaela L.

1.0 of 5 stars. Shoe Mania has a great selection of shoes, but their customer service is horrendous. Since most of their wares can be found on Zappos and Amazon (not to mention at many other shoe stores around the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/16/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Grant H.

3.0 of 5 stars. Decent selection of shoes, but it's a little tough getting ahold of an employee to fetch you your kicks. Maybe I'm confused, but isn't there another Shoe Mania a few blocks west on 14th St. as well?…
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Anna A.

2.0 of 5 stars. Despite the sizable inventory and great selection of brands, there is not even a semblance of customer service. As the staff alternates between indifferently rude and unbearably pushy at head spinning…
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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Rude Staff

All I want to say that the the staff is extremely rude and not a bit helpful and I never been treated worse as a consumer. After reading there reviews I guess it's all been said before and I'm not the only one...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/10/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Julia N.

2.0 of 5 stars. This store offers so much promise, yet provides so little. It's a large store with a wide selection (including a downstairs of discounted shoes), and yet they NEVER have anything in my size, or…
yelp.com - user review - 02/02/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Brent A.

1.0 of 5 stars. I will set foot in this place again on one condition--I'm dragged into it. I was excited when I first stepped in and heard dance music playing, but my enthusiasm lasted for about 26.3 seconds. The…
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Marcy C.

2.0 of 5 stars. Eh. I think this is a good shoe store for college students and people on a budget. I am neither of those. Lots of cheaply made shoes and I saw a bunch of Chie Mihara knockoffs when I walked in. I…
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jen N.

2.0 of 5 stars. I've been trying to squeeze the last bit of mileage out of my suede boots, and tonight it backfired. As I was walking down the subway stairs, the heel literally slipped off the shoe, and walking was…
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jacob D.

3.0 of 5 stars. Admitted shoe addict reporting for duty, sir. If you can stand the madness of this store, you can find some real steals I've gotten pairs of clarks (wallabees, look them up.) for less than $50.…
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2008
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Horrible customer service, STAY AWAY

Worst customer service ever. The employees are not interested in anything but their commission and are extremely rude and unhelpful. Don't bother asking for the Manager, Mike, because he is unprofessional and...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/22/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Harry B.

5.0 of 5 stars. I Really Love this Store! Shoemania ROCKS!
yelp.com - user review - 11/29/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Rachel A.

4.0 of 5 stars. New Yorkers sure are into shoes. I remember in college one particular @ss wipe of a boy made a b*tch comment about my sneakers. He asked me if I were a cheerleader because I wore Reeboks. Then he…
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Daryll H.

1.0 of 5 stars. What a terrible, terrible store. Unbelievably crowded, understaffed, out of everything, and just so amazingly annoying. I have trouble finding shoes that fit, but there's no point going to this…
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Tim L.

2.0 of 5 stars. This place is definitely crowded! For a general run of the mill shoe store it's got a very decent selection of shoes from casual to dress and a few in between. The street level of the store is about…
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2007
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poor customer service

Nice collection of shoes with affordable prices and sale items. However, my experience with customer service was less than stellar. I waited for almost 10 minutes to have the salesman tell me that they didn't...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/10/2007
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satisfied shopper

As opposed to all of the other reviews, I had a great experience at shoe mania. The prices were reasonable and affordable and the service was great! I asked for my sizes and in a matter of 5 minutes I had my...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/28/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by David S.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place can get a little (to very) crowded on weekends, and it is somewhat ghetto. But honestly it's really not that bad. They have a pretty wide selection, carry a lot of different brands, and the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Tony L.

4.0 of 5 stars. A lot of people are complaining about the layout of this place. It's a freakin' shoe store, not a musem, not an airport, not a subway station. A shoe store, and it's not even that big. And the…
yelp.com - user review - 05/07/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Gur E.

4.0 of 5 stars. Ok, So what do I have a lot of Turbans (of course)
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Val S.

2.0 of 5 stars. Why are there so many salespeople working here? I mean, really, there's a different dude every time you turn around. It's weird. And the constant, constant, constant loud ass playing of the Brian…
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Kimberly K.

3.0 of 5 stars. i find myself wandering in here every time i'm in the neighborhood. it's always over crowded and the music obnoxious, but there are a pair of cowboy boots in this store that i must own. i even…
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Brittany W.

2.0 of 5 stars. Not alot to say about this place.. its full of tourists...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2006
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Avoid this store

The worst customer service possible. The manager is rude and entitled and lied as well in order to not accept an exchage in 24 hours. He pretty much told me I was an idiot for asking and accused me of coming...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/26/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by sean m.

3.0 of 5 stars. Decent customer service and lots of popular shoe brands to choose from. Not a place to find your eclectic brands but if you ask the sales people they will on the sly give you some leads of some other…
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrea D.

2.0 of 5 stars. As they say in spanish: Que horror. What a terrible place. Badly laid out with semi-aggressive salespeople and too many other customers for casual cruising. And it's not even super cheap.
yelp.com - user review - 05/10/2006
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AWFUL PEOPLE

tried to exchange a pair of shoes. The manager approached me, to "help" me, by saying "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" I explained situation and apparently "what do you want?" is the only phrase this person is capable of...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/13/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Vicky L.

3.0 of 5 stars. can't stand the sales people here, but there sure are a lot of shoes! for me buying stuff is all about the experience and I just am not down with this place. it's one thing when a store is self…
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by ro b.

2.0 of 5 stars. Don't let the quantity of shoes fool you. In reality, there are less than there seems due to the absolutely confusing layout. The music is often too loud and it takes a realy long time for sales…
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Sarah B.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'm not much of a girly girl, but I do love shoes. Shoe Mania often has great sales, such as buy one pair of shoes and get the second pair half-off. This store carries all main name brands, such as…
yelp.com - user review - 01/09/2006
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Don't bother

Where do they find these "managers". Not the sharpest knives in the drawer. Bought 2 pairs of shoes. One pair felt too small, bought it back within two days. The manager says "Read the redeipt" (It was stamped...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/22/2005
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Avoid these guys...

There are plenty of shoe stores in New York. I bought a pair of $200 shoes, wore them once indoors, tried to EXCHANGE them for a better fit, and the rude (called me an idiot under his breath) manager would not...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/24/2003
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SHOE MANIA STINKS

I purchased two pairs of shoes, one for my girlfriend, the other for me. The sales person gave the the wrong size for starters, when I went back to exchange they were out. I picked out another pair, but when I...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/13/2003
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It's a great show store.

My husband my sister and I were visiting New York in September and stumbled across a Shoe Mania Store. My sister and I being shoe freaks thought we found the greatest thing in the city. We visited 3 stores and...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/18/2002
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Brusque and rude salespeople.

I bought a pair of Ecco shoes at the Shoe Mania b/w University and 5th for $89.95. When I wore them out the next day, one shoe sprang a hole after 15 minutes of walking on perfectly even sidewalk. I brought...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/11/2002
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