CONS: Rude, verbally abusive, expensive, tries to scam the customers, and the turn around time is at least 2 weeks. The tailor tried to charge me an EXTRA $30 FOR ONE ALTERATION and would not give me a receipt! (I was so disgusted by the tailor trying to rip me off that I set up a City Search account to warn potential customers.)
Do not trust the review by "GINO_B." (This person's only other reviews are a positive review for a copy and delivery store that shares the same store as the Golden Needle and a negative review for a competing delivery center.) LA Magazine's list is simply "special advertising." Trust me all of the prior reviews are about this same tailor.
I dropped off 4 pairs of pants. One pair required more than just hemming. Prior to pinning the trousers, the tailor quoted a price of $120! I thought this is ridiculously expensive, but agreed.
When the tailor gave me my receipt (a triplicate type form), he wrote on the receipt that there were 4 pairs of pants. He did not write down how much he would charge for the other pants. I asked him to write down how much he would charge. (IF I DID NOT ASK, THE CHARGE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SURPRISE.)
I returned to pick up my pants. He tried to charge $30 EXTRA -- $150 for alterations to the trousers. I thought that he likely forgot that he told me that he would charge $120. I showed him the back of my receipt. To my SHOCK he insisted that he never quoted a firm price and said WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL IT'S ONLY $30! I am an honest person and I would have ponied up the extra cash, but since he was SCAMMING me I stood my ground. Finally, he agreed to charge me $120, but YELLED at me.
He charged my credit card. Anyone who has ever used a credit card knows that as the customer you get a copy of the receipt. THE TAILOR WOULD NOT GIVE ME A COPY OF MY RECEIPT UNTIL I INSISTED THAT I WOULD NOT LEAVE UNTIL I GOT ONE. He finally gave me a receipt and said "Is that enough guarantee for you?"
Pros: good tailoring
Cons: verbally abusive; rude; the tailor will not honor his own prices; extremely expensive
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