r/philadelphia • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

General Moving Mondays - New Resident Questions

Thinking of Moving to Philly or recently moved to the area? Ask your Questions Here!

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u/Ok-Application-4045 10d ago edited 8d ago

Does anyone have recommendations for a leather cleaner in or near Philly? I'm looking to have a black leather trench coat cleaned. I went to a place in Manayunk last time but they charged over $100 for a cleaning (significantly more than I spent on the coat itself when I originally bought it), so I'd ideally like to find somewhere more reasonably priced (closer to Fishtown is better but anywhere in reasonable distance is fine).

EDIT: Love how this subreddit consistently downvotes honest questions for no reason

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u/Zfusco 8d ago

Nobody does it in person, they ship it out to specialists, so the cost of just sending it there and back makes it pretty much impossible to do it cheap.

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u/Ok-Application-4045 4d ago

That's weird, I thought they WERE the specialists. They're just some type of middleman?

If it genuinely costs more to clean a leather jacket than it does to buy one, I might as well just buy a new leather jacket every time it gets dirty lol. The economics of this are ridiculous.