sometimes it's more about the Stop than the Go

Choosing your local Stop 'n Go is like choosing which branch will you want to be ripped off from.

What I have found about this chain-store is this:

1. They are pretty much the best when it comes to repairing your shoes (with the exceptions of those guys walking around the side of the street with their own portable shoe repair kit, but when you don't know the street price for fixing shoes then sometimes they can charge you double than the chain-store, or if you are lucky, you can just get your pembantu to do this!)

2. Every store don't really have a price list posted up in the store so you don't really know how much a repair really cost

3. Which leads to my next point, some store will charge differently according to who is repairing it (and when they make up a price, this goes into their pockets and not the company)

4. Depending on which branch you go to, the prices do differ greatly.
- Plaza Senayan (expensive as there are alot of Indo wives wanting to get their designer handbags and shoes fixed)
- Senayan City (not too bad and quite fast as their location is not the best)
- Pondok Indah Mal (a little bit on the expensive side, many of the expat wives go here)
- Pacific Place (they have everything as most of the working locals come here during their lunch break and their prices are not too bad)

Oh and sometimes they also turn down jobs "tidak bisa" or tell you that it will be done in a week or whatever so that they don't have to do the job so you also have that to look forward to.