Sportie La

Showed up at the store to get my New Balance shoes and stood in line for ever. I picked up a coupon for their on-line store SportieLA.com and got my sneaks right away. In fact, I got the ones I was looking for, no lines, no fuss:
http://sportiela.com/sneakers/NewBalance

Terrible service. I've lived in Los Angeles only for one year, but I never have seen a business that is so bad with customers. I tried so many times to contact Sportiela - so many times - and they never write or call back. The internet site is always slow and sometimes down. I will never use that site to buy anything again. The email never answers and I called several times. People in the store are rude and never listen to my complaints. I wanted some great shoes that only they have. Too bad I will never go to that store again, I love shoes.

This store is really cramped and offers a wide range of athelic shoes ( puma, nike, adidas...) and clothing (sweaters...). However, the store is small and when it's a bit crowed it makes it quite difficult to find something good. The prices are lower than other places (between $30 to $70). All in all, you gotta search and dig to find a perfect pair. Go if you have a lot of time and patience!!

This store is packed with tennis shoes. The service is super slow but its worth it for the rare shoes they have in there. For both men and women they have hundreds of varietys with all the brands nike, asics, vans, tigre, converse etc. Be prepared to wait awhile but any sports shoe you have in mind is probably in there.They have three store, two on melrose alone and they are very popular.