Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a few coats in very good shape but the zipper is broken (one was a brand new kids coat). I'd donate them, but would need to have the zippers replaced first. What would that cost?

Do not repair something for a donation.

Actually, that's the only way it will be usable. What OP wants to do is commendable. What you want to do will just get them thrown in the trash. Don't donate ripped or broken clothing, PP. It's trashy.

I paid $90 to get the zipper replaced on a Marmot coat I really liked. The rest of it was in great shape and it is super warm so it seemed wasteful to toss it.

$70-100

Hurt Cleaners put in a new zipper on a beloved Goretex running jacket of DH's. They said no to, but he was adamant. $100.
They hemmed two caftans of mine I kept tripping over. $45 each.

Many donation sites take the unusable coats that can't be used and repurpose them through recycling or putting them in a clothing baler and sending them to textile mills so donation is still better than trashing them

It was $80 last winter for a long coat in Dupont.

Anonymous wrote:This thread is disappointing. The zipper on my 20 year old north face denali broke in the wash and I was thinking since it's still in otherwise good shape, and apparently the quality of new isn't the same these days, it might be better to just have the zipper replaced. Ugh

It depends on what part broke. There are zipper repair kits on Amazon.

The high cost of repair is because zippers are put in early during garment assembly and it takes a lot of stitch removal to get them removed. And then the coat is already partly built so the new zipper can't be easily machine-sewed back in.

The tailor could do a whole bunch of hems in the time it takes to do one zipper.

Order zippers on Amazon

I would expect nor more than $100 max.
I'd maybe call a few local cleaners ..
Nordstrom also does some alterations.

This thread is disappointing. The zipper on my 20 year old north face denali broke in the wash and I was thinking since it's still in otherwise good shape, and apparently the quality of new isn't the same these days, it might be better to just have the zipper replaced. Ugh

I went to a dry cleaner who does alterations. They told me to buy a new coat. It would be cheaper.

Anonymous wrote:If I bought a cheep ass coat like the most of you.i would probably throw it in the trash with your coats but it's a Harlin, it's a Genuine Shearling. It cost over a thousand dollars

Congratulations. You spent $1,000 on a coat with a busted zipper. Most people wouldn’t be bragging about that.