I bought birkenstock high heel sandals about 1.5 yrs back. I hardly wore them and this summer I find them crumbling under my feet . Thankgod I noticed that in time . I went to the birkenstock showroom to ask to replace the sole for which I would hv gladly paid but the sales person said that they don’t repair . My 10k gone down the drain . Finally I asked my roadside shoerepairing man to change the sole . He is doing it for 500 rs , replacing it with a rubber sole . I would say pathetic after sales services from such a big company . I think the Indian climate does not suit the sandal sole so why sell in India . I hv given the sandals for repair now to the local shoemaker but definitely if u want i can put the pic of the repaired birkenstock so that people can get theirs repaired rather than throwing them in the bin . The upper portion however was almost new . Very sad experience .