Alden quality has dropped off like crazy. Generaiya has supported Alden for years but they will never see another dollar from Generaiya. Restoration costs keep going up while quality and service has fallen off.
So basically if there was a big ugly phallic symbol on your shoe's tongue and the heel, you wouldn't care since the tongue will be covered up anyway when you wear pants, and you don't look backwards when you walk... right?
Generaiya is just wonderin'...