Scott Antique Markets, Atlanta — Attraction in Atlanta

I really enjoyed Scott's Antique Market for years until I had a really horrible experience with one of their vendors, Arthur Gozzi, and his wife, that repair watches. After assuring me that they have exprience repairing with luxury watches (Omega, Rolex, etc.) we spent nearly a year of back and forth with my luxury watch repair. They continued to send me pictures of my unfinished watch and I noticed incorrect/used parts had been applied each time. During our phone exchanges, Arthur became very irate that I wanted to get visual confirmation that the watch was repaired before coming to pick it up and he said some very rude things on the phone. Things that I won't repeat. I just wanted my watch to be repaired as promised.

A year after the initial drop off, I was finally assured that the watch was fully repaired with original parts and that I could come and collect my item. I arrive, with a friend, to collect my watch, and I notice that the watch was still not up to repair standards (the second hand didn't even move) and I was told that I needed to pay the balance (which was over $1k) and that the lack of true repair "didn't matter" and that "no one would notice."

When I was understandably upset that my watch wasn't fixed up to the promised standards and I refused to pay the balance in full, he refused to give me my watch even though I had already paid over $600. We began a very heated exchange that included name calling and Gozzi stating that he "didn't think that I had the money." During the exchange, he also shared that many people had tried to take him to court before.

I tried to get Scotts Antique security and management to explain the situation and get some support, which was not helpful at all. I was quickly surrounded by multiple men trying to intimidate me with formerly concealed weapons, and told that I needed to "keep it moving" by Scotts staff!! I honestly feared for my safety and the safety of my friend.To deescalate the situation, I agreed on a price and promised to write a review, report them and never return.

This was a disgusting experience, with a horrible vendor, and extremely poor care for the customer. If you do go, DO NOT VISIT GOZZI, he's a crook. I really enjoyed Scott's Market until this experience and I'm giving it only 2 stars...

Scott Antique Market is such a mixed bag, it's hard to say if it really deserves 2 stars or 3 as this is very subjective based on what you personally want. I suppose it really depends on what you are looking for when you go into the market, for me personally the name feels misleading and it was a miss. For those of you who are serious antique collectors (think MCM, radios, stereos, war artifacts, antique toys, etc) this isn't the market for you. Here's a breakdown of the market and how it's split up:

Half the place is just furniture and rugs, a huge chunk of the furniture is new and not antique. Out of the remaining half of the buildings, here's what you're left with: -At least half the vendors left are modern artists, jewelers, sculptors, and accesory boutiques so while very cool, it's all new and not antique in any way. It's akin to going to an art festival. -The next large group of vendors are alot of silver dealers (brooches, spoons, etc) that are antique but this is very repetitive across the vendors left with actual antiques. -Another large group of vendors have only European and French style plates, pots, china etc. If you're not into this style you'll be disappointed. -Several vendors are blatantly selling only counterfeit Louis Vuitton and Gucci bags for $50-100 out in the open. -The last large vendor group I noticed is international goods such as statues, masks, and what not from overseas. Very cool to look at, but again they're made recently and not antiques if you want antiques.

If you think you'd like the categories mentioned, then you'll have a blast, but if you're more into MCM and what you'd find in a standard antique store this is...

I went on the last day with my sister, and it was a lot of fun to see cool vintage items on display. However, I hate how some vendors give ridiculous prices for things I know I can get cheaper elsewhere. Their Sunday "deals" are really just the regular, fair price for the items they are selling, if not more expensive than what they are valued.

For instance, a vendor tried to convince us that he acquired a wooden bench from an estate sale, and it's vintage from the 90's, and that the price was close to $2,000 but his "deal" was only half of that. That it's a good deal, because they just "don't make wooden furniture like that anymore". Glad we didn't get it, this bench is from a popular furniture site that was on sale a couple of years ago. You can still find it on their website. I bet I can get it on Facebook marketplace for 400 or less.

Same with the turkish/kilim rugs...one vendor tells me that a 3.5 foot long turkish rug is a "steal" at $600. I've found the same, if not better, online for $175.

Another vendor tried to convince us that an item we were interested in was made in the 1920s and was very rare, when it was actually a popular style from the 1970s and you can find similar things on Etsy or Ebay.

I don't know if they see two young women and expect them not to know anything about true vintage...