Niles Antique Co-Op — Attraction in Fremont

I bought a dress from them, which had a couple seams that weren't properly attached. When I got home and tried to unclasp the rivets, they fell off! Additionally, it promptly fell apart as soon as I put it on. It was clear that this was due to the thread disintegrating with age. However, the lady that runs this place would not give me a refund, citing the fact that "she had tried it on herself and it was fine", and repeatedly invalidating my experience.

Though the receipt did say "final sale", when a customer purchases a product, flaws should be disclosed. Otherwise, there is an implicit agreement that what you're selling me is functional. I think their actions are telling of how they conduct themselves as a business: if they can't even do the due diligence to assess an item's state and disclose it to the customer, how can you expect to have a...

My family and I are not from the area and decided to explore the Niles community where we came across this vintage shop. We didn’t realize it was 10 minutes before closing and I was rudely made aware upon entering by the older lady at the front desk. I gave her a lighthearted response “oh I’m sorry, I’ll make it quick” and then she repeated that they were closing in 10 minutes with even more disdain in her voice. I immediately felt uncomfortable and left. As soon as we left the store, she locked the door behind us. It was 4:51pm at this point. Utter disrespect and unprofessionalism from an employee. I hope management makes appropriate changes and weeds out terrible employees that will cost them...

I have come to this place several times and found good deals on furniture. Today I came kind of late after work (10 minutes before closing) and asked if I could just take a quick whip around to see if they had something in particular. The cashier said sure. Then the owner came out and insisted I had to leave right away. She said the lights were off in the back, and I couldn't come in. Very strange. Won't be...