Joplin Flea Market Inc — Attraction in Joplin

Lucy, the manager yelled at me yesterday for my service animal. I tried to explain the law (she can ask only two questions: is that a service animal, and what service does it provide). She yelled over me and said she would go get the law. I told her to get the law so she can get educated. Today I returned and I asked her in passing if she found out the law yet. Again, she yelled at me, but this time she presented a dated version of the law before it changed. I tried to explain that, but she just yelled over me, cussed me, and called me an idiot. She said she was going to call the police and I said, great, the police can educate you. She told me I can wait outside for the police, and I waited for about an hour. The police drove through, but did not stop. I don't have phone service or I would have called the police's non-emergency number. She told me that I was banned, and that's fine, but I hope to see her corrected or removed so disabled persons with service animals are not harassed in the future. People who know her boss' name refused to give it, and one man told me to leave while I am still in one piece. The sweet lady in the kitchen can corroborate my story, but she is probably too shy to do...

I want to say that my wife and I love this place so I immediately want to give it 5 stars but I honestly believe it is a 3 simply because yes the food is awesome, and yes you can find amazing deals when u go on all kinds of things so u spend money locally ( good thing ) and buy a lot of cool stuff but when u go back it's the exact same stuff... isn't that what chain retail stores are 🤔... went several times over several months always same inventory every booth. very few new vendors. But some of those products are things we happen to buy alot of so yay the reason why we personally say 5 stars so ..recommend you go see for yourself have lunch...

One of the vendors freaked out and chased me away today when I was looking through the entrance at an item I was interested in buying. Ummm....I thought the whole point of a flea market booth was to sell stuff??? At any rate, that particular vendor clearly treats their customers with mistrust and contempt and they won't be getting any further visits or business from me.

Otherwise, the flea market is a good place to kill time and get something to eat on the weekends. You may or may not find much worth buying, but there is little to do in downtown Joplin on the weekends as it is. And they do have a food court with pretty decent food at...