Lakeland Antique Mall — Attraction in Lakeland

I wish i could give this place zero stars. And the people giving it 5 stars must not have an idea of what antique means. First off, every single item is OUTRAGEOUSLY priced. From plastic cups to broken, beat up furniture. Example: if you are a current disney fan and go to the parks at least once a month, you know what loungefly bags are currently for sale in the parks. Well this place is selling bags that are CURRENTLY in the parks or JUST left the rotation of bags that disney offers and selling them as “vintage” and UPING the price?? So I can either pay for it at disney for 60 or come here and pay 80 for it? 80 is actually a steal here since they’re selling most bags for 90+. Absolutely unreal. Same thing with the ears. Why pay 40 at disney when you can come here and pay 60, or more! Second, most of this store consists of random plastic toys and figurines. Picked up a BROKEN plastic barbie camera that was priced at 50…50 dollars for something the size of half my hand and doesn’t work. These people went to houses in foreclosures, took everything, slapped a 200% upmark and calls it vintage. Want a bed frame that’s going to fall apart as soon as you bring it home for 500? Well don’t worry it was from disney so it’s worth it! They are selling Funko Pops that you can STILL get in stores currently for about 15 and selling them for 20+! It is such a shame because the store is so big you could spend hours there, but you’ll have to sell your house in order the even leave the store with the 5 items...

I purchased a Golden West Oil Company porcelain sign under the assumption it was original as claimed by the seller. Several reputable Petromemorbilia collectors have said this is a very poor computer generated reproduction. The colors, letter shadowing and fonts don't match the original, there isn't supposed to be a manufacturing date and it's missing grommets, which looks like someone removed them on purpose to make it look old. I have pictures of an original and this junk I bought isn't anywhere close. Also, I'm 99% sure the other signs this same seller has as "original" are reproductions. This is FRAUD. Stay away from seller MY3S-286. See the pictures I've included with this review of an original and the fake one i was sold. Real one has baby blue mountains, well defined snow, letter shadowing and no date. If you do an Ebay search, you'll find many exactly like my fake one, when it's believed that only about 4 to 5 of the real ones exist in the baby blue color. These real signs have sold for thousands of dollars. So, that makes me ask why the seller would sell this at such a low price, if what they claimed as being original? Doesn't make sense. If you're like me and get scammed, don't expect the store owners to help.

And by the way, like other reviews, this store doesn't have much of anything antique. Just alot of household items from the 70s, 80s and 90s, and I'd consider this place a...

I really would like to give this place 5 starts because it is fun to walk around and spend a few hours looking at everything there is to offer. This place is huge! And if you like Disney, this is the antique mall for you.

However, while you can find treasures, there are a lot of booths that just feel like overpriced yard sale junk. I don’t want to go to an antique mall and find Squishmallows or Hot Wheels I can go buy across the street at Target for much cheaper. I want genuine, unique antiques, and this place truly doesn’t offer a lot of that.

Another thing about this place that bothers me is the stickers they use for prices. I’ve bought quite a few things, mainly records, that have instantly been ruined when you take the sticker off. It’s a bummer to buy a record and then have it immediately destroyed over some cheap sticker that could have been avoided.

I’m also not a fan of the customer service here. There always seems to be 5-7 people just hanging out at the check out counter, and you are always made to feel like you are interrupting a conversation. Some of the employees are nice, but most of the time you’re just made to feel like it’s an inconvenience that you’re checking out. God forbid we give you our...