The Native Spirit Lodge — Attraction in Los Angeles

Really enjoyed this store ....first off I read bad reveiws about racist employees following people around the store...but when i was there today a saw people of differnt races getting along great...second thing negative i read in the reviews was that they were unfair with their prices...i am cheap and picky...and shop around alot....the prices were great....any store of any kind has things that are priced right and some marked too high...i made out like a bandit and found awesome deals....i know my ** and didnt buy the few things i knew i could aqquire elsewhere cheaper...its not the owners fault if you dont do your homework.. .last thing was that someone said that the overcharged at checkout....this did not happen to me ...i checked ...also someone said they lied about how to use certain tools...or gave incorrect info...yet today when i had a question about dyed stones the were honest and said yes a few in the dicount box were dyed...and also when i had questions they didnt know the answers to...they just said they honestly didnt know...and i appreciated that...i had a few things i was looking for and they didnt carry ....i came in anyways to have a look and was suprised how much i loved the store...also beautiful flutes on the back wall...i wish i would have got one...may have to come...

Used to be the best place I knew to buy crystals, now the manager or owner seems to be more about selling than helping people find the perfect crystals. Seems like maybe he has strayed from his path. Several encounters left me searching for a new place. He told me he was the only place still left, which is completely untrue. Then a conversation with the younger guy was rudely cut short when I asked a question. Decent prices, not the cheapest in town but certainly no where near the most expensive. Good sized stones can be found. But despite having a large section in store room, a request for certain size and shape resulted in he won’t look and I could only have what was on the show room floor. Tries to upsell. Pitched how I should buy one of his dragon items because I happened to be wearing a dragon shirt. Felt like an insult, like I was some sort of fan boy that would be swayed to buying something at his mere mention of it. Certainly not practicing the laws of attraction if you ask me. just not the vibe it used to be. But still a great place to get good crystals at reasonable prices. And I keep going back and will continue to do so hoping thing will get...

I wanted to purchase a titanium steel tongue drum. The only ones they had left were the ones on display. Being that they were on sale for half price I purchased one. When I got home I noticed that the numbered stickers on each tongue were lifting. I called the store to ask if I could please exchange this one for a new one, even if it was a different brand and smaller. The owner of the store, Gray Wolf, denied my request and for some reason called me racist against Native Americans for expressing my disappointment. If someone could explain how I’m being racist, I’d really appreciate it. I pride myself on actually being an anti-racist and am insulted that an owner of a store would so quickly treat a customer that way. I am done giving Native Spirit Lodge my money. I am disheartened and extremely disappointed.

To make matters worse, I found the same exact steel tongue drum on Amazon for $59.99. They sell theirs for $200, although that was on sale for half price. If you ask me, they are ripping off...