Spotted Cat Antiques etc LLC — Attraction in Opelousas

For an out of town visitor shopping at an antique mall, I was very appalled to hear a young male employee say right after we walked in to Spotted Cat Antiques "I will follow them around." I didn't quite catch on that he was talking about my friend and I until a lady employee stopped us and told me of their store policy that women cannot bring purses into their store but we can lock it up in their locker OR go put my purse back in the vehicle. I was so taken back that apparently they don't have store cameras or to automatically assume in today's world that you are guilty or may be guilty of shoplifting before innocent. Seriously.... These store owners or employees need to read the 4th amendment! Also, employees or owners...WHO are YOU to think I would surrender my purse to your lockers and you are the only ones with the key? Double standard here.... I don't know YOU either but I am supposed to trust you? How do we know you won't take my belongings? Think about this! Think....do you know how insulting this is to a middle aged couple with clean records...no criminal record of ANY kind.......christians...who have been asked to leave a purse in a locker before entering your business? Do not assume your store is that great!!! One last thing....did you realize my health requires me to carry meds with me at all times.... those meds stay in my purse! No....sure you didnt think before you insulted me! My friend even asked about me carrying my phone with me and you hesitated as if we couldnt even do that! Insult after another! I have never posted a negative review about any one or any business....but today.... your business deserved my time ...to post to everyone.... BEWARE of this place if you don't want to...

My daughter and I were out of town shoppers at the spotted cat in early February. We started off in Sunset for a girls trip and had an absolutely great day! Sunset is such a great little artsy town now! I highly recommend it! the spotted cat was recommended to us buy another shopper at the checkout out at a place in sunset. We drove to Opelousas and were absolutely not disappointed. the place is just huge! I found several treasures and I'm planning to go back and pick up a few that I wish I had picked up then! I purchased a breadbox that somehow did not make it into my shopping bag and they mailed it to me a week later. I felt so bad because the shipping was more than the actual cost of the Box itself. The store owners absolutely made things right and we're just awesome about it! Shoppers are not allowed to bring bags in, purses included, but it is is just not that big a deal. Lock your stuff in the trunk of your car or leave it in your SUV covered up. In my opinion, if they can reduce the cost of their Booth space and basically the cost of the items for sale by not having security cameras more power to them. My daughter is a type 1 diabetic and she had absolutely no issue with locking up her insulin in one of the lockers. We locked our purses in the car and all was fine. Actually not having my purse allowed me to hands to shop with. They even have this great little concession stand to grab a snack for the drive home. It's awesome! I highly recommend the Rice Krispie peanut...

Booth M8, you need to put your booth # on your price tags!! My husband and I were at the Spotted Cat a short while ago, and I would have bought the $7.50 blue and green scarf from your booth. I really love it, and I thought that was a great price, but when we got to the checkout, they refused to sell it because there was no booth number on the tag. Even though I told them your booth number, they refused to sell it to me. Additionally, I asked them to call you and get confirmation the scarf was from your booth, and they refused to do so.The lady did offer to take my phone number and once they talked to you, at some point in the future, to let me know, so I could drive back from Lafayette to buy the scarf.

Bottom line imho: NO CUSTOMER SERVICE at the desk. And, when my husband had gone to checkout, 2 of the 3 women working there had been sitting and visiting even though there was a line waiting to check out.

It had been about a month since we'd shopped at the Spotted Cat and I'd noticed how nice the booths were presented...an improvement...but it'll be a while before we return...there are other places who make more of an effort to...