Redlands Galleria — Attraction in Redlands

DO NOT RENT A BOOTH THERE! It is very hard to make money there! Between rent and the percentage they take,you are lucky to break even! The employees hardly know anything about antiques, and they do not circulate to become familiar with what's is the store! They stand around talking, and gossip there is a real issue! You are at the mercy of unprofessional employees, and entitled vendors! If Something is missing out of your booth, they don't care, it's tough luck for you! You're on a month-to-month lease, and they can do whatever they want! You're better off to sell from eBay, etsy, etc! From the moment I rented a booth at Redlands Galleria, I was harassed, lied to, and endured endless gossip, and rude employees! Those are the least of the problems too! This place is the most ridiculous place I have ever had the displeasure of occupying! The owner lacks integrity! He lies, has no empathy, and thinks he does not have to follow the same rules everyone else is expected to follow! His primary focus is money, over people! He doesn't keep up his property, and lets things go until it's unhealthy to breath the air! There is mold from where the water leaks is several different places in the building! There are holes in the roof that leak, and all he does is cover them with plastic. Also, he has done work in the building, and has not taken precautions to protect the inside air from asBestos fibers and lead! These can cause serious health issues if not contained when doing any minor or major construction! When doing any kind of construction Lead and asBestos particles become airborne and can easily get into your lungs! I have a serious lung disease, and I have noticed an increase in my coughing! There are numerous security issues! No exit signs, and I had people ask my daily how to get out! I was there for 10 months and there were not any exit signs ever! It is a city ordinance that every commercial building has exit signs, why hasn't he had to have them? They don't even have back up lights, and I was there one night when they had a black out....they didn't even have flashlights! There are no handicapped restrooms, and men and women share the same bathroom. There are three stalls in the bathroom but only one works! I put my faith and trust in this store, and worked hard on my booths! I expanded 3 times! If I had the slightest indication that I was going to be harassed this way, I would never have rented a booth at the Redlands Galleria. I am 65 years old and permanently disabled! I have a serious lung disease, severe fibromyalgia, severe osteoarthritis, titanium fusion in my lower back! All I wanted was to be left alone!! The owner could care less about the vendors, unless your earning top dollar! I will never shop there again, and neither will...

My family and I frequented Redlands Galleria for many many years and we spent endless hours and countless dollars there. Since moving away, we decided to visit Redlands and our favorite antique store as part of our holiday visit. What started out as being a fun trip down memory lane quickly turned into a sad and disappointing experience. To begin with, despite the fact that Google states there is a mask requirement at Redlands Galleria you can be sure this is absolutely NOT so. Most of the staff had masks but we're not wearing them and as the morning went on several customers came in also forgoing masks. What a sad situation. Even tho my family is fully vaccinated we actually care about other people and we wear our masks whenever out in public. Sad to say Redlands Galleria doesn't care for your safety. When I found an item that needed to be unlocked to buy, I politely asked that the person who would be helping me to please wear a mask as I am considered high risk. The woman that came to help me, begrudgingly wearing a mask, proceeded to give me every excuse in the book as to why they did not enforce their own stated rules. We tried to and customers were arguing with each other. Customers were arguing with us. It's too difficult to enforce. It's too hard to wear a mask for a whole 8 hours. (Really? I work in a school and I wear a mask, for 8 hours as do the children. We care about each other and it's the grown up thing to do) 🙂

Tragically, that is not all I am upset about. One would think that having a large and successful business that restroom facilities would be available to paying customers. This is totally not the case. If you need to use the restroom they will send you across the street and around the corner to "umbrella alley" where ever that is. Scary.

We also saw an altercation by the same woman who helped me, forcefully grabbing a woman's backpack strap as she was attempting to leave the store because she did not want to leave her backpack behind the counter with staff. (Judging by other reviews, the lady made the smart choice to leave since apparently leaving your bag at the counter means they can search thru it like TSA.)

Later after discussing our experience, my family confided to me that they felt unwelcome as they entered the store and that they felt like they were being sized up and followed throughout our time there (once again, based on these reviews it seems that these feeling were justified since there are claims of racial profiling at this store.) Quite frankly, we felt more welcomed at a swapmeet we visited earlier in the week than we did at this establishment.

We were so disappointed and sickened by this treatment that we decided we will never go to Redlands Galleria again.

Your loss...

I think going into places like this is fun you never know what you may find. Items here are always revolving to see all the items in one day may not be enough time. If you love antique's, collectibles, furniture and all sorts of knick knacks this is a place for you. Great prices, also if you love a item feel free to make a offer they call the owner of the item to let them know of your offer & who knows you just might get it. Great place to buy yourself something or even as a gift for someone. Just a little suggestion I don't recommend younger children due to every little booth has their precious items that you would hate to break. My family owns a little space here & I know how much work goes into setting every one of their items in the booth to sell. So please if you decide not to a item, please hand to cashier don't just set item in another location. It's better to let the cashier handle it then have something go missing till it sells. While you are here take a little walk around the other little shops. Places to eat, drink coffee etc everyone seems super nice. Hope if you haven't been here you...