Spearit Beads & Co — Local services in Albany

The store looked nice, and it was in a convenient area. that's it for positives unfortunately. The prices were very outrageous and the staff tend to watch people like a hawk, making us uncomfortable.

What I can buy for 7$ here, I can get from Etsy for 2$. I did not want to pay 2 dollars per charm, so I looked on Etsy and found the exact charms, they only cost 10$ for 50 of them. upon further browsing, almost every charm in their store I found the exact ones on Etsy for cheaper. I really wanted to like this store, but the prices were...

Store itself is pretty neat but the prices were ONLY reasonable because of the sale. However, I went in today to buy some stone donuts with my wife and 2 employees stood next to my wife and I closely monitoring our every move the ENTIRE time. I don't remember the last time I was so blatantly discriminated against and the worst part is, the store employees are ALSO members of the lgbtq community just like myself. Even my children mentioned the way the employees were watching us once we left the shop and got back...

This place is the best. It's also the biggest bead store I've ever been to, aside from the Shipwreck warehouse up in Washington. The prices are amazing. They have enough clearance items to fill a room. You can be a beader here no matter what your budget is. The woman who run it are so kind and friendly. They will do whatever they can to help you find what you're looking for or even help you get past that part you're stuck on in a project. They are so...