Antique Specialty Mall — Local services in Albuquerque

Most of the time I really enjoy this place. Unfortunately my last visit had a major issue. I was purchasing a few items, one of which was a necklace. A woman was checking me out and two other men were behind the counter. One of the men asked me if I wanted the necklace wrapped. I replied yes and he very obviously begrudgingly did so. After he wrapped it, he chucked it in to the bag with my other purchases. He threw this delicate necklace pretty hard and the thud that is made had me worried. When I got home and opened the necklace it was broken. It was not very expensive, but I was still pretty upset. The other problem that I had was the fact that they had signs both outside and all over inside stating that masks were necessary, yet none of the three workers were wearing masks. I dont feel particularly very strongly about whether masks should be worn or not, but regardless I hate hypocrites. You can't make your customers wear them and then not wear them yourselves....

I was excited to find a couple of great pieces I was interested in buying to furnish my new home. Unfortunately, I was so uncomfortable I left without purchasing anything. I was followed by a woman who works there the entire time, which might be fine if she had offered to assist me but instead of acknowledging me, she silently pretended to be straightening things near me as I wound my way through the entire (large) space. Only when I walked out and she followed me back up to the counter area did she make eye contact. It was unsettling and odd because I only had a fanny pack with me and I was exclusively looking at furniture; it's unclear how I would have stolen anything. I heard staff being friendly with other customers and no one else was being followed, which made it feel targeted. The space was clean and well laid out, and the selection was interesting. I'm sad I won't be able to utilize any of the vendors there but apparently I am unwelcome for reasons I...

We are visiting Albuquerque for a few days and spent our first afternoon visiting antique shops. This was the last shop today as it was open longer on Sundays. Large mall, good variety of booths that were well kept, entire staff wore masks as did every shopper we saw in store. I collect old film cameras, found two fairly rare cameras for fair prices I bought. Staff freindly and helpful. Glad we stopped by. Visited antique stores in Oklahoma and Texas on way our here from Illinois where not a single staff person wore masks so turned around and walked out. Every store we went to today had same excellent mask use and we bought items in three different...