Scranberry Coop — Local services in Andover

One of my best new shopping experiences in a very long while. It''s inventory is unique and seemingly endless. The store is divided into about 150 (my guess, I didn't count) rooms or stations, each of which has every item clearly priced. There are two employees at the counter in front, but the rest of the store is covered by cameras so you can shop for hours completely undisturbed. It took us a good two hours to go through the store but we easily could have stayed two more. Toys and games, costume jewelry, holiday items, childhood treasures, bar furnishings, sports memoribilia, home decor, and everything else you can possibly think of (both old and not-so-old) can be found in the aisles. When we checked out, was saw one person purchase steampunk lamps and another with a Pokemon backpack.

Two last things -- all the items we priced seemed to be very reasonable (not that I claim to be an expert), and the employees were...

Preference: The store is awesome, nothing against the buisness. HOWEVER if you want to buy pokemon cards from there, DONT! SOMEONE WHO BRINGS THE CARDS RESEAL THEM! as an avid pokemon collector I bought 2 boxes from them. 1 Prismatic box (which has bad hits), and 1 crown zenith box (Which is known to be impossible to NOT get a hit). I opened the prismatic and it felt off. I then went backed and asked about it, but the person who brings the cards wasn't there. I left my info and never heard back for 2 weeks. I decided to test the crown zenith box (5 packs) and low and behold, no hits. Which is pretty much impossible. Besides that nothing against the store, but wish they would investigate who they work with before. This just makes me no longer trust the cards...

This place is fantastic with its finds! The owners are friendly and kind to work with. This place has become one of my many happy places. 🙈 I hope they keep stocking in vintage/antique toys, and art pieces as well. I suppose its all up to the dealers. For any dealers reading this- please bring in pressed steel toys(ertl, wyandotte, Buddy L, tonka, gabriel industries, tri-ang/triang, etc), tin toys, iron figures, wood carvings. Also I would look at ebays "sold" listings and find a common price point. 🙈 I say this in hopes that this brings in more nifty merchandise. Also steiff(more so the plush than the bears as those are oversaturated), merrythought(uk), hermann, gund, russ berrie - stuffed animals.

Thank you for always being helpful and I hope my...