Posies in the Village — Local services in Arroyo Grande

Reseller garbage. Ok. Here's a reality check for everyone. Consumer and shop owner alike. This store buys from Amazon for a lot, I mean, a lot of things. As a business owner myself, who has a business account on Amazon to buy things, this store is an insult to our local. I kid you not. I walked in here after not visiting my home town in 16 years.... I saw imported trinkets from all over, even some items that still had their Amazon packaging stickers on the labels. I decided to just get on Amazon and search for, just one of several items (these happened to be socks) that I saw Amazon product stickers on. I kid you not, the price..... The shop price, 90% markup on my personal Amazon account. Get this, I logged into my reseller account, 170% markup. On socks, made in China. 80% polyester socks. I kept looking and saw more of the same, oh my goodness. Then my mom used her apple AI to search for things without tags... We left. Making a margin to keep real live people in business is one thing, this was robbery. I held off on posting this until the new year. I love our home, price fixing like that is just wrong. Especially for non tourists who are supporting our local economy. I get how expensive lease is, and having employees... But you can't rob everyone blind selling, resold, Amazon purchased, garbage....

There is SO much stuff to see that I wanted it all, ok, maybe not all of it but darn close. I am to frugal and the prices were a bit high for me but I still enjoyed browsing through everything. I did purchase an adorable little outfit for my niece (clearance) but other than that, it was mostly a "window...

Great place for cool nicknacks! They have huge range of cool gifts for loved ones. Definitely a unique store for this area. Tons of wonderful kitchen gifts with all sorts of beautiful patterns on them. The back of the store has hats, clothing, and more. It is a pleasure to shop here, and is a local...