Vintage Hardware — Local services in Astoria

Decent store. Good selection, and fine prices. The issue was with the clerk. She gave my younger siblings their items for free. I didn’t except anything for me since I’m much older and I was buying more stuff. When I got to the counter she asked if I was with them, I said yes and she said “I can’t keep giving things away for free”. I said I don’t expect that and that I had more items so it makes sense. Then she asked me to pay for their items and I said I would rather not since you gave them for free and they likely wouldn’t pay me back. She asked a few more times and I kept declining. Eventually she tells me my total and I pull out my money and she said she’d only accept my payment if I paid for their items as well. I should’ve just walked away but I finally agreed after several minutes of arguing. Overall decent store but with the aggressiveness and hostility of the clerk, I don’t think I’ll ever want to return. Do not offer things for free if you are just going to demand payment from someone else in their party. If you hear someone near you get something for free, do not claim to be with them or she’ll demand you pay for...

This little shop has a great variety of room fittings, light fixtures, decorations, furniture and tchotchkes for people who care about their vintage home.

We browsed the rooms and found the PERFECT drawer pulls for our Bauer yellow kitchen. They are a beautiful buttery lemon opaque yellow. This is something that we have been looking for since we bought our 1929 house 21 years ago.

The people who work in the shop are helpful and understanding about style and the importance of the right item fit the right...

As a antique dealer / Astoria homeowner, been shopping with them for at least 8 years…

However, never again after witnessing unprofessionalism with one of their store clerks holding an item for over one week for a fellow employee. Despite an expired reserve tag, item being displayed on the floor & an unpaid status.

A paying customer should be treated as equally as someone employed through AVH. Will happily take my business elsewhere & also know how powerful word of mouth can be especially in a...