Picker's Paradise Antique Mall — Local services in Bertrand Township

If you want to go to to a place where you are physical and mentally abused this is the place. The staff truly hates their job and enjoys demeaning the customers. We walked in looking for a particular item and asked if they had it . Did not show us just directed us in the back at either both 75, 76, 77 , 77, or 78. We found the item an then went up to ask if they could call the dealer to see if he/ or she could come down on the price. The lady said I just called him for another customer 5 minutes ago and he didn’t,t answer. That response was somewhat odd when there are over a hundred booths in the mall and the booth had maybe a total of 30 items. She also said that he co-signs and he has to pay the mall 30% and he definitely would not come down on the price. I proceeded to go back to the booth and the other male employee chimed in and said the same thing in a snotty way. So I talked to my son and we decided to purchase it because his girlfriend heard when she was coming in that that the lady was talking to a customer and told her that if you pay cash you would receive 15% off. Mind you this was a 249.00 item. So I went to the counter, with cash and my son went to measure the car to see if the item would fit. I stood at the counter and the lady was working on receipts and I stood the for at least 1 min. She was mumbling and complaining about something not sure who she was talking to. I finally spoke up and said I would like to buy something. Do you want me to move to that register or stay at this one. She grumpily said I’ll come over. I told I her I wanted to buy the item and is it 10 or 15% off if I pay cash. She told me I get nothing off. I explained what my sons girlfriend heard coming in and she told me it didn’t apply. Needless to say I was feeling a little “put off”. That some rules apply to some people. We have shopped at this mall before and the same lady told us that she has the leeway to take 10 to 15% percent off on anything. So then a male employee showed up at the counter and started to make snide comments. He said we don’t take 10 or 15 % off cash sales. I said I was talking to my son and stated that any antique store will usually take 10% off at least. He kept making snide comments and I said leave me alone I am talking to my son. He would not, he kept bantering me while I had the 260.00 cash on the counter ready to be rung up. I must of told him 4 times to walk away and leave us alone and he kept making verbal attacks on us. I finally picked up the money gave it to my son and I had enough. Is bad enough when you realize that people are being prejudiced against you then they are abusing you mentally. I told them I run a business and grew up in a family business and never in my life would i’ve treated a customer the way they treated us. He physically grab my sons girlfriend and her phone as she was filming him abusing her. I also co-sign item in an antique store in Chicago and he had made nasty comments about that. I would highly recommend the owners and the dealers in this establishment to reconsider the two employees they have working there. They are not providing a welcoming attitude or helpfulness, I will ever go back to this place again if those employees work there. If you are a dealer there I would highly recommend monitoring or asking for a reduction in booth rental or percent. If they treated someone who had 260.00 cash sale like that I hate to think how they would treat others with...

Let me start by saying I have been a patron of Picker's paradise for many years. I have spent ample hours shopping the numerous booths, particularly booth number 401 up front. Now let me tell you how Picker's paradise became the exact opposite of a paradise to me and how unfortunately I will never return. Today I was in the store getting ready to purchase my items and I placed them on the counter waiting for the woman (black thick rimmed glasses, stark white hair, bigger woman) to help check me out. I politely explained to her that I no longer was interested in one of the smaller items I had brought up and instead of listening to anything I had to say she demandingly said "take these" and began ripping the tag off the item thinking I was going to purchase it. Now, I understand if the woman could possibly not have heard me, but from this point forward she gave me nothing but absolute attitude for no apparent reason. I was not rude, didn't have a tone or any awkward body language that could have given off me being negative. For no reason at all this woman decided to vocally scoff towards me, hastily grabbed my card out of my hand and gave me no kind treatment of any kind. In today's world kindness goes the furthest and there wasn't an ounce of it in this woman. I will never return, I will never suggest this place to family, my vendors, or...

I really enjoyed walking through looking at so many booths! You need an hour at least or more if you're like me and look at everything! Pricing is pretty fair on most things and there are actually legit antiques! Some even rare! Other ^antique" places have food items, things that are really irrelevant and near to empty booths with junk strewn about. Unlike the others, this place is really doing it right!! So happy to have found it! Highly recommend you check...