Ephemera — Local services in Idyllwild-Pine Cove

I was at Ephemera Vintage earlier today 3/22/25 about 4-4:30pm and there was a girl there working the cashier. I didn’t get her name but she had long back hair pulled back in a pony tail wearing blue jeans. She was extremely rude to me for no reason at all. I was shopping and looking at different pieces of clothing I was planning on purchasing. I put one of the items back where I got it from, and she very rudely approached me and asked me if I was done with the item. I said yes and she grabbed the item and put it on another rack while staring me up and down. Man if looks cool kill, she wore on her face. I told her that the item was on the rack where I left it not where she moved it too and she said it didn’t mattered and walked away. She was so rude and unwelcoming that I decided not to buy anything at all. I handed her the items I was going to purchase (about $80) and counting but left and went to shop and spend my money elsewhere. I do hope this girl doesn’t make it a habit to do this to other shopping customers because business...

Disappointed in our trip to this store yesterday. We drove up from Temecula just to visit this store specifically because we saw some pretty cool things last time we visited. My sister was so excited to see a jean outfit that was hanging from the ceiling and asked the girl who was working there (yesterday 4/16) if she can try on the outfit and the girl told my sister, “well it’s $500.” OKAY MS. JUDGY PANTS (lol)!! We didn’t ask you what the price was!! It felt like a scene from Selena or Pretty Women! Please please please train your employees a little better! This can come off as very rude, as if we can’t afford it. We’ve been to this store before. We know what kind of prices they have. We were 100% ready to buy that outfit, if it fit. But honestly we were quite offended and decided just to leave. Almost gave 1 star because of the experience alone. 3 stars because the store itself still has really cool things, but again, please address these type of comments with your employees. Not...

Could have been so cute but had dto walk right back out when I saw you actively choose to use marginalized cultures is stereotypically racist fashion in your merch and branded materials. I pointed it out to the highschoolers with me, because it was my culture you insulted. I hope that Anza kids now know how not cool you are.

Edit for response: sure, the vardo (a.k.a. style of wagon) you have carved on a sign with your store name in purple and yellow/gold sitting in one of the corners. You know what insinuated cultural attachment that is linked to I presume. It is literally why everyone uses it who does. That's my DNA, and yes right to that culture is DNA verifiable. It's incredibly wrong to use a vardo or anything related to Romani culture if you don't belong to my people and even then, not for profit if you don't make it clear where it belongs. It's called...