Markle Exit 286 Antique Mall — Local services in Markle

Horrible experience. I literally came to Fort Wayne with a $1000 in my pocket to go antique shopping . I collect watches and vinyl records . And I found a few smaller things at other local places and everyone suggested that I come to Markle exit 286 antiques to find what I was looking for . I was highly disappointed! The record selection was weak . Mostly weird 70s rock and no name 60s singers . And it’s placed on the shelves in such a way where every time you flip through them they fall off the shelves . They do have a nice selection of watches . So I had $950 left over after shopping at the other shops . I wanted to get a few watches from the one I had . But the lady that helped me and my wife was beyond rude! Look , I get it . They are antiques ! I understand (I collect them after all for that very reason ) but when there’s 20 of them grouped in there I need to pull them out and see what they look like and what brands they are and see if they are worth purchasing . There’s no cell signal so I can’t google models etc there , so taking time to examine every one of them is vital so I don’t buy junk ! My wife reached into case to grab one and she knocked over a solid metal pin (that she in no way shape or form damaged ) and the woman helping us screamed at her saying “let me “! She wouldn’t let me or my wife reach into the case after that . She stood in front of the case in such a way where I could barely see what I was looking at . And we were highly embarrassed from being screamed at like little children. She seemed like she didn’t want to be there . She was impatient and rude ! . And because of that I literally walked out empty handed and didn’t spend my money there . I didn’t want to support the business after that . I liked a lot of the watches and I would of bought at least 8 of them . Which would of totaled around $900-925 . I would of literally spent all of my money there . It was definitely not worth the hype . The staff was rude . And they lost out today because of it . Tips for the future : let clients look at items ! You never know when your going to run into a serious buyer with serious money to spend . And when your rude the way you were . No buyer is going to want to see their money go into your...

Thought I found a new great store to shop at but soon found out everything was expensive. I soon realized why pricing was so high. Ran into a friend who was a vendor who shared this mall has the highest vendor rent per square in the area, they also charge vendor commission and vendor is REQUIRED to take 15% off all items during Xmas Open House. After paying all of this as a vendor that leaves the vendor very little profit, so they have no choice but to increase price on items, which in turn higher prices means less sales for the vendor. I now understand why there is a lot of vendor turnover now. Seems like most profit goes to the store and after paying rent and commission, it should be the choice of the vendor if they want to run a sale. It is wrong of the store owners to require that all vendors must run a mandatory sale when they are already paying rent & commission. Sadly, I won’t be able to continue to shop here when prices are so far out of line and I feel badly for these vendors. Positives are the shop was decorated beautifully and they have shopping...

Wow! We spent over there hours looking through and finding great items with affordable prices! When it came to check out, the staff was more than helpful with the packaging of the big and small items - we were on our way back to Idaho, so we had several miles ahead of us. We made it back with all our items secure ❤️ So happy to find this treasure of a place. And I'd like to give a second shout-out to the staff.... As we were walking in, a very very rude man was exiting with a few others on his group - he was using very foul, abusive language that was directed at the employees. I stood there in horror as I was trying to comprehend what was happening. I apologized to the staff for such RUDE people in this world. Whatever they did to upset that person could never be justified with the language that man was using... He was THAT bad... Anyhow, stay strong ladies! You really are amazing! You don't need customers like...