Angel's Antiques & Flea Mall — Local services in Opelika

I went to Angel’s Antiques on Saturday 7/13 to look for some furniture and was ecstatic when I found the perfect thing. At checkout I paid and wrote my phone number on the receipt as requested and I asked the person working the cash register if I needed to do anything else and she said no and that my husband and I could use one of the carts at the front of the store to roll it out. One of the store employees helped us load the furniture in my car and we headed home. Two hours later I got a call from Opelika PD saying that they had gotten a call from Angel’s Antiques about a large piece of furniture that had gone missing and that there was a tag on the furniture that was supposed to be removed before leaving the store. I told the officer that no one had said anything to me about it and there were a number of employees standing at the front of the store when I left (not to mention the employee who helped me load it in my car) but I provided them with my receipt number as well as the stock number listed on the furniture tag. The officer verbally confirmed the credit card I had used to pay for the piece with.

I find the severe lack of critical thinking here truly shocking. You are missing a large piece of furniture and yet you not only have the record of my payment that you were able to provide to the officer but also have my cell phone number that I wrote on my receipt? What a joke. Opelika PD was very professional and kind, but shame on you, Angel’s Antiques. May I suggest conducting a modicum of internal investigation before calling the police? Or call me to verify? You clearly had my phone number to give the officer who responded. Safe to say that I will not be a return customer, but thanks for the new furniture...

As at least one other Google Review hasn’t pointed out, Racist memorabilia is sold by many of the vendors here, and the owners of the business are aware and are in full right to not allow it, but they do not care.

“It’s a part of history”, I was told when asking a store owner about the presence of over 20 racist dolls / sculptures in at LEAST 4 booths in the establishment. In particular, these items depicted black people in pre-civil war garb, with jet black skin and accentuated red lips (similar to the “Mammie” cookie jar, some of those specifically were actually, some were even worse).

“You would be surprised but black people buy them all the time, they love them” is another memorable excuse I was given. It’s true that some black people do collect these, but likely not for the reason that these ignorant store owners believe. After all, these types of items are literally featured at the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorobila.

I cannot support a business that holds the typical “it’s part of history, and you can’t change history” stance. This way of thinking is as antiquated as the items their vendors sell.

Angel’s uses the name and face of a sweet special needs child in their advertisement / branding, but somehow are not able to display that same accepting and loving attitude to those of...

The management has a tendency to make you feel like a criminal. I know they have to look after their items BUT their security measures are a bit over the top. When you use a debit or credit card they are now asking for you to write your cell number on their copy of the receipt - I asked the guy why and he said it was Incase the process had issues after we left to call and receive payment for the item. This is a violation of privacy. If they have to go this far, then by all means request cash only for payment. They also have you locker a large purse as well. Also, looking at any jewelry in the locked cabinets - they have to unlock it, hand you the item - you are not allowed to pick the item up from the showcase - these are the tall standing showcases. Just wasn’t happy at all with these issues of regulations just to shop in a junk store!! Also, there are many reproductions of items made to look old that are not even antiques - please inspect all of your items for...