Wow! It has been ages since I can remember having such an awful experience with a local business.
My family and I were in Stillwater today hoping to find some antique Christmas themed pieces when we wandered into the Midtown Antique Mall. We had just begun browsing when I noticed an odd looking man staring at me. I ignored it and kept browsing but on four separate occasions I caught this person staring me down like I was a wanted criminal. It was at this point when I decided to simply depart the premises.
On my way out I asked to speak to the manager and when I told him about my awful experience he tried turning it around on me and offered a lame excuse as to why I was being followed around. Mind you, we had been to several other antique stores prior to this and at none of them was I made to feel as uncomfortable as I was at Midtown Antique Mall. I will NEVER return to this retailer and I cannot recommend them to anyone unless you happen to meet there very narrow profile of what an acceptable...
Read moreThe Positive: This store is very large for an antique store, and has several large pieces of furniture as well as a variety of items from many different time periods. A lot of the decor and furniture is very high quality and truly unique.
The Negative: Take this with a grain of salt, since I don't frequent antique stores often, however this place felt like a less organized and waaaaaay over priced Goodwill or other thrift stores. While the furniture was undeniably of much better quality, the rest of it was a mess. Coca-Cola bottles and glasses at over $10 per item, without being in any kind of special quality. So they were clearly old, possibly dirty, and not unique or special in any way. Honestly I've found better quality items at thrift stores at a fraction of the cost, without having to...
Read moreExtremely rude … seems very very racist. Don’t spend a dime of your money at this shop as a POC. They Won’t even greet you when you walk inside they will follow you in the store. I watched from the second floor as they greeted every customer but when a black family walked in they were not greeted and the old white woman at the register turned and made a face not realizing I was watching her from the top level while the other employee followed me around. They have a lot of racist materials for sale all over the store in several displays. They have a large picture hanging with a slave on it. Ive read the reviews and it seems like this is a regular complaint and occurrence so I contacted the local better business bureau and placed a complaint. God is always watching… do...
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