The Carriage Place Crafts & Antique Co-op — Local services in Town of Sweden

First, the name they use under DBA (Doing Business As) is false and misleading. This business is owned by Gil & Elizabeth Glidden. They tend to boast their warehouse size, and thus giving the public the impression of a large variety of crafts & antiques! In reality you can count on one hand the actual number in both, crafts or antiques. The next point of interest is the fact of them utilizing an appraiser that is not; licensed or certified by NYS. This includes not recognized by: The Antiques Dealers' Association of America, Inc. (ADA), The National Art and Antique Dealers Association of America, The Appraisers Association of America or The Antiques & Collectibles National Association (ACNA).

You will notice the ratings given is for the following reasons:

1. Quality of the business is poor. They will not stand behind their appraisal/s. Most dealers that offers appraisals will also stand behind it! The ethics are considered phoney! On occasions they will sponsor - Boy Scouts for donations. The owners violates "Dept Health Codes" by serving food without warranted permits. Again this is business ethics that is questionable.
2. Business Appeal is rated poor. The building appearance is showing neglect. The roof is showing maintenence neglect and apparently leaks. This can be verified by their housing rental units tenents. The backside of building which the public doesn't see is also an eyesore and supporting proof of phoney business ethics. (Even the cheap repairs eg:multiple screens needs replacement and exterior in need of paint.) The main entrance is maintained only because clients and vendors would see this!
3. Service is rated fair.

Now, if you are looking for a garage sale item/s and atmosphere, then yes consider this place for a look. As or appraisals - I would go elsewhere for competence in the industry. Also, the owners daughter owns Jills Antiques in Brockport. We will later see if that business is also false and...

They do not appreciate customers! A woman who has worked for my family (and we consider a dear friend) for many years was a loyal Carriage Place customer for over 10 years. Several months ago one of the Carriage Place employees made a mistake ringing up our friends cash sale. What ever happened on their end we do not know ,but instead of looking into their employee the owner falsely accused our family employee of not paying for a sale.The Carriage Place owner approached our friend requesting she produce a receipt from 2 months prior (she did not keep it) while telling her she had not paid for items in which she did. What happened to "the customer is always right". Clearly, the owner made a mistake approaching and embarrassing our family employee .This family employee does not have a dishonest bone in her body We have never experienced anything missing nor would we expect to. . I would highly suggest that the Carriage Place owners place security cameras in their shop to closely review the behavior and transactions of their employees. Someone on their end needs some additional training. The owners recent behavior to our family friend/ employee will have an impact on her business for this employee works not just for our family but many others. The word...

I love wandering around this antique store to see what I can find! I find the older and previously enjoyed things to have character and/or takes you back in time. Sometimes you find something and other times you don't buy I always find the hunt enjoyable and for me, a way to de-stress. I think most things are reasonably priced. I do tend to price check certain items before purchasing. An example is an item was priced at $30 and I could purchase it elsewhere for $15. But don't let that deter you from visiting because there are many more great deals on things that cannot be found elsewhere locally! The staff has been friendly and carefully wraps your purchased items. I did not take any pictures of the store but the picture is one of...