Potato Barn Antique Mall — Local services in West Branch

I was here visiting my family and decided to go antiquing. My brother in-law and I went into the potato barn to look for something to take home with me. My brother in-law was looking at a couple of things which caught his eye but decided to pass as they wanted to much for it. As we went down stairs to search some more, I overheard the gentleman and woman upstairs looking at a couple of the items my brother in-law was looking at. Long story short, I heard him say to the lady, "I don't care if he buys this junk or not"! It seems to me that their attitude for people that may be" out-of-towners" was less than hospitable and as long as I return here to see family, I will never set foot in the...

What a wonderful store full of treasures! It's the kind of place you can visit over and over and have a new experience each time. Sometimes in stores like this you feel like your being watched by the owners like you're going to do something wrong, not here. It was as if we were completely alone in our own little world discovering new exciting things and reminiscing heavily when we spied things that triggered memories from our past. I am excited to visit again when I'm in town and maybe this time I'll finally start my uranium glass collection that I've been wanting to do for years because yup, they...

I will never go to the potatoes barn antiques again. Rude and mannerless. No greetings were offered when we arrived or when we left, just the evil eye like we bothered them. On top of that, I was followed through the place like a common criminal. I’m in my 40s and had my family with me, I don’t look like a criminal and no one deserves to be treated like that. We really felt awkward and out of place. It was more than a little disconcerting to have someone follow you for 20 minutes and never make eye contact or offer assistance. Creep. I will never recommend this place to my...