Beeps

Great store! Lots of items to purchase, all things you didn’t think you needed but buy anyway. Perfect mix of quirky items and useful items, and the staff was super friendly. This isn’t the easiest store to find, it is set back a bit in a strip mall. But if you park on the street or in the lot in front, you’ll eventually wander into it.

I love this cute little local business. They have the best selection of cards anywhere! I buy all of my special occasion cards here. You really can find all sorts of interesting, weird, and unique items for everyone in your family and friend family. I have bought my parents Christmas presents here every year because I always find the coolest stuff there that I know they wont have. I also got a beautiful necklace there that I’ve never seen anywhere else.
Here’s the downside: I am a huge fan of good service especially when I’m shopping locally (I mean who isn’t?). I have been here no less than 10 times and I would have to say that the people that work there were friendly maybe twice. In reading the reviews I had no idea that they gift wrap for free. I have never been offered that before and I have spent well over a $ 100 multiple times.
All in all I will keep coming back aside from the «meh» service because where else am I going to find a gigantic rubber horse head?

I’ve been shopping here for close to 18 years! There is always a wonderful variety of fine gifts, cards, gag gifts, stationary, glassware, books, and much more. It’s hands-​down my favorite place for gifts in town, and they gift wrap for free!!!

I’ve always loved this store, but recently, I rediscovered how quirky and great this store really is.
They have the most random products, that you probably don’t need, but you want immensely. From Dino puppets to funny gift cards, they have it all. There are products that can help your life as well. They have interesting time saver products, like special phone chargers or interesting cooking utensils. Great place to buy a gift for any time of the year.
But I have to admit, the Dinosaur section is what prompted this review. Being an adult, it’s always important to remember your inner child, and Beeps brought it out. My sister and I found the most authentic Dinosaur puppets for less than $ 10 each! Handing out candy to trick or treaters with a dinosaur puppet was priceless. Great shop!

This is such a cool, quirky little store. If you are looking for a gift for someone who has everything. Beeps is the place to go. If you are looking for something for an eccentric, creative friend. you’ll find it at Beeps. If you are window shopping and want to kill some time and maybe get a few knick-nacks…head over to Beeps. They’ve got jewelry, candy, bags, stuff for babies, kitchen gadgets, stuff for the office, and everything in between. Just stop by. You’ll love it!

As a long-​time return customer of Beeps, and a polite one no less, it only feels right to log on to my once abandoned Unilocal account to make it known publicly that I have made the decision never to patronize this small business again.
Years of shopping for birthday, wedding, and baby shower gifts with them led to some employees even recognizing me. I always greet them with a friendly smile and exchange pleasantries.
I assure you, I am not an angry or unpleasant customer. I myself work in retail and therefore understand the trials and tribulations of the business. I try my best to be the customer who is low maintenance and friendly. This is how I acted today, just as I have on every other visit to Beeps.
This is why I am so mortified at what happened today!
I went in to exchange a gift I’d received which didn’t fit. I browsed for a while, and after decided nothing suited my fancy, I resolved to simply return the item for store credit and come back another time. The woman at the desk was a middle aged, long, brown-​haired lady who I’ve spoken to on several occasions. A little outspoken and maybe too blunt on occasion, I’ve learned she is basically friendly with an honest lack of brain-​to-​mouth censorship skills. Honestly I found her pretty endearing and would’ve even gone so far as to say I liked her.
I explained I was too hungry to browse any longer and would take a credit and come back later for my gift. She started writing up the credit slip and wrote that my gift cost $ 28.99. There was another higher number on the receipt, and I asked if the cost was $ 28.99 or $ 36.00 like it said on the receipt. I just spun the receipt around to get a closer look and realized it was the subtotal that was $ 36.00, that she was right and I should’ve only been credited the $ 28.99 she had written. It was an honest question/​mistake and I definitely was NOT at ALL rude about it. She at this points seemed to get extremely offended, looked me in the eyes, and almost YELLED, «Let me do my F***ing job!» No, I’m not kidding. I got quiet and didn’t know what to do. She then added, «yeah, you really need to eat some food.» I stayed quiet the rest of the time, she didn’t say anything either, and I got my credit and left.
I don’t know if I’m more offended or confused, but I do feel that that woman should not be working in customer service. I love the product at Beeps and am even willing to tolerate some of their outrageous pricing, but that sort of interaction has left me with a taste too bitter to forget. I am going in again later to see if I can get my money back and buy my gift somewhere else.
Good-​bye, Beeps. I hope you find a nicer employee sometime soon!

My absolute favorite store in Albuquerque. Fun, funky and quirky items. Including some nice gifts as well, tokyo milk, jewelry, bags. etc. I miss it.

We did some shopping in Nob Hill this weekend and happened in here. What an upbeat hip place! I’d call it a novelty shop with such a wide range of things from purses to birthday cards, lots of nick nacks, we’ll be back for sure. I ended up with a card for my sis, a gift for my mom, a purse for my wife and oh yeah a an inflatable unicorn horn for my little furry buddy :) Seriously, that was the find of the day, do yourself a solid and drop in here!

I’m a huge fan of this place. Whenever, I’m in the Nob Hill area, I love to stop in and do a little shopping. This is a great place to find a gift for that special someone in your life who may be impossible to shop for! I’ve found some great gag gifts here! Plus, cute little things that will make you the best gift-​giver around.
The staff is friendly, helpful, and has a good sense of humor. It’s a must-​see store for anyone looking to do some shopping.

I love BEEPS! Lots of great doo-​dads and fun cards. They’ve got some local goods to purchase as well. A bit on the pricey side, but I splurged a bit because I think my friends overseas might get a kick out of it. This is my go-​to place for a good card!

Considering the small business turnover in Nob Hill, Beeps is an impressive rock of the niche variety. I’ve always wondered about the thought process of the entrepreneur who contemplates opening a shop like this. The inner monologue must go something like this:
«I think I want to open a place that sells… stuff. Yeah, like… little things, trinkets, odd books, Japanese pop culture, adulty shwag, weird playing cards… Oh! Speaking of cards, gotta have a lot of those. Everything should be funny. Fun. Yeah, I want to open a fun shop. And it should have a fun name…»
Beeps. One of the best places to find a greeting card in Nob Hill, and an exceptionally fun place to waste time wondering if you should buy that thing that you might put somewhere in your home, but where, exactly? The coffee table? The office? Oh, what the heck, it’s a farting rubber chicken that squawks the Titanic theme song. It must be bought!

I love going to Beeps. It reminds me of home (Santa Cruz) and places I used to shop when I was in high school. Oh, so long ago. Sigh…
Anyway — they have such cute, fun stuff! It’s fun to wander through and see all the weird things and wonder why I didn’t think of that and retire on the profits of other people’s silly spending habits.
I do occasionally purchase such things, usually for a gift. I got my mom a rubber chicken Christmas tree ornament there (we have a running family joke about those) and she LOVED it. Plus, the price was lower at Beeps than on Amazon or anywhere else online, so that was pretty sweet — shop local AND get a great deal!
The staff could be a little better trained — customer service is not their strong point. But that is the only drawback of an otherwise pretty darn cool little store.
It is really nice to have a local shop you know you can find weird stuff in when you need it. Or just a place to have a fun browse when you want to.
Beeps is a great shop — go check it out!

Beeps is the greatest place to go in ABQ for a gift if you’re slacking hard and it’s the zero hour before whatever you’re late for. There is literally something for everyone from anyone and it’s all cool. And fit into such a small store so you don’t feel too overwhelmed. I love how close it is to my house and that it’s next to other good stores that aren’t all chains. Thanks Beeps for saving my ass many times.

Can I bring the whole store back to Wisconsin as a souvenir?
I loved a lot of quirky little office supplies! My cubicle will be so awesome with the additional decorations (ex, a little post-​it like note that says «fucking urgent»).
It’s a great store to pick up out of the norm gifts. I will definitely be back when I’m back in abq.

If you’re looking for crazy unique gifts and OMG, did they just say that? greeting cards, Beeps is your place. This place has more laughs packed into every square foot than any store I’ve been. The staff is also friendly and helpful.

This is one of the greatest stores ever. Seriously, this store finds everything someone could want from beautiful jewelry, to books, cards, stationary and random interesting gifts and things. They have a wide selection, and the staff in generally friendly. I LOVE this store. Actually, I think I need to go see if they got anything new in…

This is an awesome little novelty and gift store in the spunky part of Knob Hill. They’re open later than most of the other stores in the area and have very friendly staff. I love the alternative gifts they have there.
They have green wallets made of folded (origami) tyvek (the plasticy paper they use to cover houses under construction), build it yourself cardboard bird houses, greeting cards that you won’t find in Hallmark, and coffee table books on tree houses, stains, and a bunch of other random, yet interesting things.
I bought a little aluminum covered notepad called Flip notes, perfectly small to fit in your purse and jot any creative notes down that you don’t want to forget. It comes with a pen and everything. I think it may even hold business cards.
They have something for all of your hard to buy fo friends.

I’ve been shopping at Beeps since the late 1980’s and it’s still an absolutely outstanding place to browse & pick-​up unique and fun stuff! The staff are unobtrusive but helpful when needed.
Prices run a wide-​range from inexpensive (couple bucks) to expensive (triple digits)
As for handicap access, it is a small store so it’s a tight squeeze for a wheelchair but still doable.