The Snob Shop

The snob shop closed without even calling to tell me! They have my wedding dress! Awful, awful people!

Scored a fabulous cream suede Coach small carry-​all bag here. Brand New for $ 108. Went back a few additional times, however, with no results. Wasn’t a fan of the styles (or sizes) they carry.
NICE STAFF!
Shoe selection Low/​Moderate.
Bags selection Random

This place is closed. I went there today to pick up the clothes I’d left on consignment and a check… and it was totally empty with a for rent sign in the window. I can’t believe it. This place has been in business for more than 20 years! I’m on the phone with the Attorney General’s office.

I’ve used the Snob Shop twice and have had to call multiple times to get a check issued and find it annoying. Seems like they don’t have their act together or care much about delivering on payment for your goods. I am going to do business elsewhere going forward.

I’ve been shopping here for 20-​some years. Yes, you have to pay attention, go often, wait till you find a gem. But when you do, it can be a $ 400 Versace for twenty bucks. Goodwill strategy but Fifth Avenue results. Besides, any place where the owner brings in her hound dog is all right by me.
I don’t know about consigning, but I have seen a few really disappointed customers in the shop, like the one who really thought a 1974 orange one-​piece ski jump suit was worth hundreds of dollars, but the shop would not even consider accepting it. They only handle clean current, quality, high end stuff. I think when folks love their clothes too much, or are upside down financially, the consignment thing is not for them.

If you are used to doing business with professional and accountable people, DO NOT CONSIGN with this shop! When I first took my consignment to JoAnn, the owner, she was with someone else for at least a half hour. When she finally began assisting me, she was rude and condescending; things only went down at high speed from there.
While they were in charge of selling my consignment, the associates were never clear as to which of my items had been sold. As a result, I made several wasteful trips only to find I had nothing to pick up. The final remittance slip for my consignment failed to include sales dates for my items, which made me wonder what prices my items were actually sold for. Furthermore, I had to wait three (3) months, and make many phone and in-​person calls in search of my check. After my fourth inquiry trip, I asked an associate if she could please ask the owner to get me my check because I could not make anymore trips, and the associate replied, «No, go ask her yourself, but you’re not gonna get it.»
They finally issued me a check (3 months later)…that bounced! Three weeks of more headaches and phone calls later, I received a second check which –you guessed it– bounced! I have no idea how these people stay in business… probably by swindling the consignors!
At best, JoAnn is the most incompetent business owner I have ever dealt with; at worst, she could be liable for check fraud and conversion of personal property!

I was a tad weary after reading the previous Unilocalers reviews, but despite what had been said I wanted to check it our for myself and it was well worth the trip!
The saleswomen working were very helpful, they asked me if it was my first time-​which it was– and they guided me through everything!
20% off one month
30% off 2 months
40% off 3 months
50% off 4+ months
They were having an extra 20% off the already discounted items up to 50% which I thought was a pretty good deal of savings!
The selection isn’t very good, however, they accept lower end brands which you can get on sale at dept. stores for similar prices–
The only thing that really caught my eye was the handbag section-​they had some good deals in the glass enclosed display case–
Louis Vuitton-​$ 300
Gucci-​$ 200
Vintage Gucci-​$ 100
And a one of a kind Be&D bag signed by the designer-​$ 400
Those are some pieces you go through tons of complete crap, just to get! They give you hope when vintage shopping!
I had an overall pleasant experience-​grabbed a Badgley Mischka hat for $ 20! I will never consign here but I may be back next time I’m in town to check out what new bags they may have!
–The saleswoman was telling me about a sidewalk sale they have in July where they have $ 1 clothes and $ 5 shoes – could be worth checking out!

Caveat emptor, friends… or rather, consignor beware. My experience is from consigning with these folks, not buying. I live in Boulder and am a long time, happy consignor and buyer at Rags to Riches and Rockin’ Robins. But when my mom passed away last year and left some nice consignment-​worthy clothes, I thought they would find a better audience in Denver.
I consigned here in two different rounds, spring/​summer and fall/​winter. As with other consignment stores, they give you a date when your consignment period ends (3 months). And they are very firm in telling you that you should call them on that date. Then they are to cut you a check, right? Well, not quite. I am not kidding when I say that it required four phone calls to get one check six weeks later in round one, and then five phone calls to get my check seven weeks later in round two.
Oh yeah, that second check bounced. I was in the neighborhood two weeks after that and stopped in… because I still had not received a payment to make up for the bounced check, even though I’d called them the very next day and was told they would fix it. They gave me cash… umm… with no apology. And though they asked what the bank service charge was ($ 4), when they paid me in cash, they rounded down and didn’t give me the full amount. Not like I care about 50 cents but it left an impression.
Shall I continue?! When I retrieved unsold items, I later realized that a purse was missing… neither sold nor in with the items I got back. I inquired several times and they never returned calls about that. I gave up.
The story continues… when you get your payment, they give you a print out of each item’s commission, which is standard practice. But their statement does not say what date the item sold, only what it sold for and the date they cut the check. Every other store that I’ve consigned with gives the sale date! When I inquired about this, the owner said that no one has ever asked her about that before and she’d look into it and call me back! She even looked around on her computer and seemed surprised that she couldn’t get any more information. Seriously. And definitely with the tone that I was a pain in the neck. (She didn’t call… not that I expected it or really cared what the answer was. By that point I was finito.)
The point with no sale date is that they reduce their prices the longer an item stays in the store. And since they don’t give you the date an item sold, you have no way of knowing if they sort of made up a sale price. And frankly, I wouldn’t put it past them, considering my experience. I, for one, hardly saw any items marked down when I poked around in the store, and yet many of my commissions were for a lower percentage than what the original sale price would have been.
‘Nuf said?! In short, it was rather exhausting to deal with them.

I drop by the Snob Shop once every few months. I sometimes find a cute shirt, a new pair of sunglasses, or maybe a new pair of shoes if the size 8.5 gods are on my side. It’s really hit or miss.
They have designer everything. But, just because it’s designer doesn’t mean it’s great. It takes real patience, shoppers discipline, and a great eye to find anything amongst the racks of stuff. (I don’t care if it’s Gucci or Dior and they are in my size… if they look like mom jeans, I’m not buying them!)
The staff is also hit or miss. I have had some amazing interactions with a few members, and not so great with others to where my presence seemed like an inconvenience.
Go here only if you have patience, and are not easily overwhelmed.

This shop lives up to its name. Ritzy labels only. It gets props for maintaining standards and being one of the few consignment shops to carry men’s clothes. However, I take points off for the following. They actually made me schedule an appointment to look at my trade-​ins when they clearly weren’t busy. Then, when I went in for my *appointment*, the cranky front clerk said, «you’re a little late, aren’t you?» when I was previously told to come in any time that evening. And then they accepted even fewer labels of my items than they had previously told me they would. Also, the items they did have were not that fashionable, IMHO. A store that is probably better for 30-​somethings.

Beautiful weddings dresses, for low low prices.
I thought the other items looked a bit worn and to be honest were overpriced and more shabby than snobby.
Great shoes.
This store also has men’s clothing which you rarely see in consignment, so that was interesting, but I didn’t see anything that wowed me so much.

I would like this store, if I was really into labels. They had a lot of cute designer items, but at a lower price. Last season’s overpriced shoes? At the Snob Shop for less. As for customer service, one women really paid attention to me, even though she was helping others at the same time. She showed me around the store to make sure I knew where everything was. As for the other employees? Simply looked at me as if I was in their way.

A diamond in the rough! Ever wonder what happens to the clothes rich folks wear once and are honor bound never to wear again? They get sold consignment at the Snob Shop!
This place has got LABELS! Gucci, Ralph Lauren, MaxMara, Calvin Klein, BeBe, Stuart Weitzman! They carry formal wear, business wear, casual wear, wedding dresses, men’s suits, outerwear, furs, purses, shoes and accessories. Whenever I’m down in Denver I swing by to see if there are some good clothes in need of a home. I’m very philanthropic that way. I still have the cutest little BeBe suit from the Snob Shop that thanks me for bringing her home every time I visit the closet.
They have a basement full of sale items, though everything in the shop is pretty much cheaper than the tag would have you believe. Here’s how it works:
Each tag has a price and a date. Everything in the store is 10% off the price tag. Every month the item stays in the shop, the price goes down another 10%. You see how the savings can add up!
I had to take away one star for being entirely hit and miss. It’s not guaranteed that you’ll find anything you even want to try on each time you visit. Other times you may need help getting your bags to the car. In my humble opinion, they’re a bit overstocked on gaudy over-​embellished blouses that I picture tiny, face-​lifted women in age-​denial strutting around in. It probably depends which Denver socialite cleaned out her closet before your arrival.
Wish I could meet the gals who are generously stocking MY closet…