Consignment Corner

On the plus side, they do have a eclectic mix of items and have found some good deals and interesting items there. However, the downside (and it’s a big one) is the rudeness of the folks working there — particularly the owner. At the time they opened, I was eager to check them out but the store hours did not jive well with my work schedule at the time. I decided one day after picking up my twins from preschool to stop by. I wasn’t even out of my car and out came the owner literally screaming at me that kids were not allowed in her store. Literally.Screaming. My children were terrified. As I started to leave, an older man came out of one of the buildings, tried to offer an apology and told me that she was «nuts». I didn’t need to be told that. My kids are now teenagers and are, apparently, allowed in the store without the owner having a meltdown and now just laugh it off.
I returned a few years later (without kids) with a friend who collects vintage pyrex. The store was very quiet and we were clearly being followed by one of the employees who (more than once) interjected her opinion of pyrex pieces into our private conversation. They had a few pieces my friend was interested in buying but they were either buried amongst other stuff or difficult to reach. When we asked for assistance, we were told that one of the pieces was «too hard to get down» and that another «was already sold». As we waited to buy the only piece we were apparently allowed to buy, we overheard them say that while eavesdropping on our conversation they learned that they could charge more for both of those pieces and now wouldn’t sell them to us. Um.wow.
So, the moral of the story is – don’t show up with small children who you would prefer not to be scarred for life and keep your mouth shut. It’s nothing that would make me not want to shop there again but horrible customer service clearly runs rampant here.

I cannot say how it is to shop in their store but I can give an idea on how it is to deal with them on the other side of the consignment business. GiGi was brought in to clear out my mother’s home when she passed away this spring. We were forewarned to expect a few low offers and then an offer to clean out the rest «at a moderate fee» which would be donated to charity (we were warned that in fact all would be taken and sold). When we were then offered modest offers on only a few things we declined the «Cleaning service» at which time offers were made on almost the entire contents of the cottage. The price wasn’t the best but the family decided to accept. On the scheduled day of pickup we were treated rudely by GiGi and her employees over and over. Family members who were there to remove remaining things from the house were barked at repeatedly and one claimed was told to put down items she claimed she bought (but were not on the list of items she had purchased). In the end we found several things that had not been purchased to be missing and a few family heirlooms that we decided to keep were found to be damaged.

I needed a floor lamp and the Facebook page had a few in the pictures. Didn’t have any I was too excited about but they did have a good selection of reasonably priced vintage furniture. It is consignment so some pricing is a little higher than what I would pay for the items but with 3 buildings it is worth a trip. They even had vintage vanities and a few headboards, which you don’t usually see. I could easily spend a few hours here.

Stopped in over the weekend and can only concur with others who found them rude and obnoxious. Just barely stepped out of the car when a woman exclaimed «Oh no you can’t take coffee into any of the shops»… Maybe she should have led with a «good morning folks…». Went inside and everywhere we tried to look they needed us to move… okay on to another building… same drill… can I help you… yes can you get my coffee… well she said one day someone dropped a hot chocolate on an antique table… okay, well a «hot chocolate» must have been a 7 year old. I said we weren’t seven and everywhere I go with coffee I bring my wallet… no coffee… no wallet.
On to the final shop… we looked around and it was clear that the consignees here took time to arrange and create better spaces. Oddly one of the guys who was carrying and moving furniture earlier was following us… ya we couldn’t beleive it either… two mid fifties professionally employed folks and one a Marine… real danger. Liked a light and asked the guy we saw moving furniture 10 minutes earlier how much it was… he replied he didn’t work there. Ohhh we said, ooookkkk… he then wanted to know what made us think he worked there… to which my wife replied «what a very strange reply»… an he wanted to argue how he didn’t work there… so odd.
Went into the main shop as the older blond woman with bad hair was not in there as earlier… well the «stalker showed up again, following us into the rooms… so I decided to turn the tables and started to follow him which after three rooms he decided he was uneasy… hahaha… what a joke this whole «business is.
We used to have our own consignment shop and these people could author a book on how NOT to run a consignment shop… and how to get mostly one time customers.
Stay away.

I’ve had good experiences here. I love looking around, they always have a nice variety and selection.

An interesting place with a hodgepodge mix of stuff… more or less caveat emptor… Bought a few interesting things, but one was chippied when I got it home. Some of the merchandise in rented spaces looks like ameteur antiques collectibles… Meh.
But like all these new old places to shop you may uncover a small bargain for your home.

Today we were driving by this place and I spotted a dresser. We pull in to the parking lot and all the doors were open on the furniture building, so we assumed they were open. Well, we get out of car and a woman working there says «NOT OPEN» It was 10:40 and apparently they open at 11!!! Cannot believe they would turn people away with only 20 min til open time! Crazy, I guess they make enough $$ that they didn’t need a sale! I Guess I will go elsewhere! Oh, and this isn’t the first time I was treated with complete rudeness, I think they are known for this type of behavior!

Gigi Pappas, the owner, is quite the Biggot. When i attempted to consign some antiques. She wanted two of the items but passed on the third. I asked her why, and her response was «The F^%$King Kikes Jew me down on these units». I looked at her in disbelief and said what ?? She repeated the same statement. Needless to say. I took my business elsewhere

I shop here from time to time, sometimes when I am looking for something specific, other times when I have some time to kill. Several years ago when I was planning my daughter’s wedding reception which took place at home, I was shopping for many vintage type vases for table décor, and places like this shop and other consignment stores really made it possible for me to purchase 20 plus gorgeous vases for reasonable prices.
They also have good vintage jewelry finds now and then.

This place is a hidden gem in the ‘burbs.
They have two buildings full of consignment furniture, and the prices are unbeatable. It’s like someone hit up every yard sale, haggled the price down, brought it all to one spot, and made it available to you. But the bonus is that you don’t need to get out a wad of cash — you can use plastic!
I am trying to furnish a new house, and without Consignment Corner, I’d be sitting on the floor right now.