Cobwebs Antiques And Consignments

Only posted one star because you have to give at least one in order to write anything. We went to visit this store today and found the location vacant. I didn’t see anything to indicate it had moved to a different location, so I assume they are out of business.

I collect vintage cameras and checked out this site for any purchase options. The shop itself is a typical antique shop — a bit cluttered and requires a bit of hunting to locate items, but that’s part of the fun. The staff were friendly and quite willing to bring out a few items for me to review. I ended up purchasing two vintage cameras… there were others as well. I will be back to peruse again. Lastly, the site has ample parking and is right beside the train line, if using public transportation.

This isn’t a bad place. The selection is decent, prices seem fair and people who work there are nice. So why the 2 stars? A bizarre experience there left us scratching our heads, wondering what kind of antique mall doesn’t want to actually sell its merchandise.
My boyfriend and I had lunch in Plano and decided to visit some of the nearby shops after lunch. We went to this shop and discovered 2 very cool stained glass windows that if affixed to hinges could be used kind of like saloon doors for 1 of the rooms in our new loft. The windows were in the back a stack of assorted stained glass. We looked for a price, but didn’t see anything so went to ask the woman working.
She didn’t know and said that the owner had stepped out on an errand and would be back in a few minutes. We said no problem, we’d go shop at a few other stores and then swing by again.
30 minutes later we came in the store and the employee had clearly told the owner about our question and pointed them out to her, as she knew exactly what we were talking about. So far, so good. That’s when it got weird.
She said that the windows that we’d liked were actually part of a set of 4 (we’d noticed the others there that were identical, just slightly smaller). She hadn’t decided if she wanted to sell them in 2 sets of 2 or only as a set of 4. My immediate response was, «oh, did you just get them in?» She gave me an odd look and said that no, she’d had them a while but she was about 6 months behind in all of that.
We asked if she had a ballpark figure and she told us what she «thought» she’d probably end up charging for all 4. We told her that we only had use for 2, but we’d discussed and were willing to pay half that for the 2 and so it seemed like we were all on the same page.
She said she couldn’t sell them until she had a «big strong man» to come by and help her haul them out and look at them so she could determine if she was willing to let them be sold in 2 or in 4. She asked us to leave our name and number and she’d call us when she knew what she wanted to do with them. We asked if she had an idea when she’d know how she wanted to sell them and she told us that with Independence day coming up, it’d likely be several weeks — so mid-​July.
Um, so let me get this straight. You have a set of very expensive windows sitting on your showroom floor for about 6 months with no one inquiring about them. Someone comes in, clearly interested in the windows and offers to pay you exactly what you think they’re worth off the top of your head. However, you turn this down, so that you can spend a few weeks thinking about how much you want to charge and if you’re going to sell them in pairs or as a set of 4. (Note: these are going to take FOREVER to sell as a set of 4, because the shape and size of the windows are so unusual that you would have to have a buyer with a very unique situation to make that work.)
We declined giving out our name and number. I have this funny little rule that I only give my hard-​earned money to people who actually want to take it.