As Tyme Goes by

This store continues to make me happy! Love just walking in and being surprised by what I might find. Such an interesting selection!

I noticed that there have been twelve five star ratings and only two one star and Unilocal has deciced to show the bad ones and ignore most of the five star ratings as not recommended. It makes me feel that one, they are trying to hurt this wonderful antique shop that has been in business for 30 years or two, Unilocal is looking to sell this company products to increase their ratings. It makes no sense to me. There was a five star rating just posted by Michael J. and it is in the not recommened, why is that?

I absolutely love this store, the owner, and her dad who is a wonderful person with great taste. He will give you an honest opinion on anything from art to jewelry to furniture. Have been going there to browse and buy for years and years. Wonderful merchandise and always very fair prices. It is a great opportunity to find quality antiques and excellent reproductions, art and beautiful jewelry. Most of our furniture came from this store and I have sent many people there who have been very satisfied repeat customers.

I had pulled my original review because I received some judgmental comments and accusations of being a competitor of the business. But I have since re-​evaluated, and I think it’s important for my experience to be out there. For the record, I have no affiliations to anything in the antiquing business. I’m just someone passing by who happened to walk in.
Here’s a recap of my original review:
I just went into the store to browse and noticed some tea cups that I liked. I picked one of them out and brought it up to the counter to an elderly man working there. I noticed a small imperfection, so I just wanted to know if it could be removed or if it was permanent. I was not rude at all about this, but immediately the man became furious and said that he «hated people like me» and shooed me out saying «get out of my store!» I even asked him what I had done and he just kept telling me to leave the store. I was in utter shock. I have never seen a business operated in this way. I walk by the store regularly because I go to other stores in the area, but I will never be going into this place again.

Wow Alice L. from Medford I am beginning to question the validity of your post. To come back over a year later and write another review about the same visit makes me think you are trying to harm the business. Are you perhaps a competitor who has a grudge against the store? I don’t understand how a year later you still harbor such hate and disgust with a man who may have been having a bad day? And to say you are afraid to enter the store is bizarre. Life is too short to walk around with such bitterness.
I still LOVE this store and find the elderly gentleman to be interesting, colorful and an extrodinary raconteur.
Give him 5 minutes and your life will be richer — And you will definitely walk away with an amazing antique at the best best price in town!

This guy is really rude! I just stopped in to see if the shop consigned merchandise or would be interested in buying some jewelry and two paintings; one oil on canvas from the Hudson River School era, the other a mid-​century ink and water color. The estimated worth of the paintings alone is around $ 8,000. I had them in the car and wanted to have him take a look at them and get his advice.
My friend stayed with the car and I walked in to find the guy quite involved in conversation with two women at the counter. He did not look up or say hello, so I quickly looked at the paintings he had on the wall (he advertises that he buys paintings and jewelry). I am not as familiar with jewelry as I am art work, but he had a lot of jewelry on display in the shop so I felt comfortable that he would have a good sense/​appreciation for what I had in the car. He also had some jewelry on display sitting on furniture by the front entrance, so I walked to the entrance to take a look at it, and the window display.
Apparently, he thought I was leaving the store and screamed at the top of his lungs, «YOU’RE WELCOME!» I was so shocked, I stopped to see the expression on the women’s faces at the counter. I had no idea he was even aware I was in there, because he never even looked up or spoke to me when I walked in.
After I gathered my thoughts at his stupid assumption and ignorant business sense, I walked out. We laughed the whole way home.
This guy is a classic example of a disturbed and bitter individual who feels he can abuse fellow humans by spewing bile at them while he «runs a business». If you’re into abuse and humiliation, stop by and tell this old goat I referred ya! :) ha ha