Rosebud Gallery

So, this JUST happened (maybe 10 minutes ago)…
I approach the window and see some vintage Pyrex I’m interested in. There is a «will return at» sign, but the door was unlocked/​open, so I peek my head in and look around (the place has stuff wall to wall, Hoarders style) and ask «Hello?». I don’t see or hear anyone, so I close the door and walk away.
Two seconds later an older man opens the door and barks «YES?!». I asked him if he was open and he snaps, «YOU OPENED THE DOOR DIDN’T YOU?». At first I thought he was trying to joke or something, but after I stared for a moment in disbelief and it registered that he was glaring at me I took two steps back, I quickly said I was sorry and «take it easy». He made a weird hissing/​psshhh sound and slammed the door.
I will never return here nor would I advise anyone to make a purchase here. This man is unnecessarily rude to potential customers and it looks like I’m not the first or the last.
Screw this place.

Like almost every other reviewer has said, the man who runs this place is very rude, confrontational and mean. My 2 year old was looking at a plastic (child’s) windmill outside, and he came out and yelled at her when she gently touched it. There was other small toys outside, but no way I would let her touch them (let alone but anything from him). Who yells at a two year old who is looking the the TOYS you are selling!?! Please do yourself a favor, and shop for second-​hand goods elsewhere!

I was having a happy Tuesday off of work strolling around my neighborhood of about 45 years, when I stopped outside this shop to admire aloha shirts flapping in the breeze and shiny Reverware pots on display, all outside of this shop, when all of a sudden a person cracked open the door and asked if he could help me, in a confrontational way, as if I were invading his space, when I was just standing on the sidewalk. Umm, no, I don’t think I would ever ask for help from this person. Nice shop with cool stuff — I just had no patience for Mr. Grumpy that day.. .

Simply rude proprietor. I came in to check out the Aloha shirts a couple of weeks ago and he told me the shirts start at $ 25. I returned to buy a week later and he said the Aloha shirts start at $ 45. Thought I would try once more, so last Friday I walked in saying I wanted to check out the shirts and he snapped back «looking or buying?»
I said it would be depending on the price. He turned around with his back to me and and gave an obscene gesture. I will never go back.

I have to give this place a high rating, because I like underdogs. Truth be told, the owner really is nice and knowledgeable. It just seems that the people who don’t like him take the trouble to write in. In my case, we talked a few times as I was in the neighborhood on Saturday mornings, and he is full of information. I told him I’d always wanted some Pyrex mixing bowls, the ones like people would get for wedding gifts in the 40s… and the next week there was an entire display all through the front window, more than I’d ever seen. He allowed me to pick and choose and make a set, and he was fair in his pricing. He can be negotiable, but everyone must pay rent… He went out of his way, and I really think well of him. He also has an awesome collection of old fashioned Christmas blow molds and yard lights of Santas, trees and reindeer. I love his display each year… I’m glad he’s here… and if we are all as foolish as most reviewers of this shop, we can end up losing our eccentric shop owners who make our metro area so damned interesting. I’d pick this guy over any lame chain with ‘vintage’ goods from China any day… He has a great eye and has great stuff you don’t see anymore because of all that knowledge, so the negative reviewers are really missing out! To the reviewer with a 9 year old daughter and a grandchild, if that’s even possible, the owner was very polite to my 8-​year-​old child and didn’t talk down to her.

Worst owner I’ve ever encountered. So rude and no customer service at all. As soon as I walked in the door he said I can’t afford anything in his store and refused to help me. Don’t ever go into this store EVER!!!

The proprietor is a very rude man. He could easily not be, and have a more successful business on prime real estate. This is baffling.

a very crusty and unpleasant owner. seems that everything is a burden for him and customer’s are real inconvenience’s — not sure why someone like this would open a retail space other than the fact he probably is not qualified or capable of any other type of employment. there are so many other better establishments to patronize that appreciate a customer, why abuse oneself by shopping with a testy, annoyed with your intrusion, old fart? also, medium quality merchandise — not particularly interesting, very middle of the road boring «trinkets & stuff»

When walking past the store with my 3 year old, she touched his pinwheel that was spinning on the A-​frame sign on the sidewalk in front of the store. The owner felt obligated to tell us «let the wind do that». Hey dude, If you don’t want kids touching kids toys don’t put them where kids are definitly going to want to touch them. It dosen’t take a genius to figure that out. If she breaks it, I’ll give you 25 cents for a new one.

The owner does a very nice job picking items for his store. That’s the sort of talent that would lead me to shop there, even if I knew I could get same item on ebay for less. However, my one short interaction with him was so so so unpleasant that not only will I never buy anything from his shop, but I might even go out of my way to see what I like in his window and then go home and buy it on ebay.

The guy who runs this place is a total prick. I wouldn’t buy gold bars at half price from this douchebag.

Avoid this jerk at all costs. While he has some nice jewelry, it’s all overpriced the space is dark and dingy, and his obnoxious attitude will alienate anyone who has to misfortune to walk in the door. This clown doesn’t deserve anyone’s business.

Today my family and I ate lunch at a restaurant a few doors down from this shop and after lunch my mom ran across the street to the bank. While waiting, my dad and I were looking at the few things outside the shop which all looked pretty interesting. I sat on one of the chairs outside thinking it was pretty cool. Within 30 seconds of sitting on it the owner came out and angrily said «Hey you!» I looked confused not sure he was talking to me so he said «yeah you!, Can you get out of the chair?» so I quickly stood and said «I apologize». He paused for a few seconds as I stood there and he continued «It’s hard to sell a chair when there’s someone sitting in it».
Whoa! What an a-​hole comment. I was already standing and had apologized. He just had to get that rude comment in there. Moments before he was so rude I had said to my dad, we should walk through when mom gets back– she would love that kind of shop.
Well after his incredibly rude and unwelcoming comment we surely didn’t enter his store. I was intrigued by his shop to begin with, it looked like it may have had cool things. But if that’s how he treats customers he surely won’t sell much. It left me with such a bad taste in my mouth. I am still feeling offended by how rude he was.

Small, dingy, garage like… everything is way overpriced!

Shop owner — or whoever it is that answers the phone — has a major attitude problem.
I am so sorry to have inconvenienced him by daring to call and ask the price of something he had in his window.
I will spare him the bother of coming to his shop to buy anything.

Well, this place does have a nice collection of antiques, which is why I give it 4 stars. However, the space is tiny and one cannot easily inspect and look at items, its overpriced, and the owner has an attitude. He does have a shop cat though, who is very sweet.