1 /5 Shelby Lee: I normally wouldn’t do this, but apparently the woman that owns the store (Benji) lies for no reason.
I used to own a store and recently closed it due to health issues/stress/overhead etc. and my business partner and I have been looking for a new place to call home as far as putting our painted furniture and items in. We signed the contract and paid for our space yesterday, drove an hour to meet the owner and everything.
While I was there I noticed that they had a lot of the old lines that I used to carry in my store(or similar lines, there’s a lot of different companies that make identical items) so I mentioned it, and was excited to see so many familiar things considering I have been down for a bit recovering and taking care of some life things. Well, benji didn’t want me mentioning those items, no problem, I apologized said it wouldn’t happen again, and I totally understand, you don’t want people knowing where you get your stuff from. I apologized several times, because again, it wasn’t an intentional thing I was just very excited to see familiar things. This morning we get a phone call and Benji stated she didn’t want to do business with us because we “misrepresented” ourselves. She wouldn’t give me any answers when I stated I felt there was a misunderstanding and to please let me know what she thinks we misrepresented. She refused to say anything, just said I’ve refunded you and go somewhere else essentially. That’s a horrible way to do business, and had she been HONEST, I wouldn’t have written this entire review. However, you don’t sit there and tell someone they are going to be a great addition to your store, have them pay the fees and everything, and then lie about the reason you’ve changed your mind the next day. Looking at other reviews, it seems that any potential vendor that isn’t quiet or meek and makes any suggestion at all or has high energy and excitement about what they do just isn’t for this store. Personally I feel like it’s bc I recognized a lot of furniture in the store as brand new, and farmers furniture (who owns their building) stated they weren’t allowed to do that. When I asked her to tell me the truth she blocked me on Facebook. So I hope all you hopeful vendors out there think twice