Antique stores and malls...

[Sassy]

Do you have many antique stores or antique malls in your area? Which ones do you like best?

[Dale]

We have many antique stores and a few antique malls. I don't go to them now, but we used to do that. I liked the malls the best.

[Sassy]

We used to sell in antique malls. Some of our booths were pretty large.

[Dale]

There is an antique mall in Centerville, Indiana, that claims to be the largest in America.

[Sassy]

(06-05-2010 06:45 AM)Dale Wrote:  There is an antique mall in Centerville, Indiana, that claims to be the largest in America.

Have you been to this antique mall? It sounds interesting. How large is it? Thanks...

[Dale]

I have been there, it is 85,000 square feet. It is called Weber's Antique Mall.

[Sassy]

(06-05-2010 03:44 PM)Dale Wrote:  I have been there, it is 85,000 square feet. It is called Weber's Antique Mall.

Did you buy anything when you visited the antique mall?

[Dale]

Yes, I did, I think it was some salt and pepper shakers.

[Sassy]

We have two really nice antique malls in our area...We used to rent booth space in one of them...The only problem is that vendors are expected to work for free several days each month...This can be rough at times. When we had stores we didn't ask or expect our vendors to work for free. How do you feel about this? Would you work for free? Each vendor pays "rent" for their booth space each month and the owners take a small commission from their sales. Do you think it's fair to ask vendors to work for free?

[Dale]

No, I am not in favor of that working for free business. I find it rather strange.