HOLLISTER for sale at an ANTIQUE mall

[The Vintage Merchant]

seriously?

i wanted to grab it and run to the front door and throw it out, but i didn't.

GAWD. SO annoying.

also annoying at antique malls? those booths lined with signs that LOOK vintage, but aren't. :barf:

and all those NASCAR collectible booths. :cursing:

anybody else have any Antique Mall Pet Peeve Sightings??

 

[ivycompany]

Racks of Walmart/Kmart brand Hawaiian shirts.

 

[debutanteclothing]

Oh those signs drive me insane! How about cheap Mardi Gras beads?! Like the plastic kind.

 

[fuzzylizzie]

Beanie Babies
Fake designer handbags
Anything with a picture of the Eiffel Tower

 

[ivycompany]

I actually have fantasies about being able to go into antique malls and edit/reject things as though I ran the place. (When I'M QUEEN of the WORLD....!!)

 

[Midge]

Yup - Beanie Babies, definitely!

Karin

 

[missproper]

Originally posted by daisyfairbanks
I actually have fantasies about being able to go into antique malls and edit/reject things as though I ran the place. (When I'M QUEEN of the WORLD....!!)

I would vote you in!! I hate seeing new crap at Antique malls! Even my husband will point things out to me and say "why is that junk in here, its brand new!"

 

[anothertimevintageapparel]

New made in China country crafts!!!

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

Those dolls you lean up against the wall that are dressed in toddler clothes who look like they are either being punished or crying or playing hide and go seek!

 

[JulieW]

Originally posted by vintagemerchant


anybody else have any Antique Mall Pet Peeve Sightings??

Booths full of tacky reproduction furniture.
If I go into an "antique mall" I want to find antiques in the booths, if not then call it a flea market.

 

[MyVintageCocktail]

I'm with Lizzie--I HATE the booths with the fake designer bags. There is one in an otherwise teriffic antique mall we frequent, and last time we were there I wanted to blow the whistle on the booth, but could not find the owners of the mall to report it to. I assumed at the time they wouldn't realize the stuff was fake. But maybe they don't care?

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

Anything with a picture of the Eiffel Tower

HAHAHAHA!! nearly blew coffee out my nose there ~

If I go into an "antique mall" I want to find antiques in the booths, if not then call it a flea market.

exactly. :teeth:

 

[sarah-jane]

LOL, I had to go and look up Hollister to understand why it had you so vexed. (Not a big name in the UK, maybe cos here we have a company called Hollister that sells incontinence products.)

My Pet Peeve is anything labelled Shabby Chic. Or Shabbie Chique. Or Chabby Cheek. Any variant really, though they will move farther up the 'Come the Revolution...' list for poor spelling. I'm going to need such a long wall.

 

[pinky-a-gogo]

Seeing a sign that says"folk art" or "primitives" and getting excited for some nice early items but instead your eyes are instanly insulted with a plethora of Country ducks, or cows, or sunflowers or cows sitting on sunflowers.

 

[hatfeathers]

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