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Stopped by recently to pick out a small gift for friends. Going by the website and Unilocal pictures, I had expected a lot more choices than what I found in store. Don’t get me wrong — there were clutters and piles of trinkets of all sorts to look at, and I did spend a good half-​hour in here browsing through all the shelves. My choices were quickly limited when I realized many of the items were not priced at a value that I was willing to pay for ($ 9.99 even for a simple handmade card? Same price for a small box of seeds?)
All this could’ve been easily redeemed by the sheer variety of items, if it weren’t for the rather pushy service. I walked into an empty store that day, greeted only by the older saleswoman. As I started looking through the shelves, she became more and more involved in my shopping experience, despite repeating «Thanks, I’ll just take a look around first» at least three times. I get that business might’ve been slow and she was trying to push sales. Then she started pointing out random items everywhere, and going «oh that one has no taste» to the ones I did show interest for. At one point I looked through a stack of neat little handmade cards, and she says, «You should get a proper card» (referring to the larger $ 10 plain ones she’d shown me earlier). Really, I think I can decide what my friends would like better — and it’s not always about spending more.
Other customers came and went quickly, the majority of which were younger students who enjoyed giggling and gasping over all the displays. The saleswoman did give me some space finally, as she lurked over the other shoppers. I ended up deciding on a set of mugs for $ 10 — which they didn’t have the box for and had to settle with wrapping 50 layers of tissue paper to finally put in a clear plastic bag.
Maybe I’m just used to cute trinket shops with the likes of those at Pacific Mall, and this one nestled in The Village by the Grange just didn’t live up to expectations. If I hadn’t run out of time/​other places in the vicinity, and didn’t absolutely have to leave with a gift that day, I would’ve walked back out in the first 5 minutes.