My husband and I have been to this mall multiple times and have always been treated extremely well. They have always accepted our exempt certificate willingly and I appreciate that they follow the law when it comes to requiring the certificate. I noticed some comments about not helping load large items. As a mall owner myself, I understand that many employees are not able to lift heavy items and buyers should understand this. It is also a liability for small businesses to help load large furniture items. If the item gets damaged or a vehicle gets damaged during loading, the customer often tries to place blame on mall as opposed to accepting responsibly. We highly recommend this mall. We drive over 4 hours several times a year to visit here. read more

Horrible customer service. I bought a vase yesterday. It was not put in my bag. I discovered this when I got home and called the antique mall. It was after hours and David called me back . He said he would call me in the morning after he checked if it was there. I said it was an inconvenience because I live 14 miles away so it was a 28 mile round-trip for me to come and get it if it was there. No apology on his part. End of conversation. The next morning he called me and said the vase was there. I said I would come and get it. When I got there and he was putting the vase in the bag, he said "they tried to run after you, but they couldn't catch you." That was it. Still no apology, so: Me: No apology? Him: 14 miles is not far. (This is how I knew he was the same person I talked to last night). Me: It's a 28 miles round-trip plus the time, gas, and the inconvenience. Him: Do you want the vase or not? What a terrible way to treat a 30 year customer, or anyone for that matter. A simple apology for the error would have been the correct way to handle the situation. Needless to say, I'm done with Coachman Antique Mall. read more

They have the best unique furniture finds. Also they deliver for 50.00 with a box truck for large orders. Always find amazing items. My favorite antique mall. read more

Huge huge huge store. Prices vary but you can find deals if you take your time. Yes it is somewhat overwhelming and overstuffed. But it's a junk/antique/craft/what is it store. Spend your time, rummage around, you will enjoy it. read more

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Really nice and varied antique mall. No clue why the low star rating as this place is worth the trip. I live in Chicago and easily one of the best antique stores for nice pieces of furniture. They have a lot of great and unique furniture along with many smalls. Very reasonably priced and well organized. The folks at the shop were friendly and professional. The place is surprisingly big as they have a full lower level and also a mezzanine area. The nice thing about this mall is the lower level antiques were not junk like many antique malls. This place use to be some large and open general store and has great ceiling height. Definitely worth a trip as this is not only a great store but also a very cute town. There are 3-4 other antique stores within a few blocks and this town has a lot of charm. read more

Coachman Antique Mall - Typical main floor pic. - Antiques Near Me - Laporte, Indiana

Best antique store I have been to, great quality furniture and the store is very nicely organized which makes the shopping experience more enjoyable. The staff and specially the owners are very friendly and accommodating. It's my favorite store!! read more

I absolutely love this place always clean and organized. So I asked the owner about a review from Ted H. And since I'm a dealer I asked about his complaint. The owner simply stated that for tax exempt you must have a current cetificate with the state seal, tax exempt number and if there is an expiration. The owner said Ted H. Did not have a certificate but some number on a napkin. The owner told me that if Ted H.had the certificate that they would just copy it on their copier and all would have been fine. I then pulled my certificate out of my wallet and funny the owner also pulled a certificate out of his wallet. I have never had an issue probably because I presented the correct document. Well anyway this is an awesome place to do business with. read more

Coachman Antique Mall - Antiques Near Me - Laporte, Indiana

Love this antique store. I come here at least once a month and always find something. Prices are very good and always something new to look at and purchase. Check out is easy and the staff friendly. read more

Love this antiques mall! Have been in more than once, found some great buys every time! This place is large enough to be interesting, small enough to find your way around! Staff was very friendly and helpful plus they packaged my purchases with great care! I will be back soon! read more

We tried to purchase an item that was priced as "stack of buckets for $15"... They were in poor condition but we felt it was a good value if we could fix them. The likely owner of this antique store was rude to us as soon as we brought them to the counter. She couldn't believe they were priced this way and berated us for believing it to be. We pointed out the tag that clearly said "stack of buckets" and she nearly bit my husband's head off. She couldn't believe that one of her vendors would price something so LOW. She ultimately refused to sell us the item because she felt it was UNDER PRICED. She continued to mistreat us until we left the store. RUDE, RUDE, RUDE. I would NOT recommend shopping at this antique mall. We have never been treated so poorly and we are frequent antique/vintage shoppers. read more

Mall is NOT DEALER FRIENDLY! Staff would not accept license for tax exempt purchase unless provided copy! After shopping hundreds of malls over the last 40 years, this was a first! Not talking about a huge amount of money, but this mall obliviously doesn't want or need my business. And they won't get it. read more

I don't know how this place has such bad reviews, that's unfortunate. Over the course of a few days we purchased some bedroom pieces from here. The people were friendly and extremely helpful. I like that they have a lot of stuff but not TOO much, like some stores. I feel like I can actually get a good look at everything. The vendors that I looked at had pretty fair prices. My husband and I look forward to shopping here again. read more

I was very disappointed with the mall. Unfriendly staff and no hot water in the bathrooms.

Mall is in a big building, but doesn't have a lot of merchandise, and nothing great. We were disappointed. We had a better experience with the other people who reviewed the mall - the people working there were great to us. The 2 women at the counter were really nice and helpful, 1 called around to other shops to see if they were open and the other coached her as to what places in the area to call that might have what we collect. I will say as a former antiques dealer (and a middle aged woman who's not very tall), that I never liked moving furniture and used to ask people who bought furniture to please bring help with them - it's just too much for me, so I understand why other dealers or mall owners would be reluctant to do it. It also seemed no matter how politely I asked people, they still showed up alone - usually women - and wanted me to help carry heavy, solid wood, antique furniture - it gets frustrating when it's person after person and they seem to disregard your having told them you aren't up to doing that sort of heavy lifting. One of the women here today also commented to us that she'd had to have major back surgery recently, so if she had chronic back problems that eventually required surgery, I can see why she wouldn't be very willing to carry furniture, either. read more

Three floors of goodies! Clean and neat! Street parking many cafes close by. Great selection many subjects! Come wander around!

I purchased a table at this mall about three weeks ago, but was unable to take it with me at that time due to limited room in my truck. I returned there today to pick up the table and called while I was on my way there to let them know I was coming. The woman that answered the phone couldn't have been ruder when she told me that "I better have someone with me to help me move the table as they don't help their customers load." I inquired if they had an elevator since the table was located in the basement of the store and her curt response to me was "no." When I arrived, I was handed a dolly cart and told I was on my own to get it up 2 flights of stairs. Thankfully, one of the customers in the store saw me struggling with this piece and offered to help me up the stairs with it and into my truck while all the time the two women at the front counter couldn't have cared less. The woman that helped me was another local antique dealer and when I went into her shop, I then spent another $200 and made a great contact (lost business for Coachman). This is the LAST time I will EVER go to Coachman. Their customer service is horrible and the attitude of the two women that were working there today was less than courteous (more on the vicious, abusive side). Laporte is town that is struggling with this recession and there are more vacant and closed storefronts than there are ones doing business on their main drag. You would think these people would appreciate their customers and not resent people that come there from Illinois to buy. Oh, and if you're looking for a deal, forget about it... They won't go down more than 10% on any item and if it's priced low, they also refuse to contact the consigner to see what their best price would be. DONE and DONE. read more

If I could give this store zero stars I would. This business is doing their best to run their neighbors off. They make calls to the mayor's office complaining because their neighbor's business is "using up all the parking and blocking their window". Yes, they are really that petty. The public parking is for whoever parks there first. Coachman Antiques became used to other businesses on their block not using the parking on the street in front of all of the businesses and they never seemed to care before if their customers parked in front of other storefronts, it only became an issue when a new business became quite popular and people were parking LEGALLY on the street in front of their store. One of the women who works for Coachman Antiques took to a local fb group to defend her actions and to basically say that they prefer a different demographic of people around their business. She's very rude and seems to be quite stuck up. read more

I like to shop at Coachman's. They have two levels of antiques and one level of arts-and-crafts. It's very entertaining to browse around in. You can find some of the most random things there. For example, once I bought a perfectly new (and in tune) flute there. Yeah, a flute! I have also purchased a number of mid century modern dishes there. The furniture is very nice there, although I haven't purchased any here. read more

Wow, the other reviewers' comments here don't reflect (my) reality at all. This is one of the best large antique malls I've visited, and I've done most of them in NWIndiana and SWMichigan. This place is 2.5 large floors, crammed with a great variety of high quality merchandise. Prices vary, as to be expected in a consignment booth establishment, but I've found wonderful furniture items at very low prices. Excellent furniture of all periods, lots of antique décor items and oddities, booth after booth of great stuff. I don't know who the owner(s) is, but the people I've dealt with couldn't have been more helpful -- Daniel and Sharon. As an added bonus, they deliver at what must be cost -- $50 to bring an 8' bakers hutch and a few other pieces to me 45 miles away. A real antique find in the Michigan City - LaPorte area, my new favorite (and I've visited them all). The next best antique malls within 30 miles (also with a great mix) are in Lakeside and Harbert (both in Michigan). read more

Been coming to this mall for YEARS, always been my favorite and I the first to write great reviews about it....HOWEVER, to my surprise as of about a few months ago NON of the ORIGINAL staff members are there any more. This, along with the fact that all the beautiful high end furniture has been replaced with FLEA MARKET stuff is just down right disappointing. The store was bought out by new owners (likely THEIR decision to make all these changes). The customer service was even more disappointing, the previous girls were so fun and helpful.BIG MISTAKE letting them get away!! I waited at the front counter for almost 10 minutes while the "new" staff chatted about their personal lives before even helping me. RUDE RUDE RUDE.....and don't bother asking for help with items in different dealers booths...they don't even know which dealer is which in that place. So disappointing!!! I WON'T BE BACK read more