Casually stopped in for the first time because I was in the area. I want to premise this by saying…read morethat the owner's FATHER was super cool and being kind to everyone there. The owner, however, is a young pompous, rude & arrogant kid. Overall, not a good person. There were some "streamers" in the store recording content because, of course. The owner didn't pay attention to anyone else in the store whatsoever the whole time... he became part of the stream team, gloating about his courtside Knicks tickets, pathetically glazing the streamers like a ridiculous fanboy, and showing off for the camera just to get tagged. I was in there for about 2 hours flipping through bins listening to the nonsense. Unfortunately, his father had to go home to feed his wife, as he put it. Again, he was GREAT (funny, kind, charismatic & very welcoming... everything a store owner should be). Once the streamers finally left, the whole vibe of the shop changed. I guess the owner didn't like my face or something & made it a point to make me feel as unwelcome as possible. Kept asking me in a weird tone over and over about 7 times, "are you good, man?" I had to keep telling him yea, still just putting a stack together over here. It was annoying af and he knew it... felt like he was rushing me out/didn't want me there because I wasn't looking at the super expensive, EXTREMELY overpriced stuff. Then, he had everything overpriced on his "bargain bin" stickers too. Since it was all bargain bin stuff collecting dust behind the counter, I tried to reason with him and showed him all the comps (which I was offering at or over the sale price of). He responded rudely and imposingly, "the price IS the price. I'm not budging one penny on the sticker, so just go buy one of those comps if you want it." This was with a $5 sticker on a $1 card that I offered him $3 for, in good faith, after showing him the last ten $0.99 sales. I decided right then & there that he was just being a d1ck & I didn't want to do business with someone like him. BUT I DID just spend 2 hours digging through stuff. So I pulled out a total of $31 worth of cards based on his non-negotiable sticker prices. I asked, "can we just do a flat $30?" His response? You guessed it, "the sticker is the sticker." ONE dollar... he wouldn't budge ONE dollar on his already overpriced cards. Rather lose a customer to make one buck. Crazy work, never seen anything like it in my life. I realized my feeling was right the whole time, I was 100% not welcome there. Afterwards, I read all the reviews about the owner's racist tendencies and it ALL made sense. I was profiled and very clearly not wanted in his shop. I also watched him fleece a kid (around 12yo) that sold him a somewhat rare Mahomes. Comps were at $300-$350 (legit sold comps) and he literally told the kid that his comps meant nothing because he wasn't using Card Ladder but a different app , then proceeded to spit out lowball comps without showing the kid ANY actual evidence of them other than his own bs claims. He just said that he "saw" them on Card Ladder going for like $200 (not true at all) and that Mahomes isn't even going to play next season , and offered the kid $160. Poor kid took it... that was less than 60% of the lowest comp, closer to 50% on the LOWEST comp. This guy is a certified douche. I will NEVER go in this shop again. Unless you are actively looking to overpay for cards while getting treated bad, I'd find another spot to shop. However, if you're a streamer or willing to spend thousands, go on in... he's super nice & accommodating in that case. Will glaze you the whole time and make you feel real special so you keep spending.
