Andy's Chee-Pees
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 420-5980
- Cross Street:
- Between 3rd Street and 4th Street
- Directions:
- 4, 5, 6; F; S at Broadway-Lafayette
- Hours:
- Mon-Sat 11am-9pm, Sun 12pm-8pm
Editorial Review for Andy's Chee-Pees – by Citysearch Staff
In Short
The true draw of Andy's has nothing to do with price, and everything to do with the fact that you don't have to sift through piles of junk in order to find what you want. For those on the lookout for perfectly flared bell-bottom jeans or a well-used bomber jacket, this is the place. The store also stocks evening dresses and vintage couture pieces--but prepare to get out your Gold Card for those.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoYou can't sell your clothes to Andy's, but you can stop in every week to see what new merchandise has come in.
User Reviews for Andy's Chee-Pees
05/11/2008 Posted by Bryndalina
I am a vintage buyer, and I had gone to the East Village with the express purpose of shopping the vintage stores. I had read several very negative reviews of Andy's Chee-Pees online that said that the sales people were insufferably rude, but we decided to check it out anyway. I wish we hadn't bothered! My sister and I walked in and began perusing a row of dresses. I noticed that several of the dresses on the row, priced $45-$55, weren't vintage at all, just used clothing from the last decade or so. I remarked casually to my sister, "Half of these aren't even vintage," and the sales guy lurking behind me barked, "HALF? HALF?" I was taken totally aback at his aggressive tone of voice. I said, "Yes, the dresses I looked at aren't vintage." He demanded, "What do you think is vintage, 50's?" I said, "No, I'm looking for anything 80's and older." He demanded, "What's 80's?" and I said, "You don't have to debate me, I'm a vintage buyer." He said, "This isn't a debate, it;s conversation--welcome to New York," and I said, "The reviews online are right, the salespeople here ARE a**holes," at which point he started screaming at me to f**k off and get the f**k out of his shop, and how dare we, coming into NY from "Bumblef**k" and knowing nothing about vintage, and F** YOU and get out!, etc. We promptly walked out, and he started following us down the street and when my sister calmly told him, Leave us alone, go away, he yelled "F**K YOU," at flailed his hands at her, and yelled "Don't touch me!" He was like a completely crazy person. As we walked down the street, he was suddenly right there in front of us, and he started berating us again about "ignorant people who come to NY and know nothing about vintage," blah blah crazy. I told him to take some Prozac and flipped him off. I warn everyone, stay away! The negative reviews are utterly right. I buy vintage clothing all over, and I've never had anyone behave like such a loon. This guy seems dangerously unhinged.
Pros: What pros?
Cons: Abusive salesman
02/15/2008 Posted by thishannah
I was able to look over some of the merchandise just long enough to realize it was grossly overpriced before the man working there jumped down my throat. I went with a student I am tutoring in English, and when she laughed at a joke I made, he went into a lecture about how "maybe people would dress better if their friends didn't laugh at them for their fashion choices and how dare you laugh at that skirt, it is from the 1960's and could hold its own against anything Armani sells blah blah blah." When I asked him to please not yell at her, he became even more angry and said it was "obvious that I was not from New York and that he can always tell when people are not from New York" in the haughtiest tone of voice possible. When we began to leave, he told us that he thought that would be the best idea, and that I should not return until I had social skills higher than those of a five-year-old.
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