05/11/08

AVOID--Loony toons! Totally psychotic salesperson--BEWARE

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

02/15/08

Incredibly rude and insulting, overpriced

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.

05/05/07

Rude staff, overpriced rubbish

by poisonivy76

Says it all really. Sure, they have tons of stock, but it's overpriced rubbish that I could find on ebay for less than half the price. $90 for a sequin dress with a broken zipper and unravelling sequins? $50 for a washed out t-shirt full of holes? Yep, Andy's sure got it.

They say the USA is known for its customer service, but they must have missed that memo at Andy's. The staff follow you around the store like you're a criminal, when they're not yelling at you, that is. I made the mistake of asking my boyfriend to help me with a stuck zipper when I was in the dressing room. One of the staff stood there and berated him for literally five minutes, and that was after we'd apologized and explained that he was only helping me, nothing untoward was going on. That's when Psycho Staff Member accused us of doing coke in the fitting room.

There are plenty of other, much better vintage shops in NYC, and without all the grief. Stay away.

• Pros: Good location.
• Cons: Rude staff, overpriced.