Nautical Decor

It’s true you can’t shop here unless. You don’t work or are off during the week. On top of that they’re not open like normal businesses are. (I’m not happy with this) I guess I will have to look elsewhere. for Nautical home décor,

If you want to actually shop here, you cant. The doors are locked and you have to call just to get inside, which is inconvenient because no one is there and they have to drive over just to let you in; and that’s after they ask you a ton of questions to justify them having to get off their butt to come down to their own store. When I called I was grilled on what I was looking for, items in particular, etc etc and was immediately put off by getting the 3^rd degree just for wanting to go inside and look at what they had for sale! When I responded with «I don’t know, it’s a nautical store, I’m looking for nautical stuff. I want to decorate my room,» I was corrected by the woman telling me it’s not a store, it’s a SHOWROOM. Oh ok well excuse me then! Please don’t let me and the money burning a hole in my pocket disturb your display items then! The sad thing is that I am exactly their target market too– upper middle class, just got paid and looking to re-​decorate. However I’m also one of those finicky types of customers who doesn’t know what they want until they see it and inspiration hits. If I can’t browse, I’m not going to take the time to make an appointment. Period. My time is valuable to me and I have to already be sold on something that catches my eye before I will invest my time. First impressions are everything, and if this «business» wants any chance of surviving in this town, it needs to have it’s doors open and ready to receive customers who are ready and willing to spend their money! Alhambra is not the kind of town a showroom can easily survive in. This place won’t be here for long if I have to sit there and plead my case just to walk in the door. Sorry but I’d rather make the drive to Home By The Sea in seal beach where I can spend a nice leisurely day by the sand then pick up my home décor items, place custom orders and spend all my hard earned cash in one pleasant trip. By turning away the browsing shopper you are turning away opportunities. And while I’m on the subject, from what I could tell from peering in the windows, their stuff doesn’t look like anything special, most of it look like mass produced items I’ve seen before that I could find in any ocean themed store or on amazon. For this much hassle I would have at least expected cooler items, but who knows, maybe they keep the cool stuff in the back, that you can’t get in to see. :-P