Mill Creek Trading

Gorgeous and I have been here twice. Once to purchase some coats because we left ours at home, right there on the chair as we left for Big Bear. The second time was to return because we were so well treated and found just what we wanted the first time Both times, we bought items we needed.
The clerks and owners are excellent, down to earth people. Yes, we did chat with them for awhile and found them to be people with plenty of information about Big Bear. .. especially potential restaurants for a good meal at a fair price.
We found the «sales» racks and were completely satisfied with being able to meet our needs in them. We were treated as if we had bought stuff from the regular priced racks. We did peruse other areas of the store and Gorgeous bought several other items she «could not live without».
Beware, this is not a Ross’ or Marshall’s. It’s a good clothing store with a western bent and the prices are fair for the quality you are buying.
Another thing I like about the store. It’s a mom and pop shop and they treat you like a guest in their home. Nice folks run it.

The store had the nicest stuff for sale in the Village. The prices also reflected that. My b/​f and I bought a shirt here and I ended up in 15 minute conversation with the clerk. She was really nice but my boyfriend was bored to tears… so I was trying to wrap it up but she just kept on talking. She’s probably a little lonely as there is no one in Big Bear this time of year and we may have been one of the only customers that entered for the whole day!
Cute store, chatty sales clerk, and expensive items… what more could you want in a tourist trap?

There are some business who’s sustained existence befuddles even the brightest among us. Such is the case for Mill Creek Trading Co.
The market for insanely rich people who love throwing their money away on awful, drab, olive and brown toned Hawaiian shirts, Calvary uniforms, and assorted western funeral director/​undertaker clothes, who at the same time savor insult can only be slim. Who buys this stuff?
To be honest, there were some cool items here, mostly in the form of hats, but the prices were insane. Does this hat make me somehow Stephan Hawking level smart? It’d still be overpriced.
Still, I was very interested in a couple of those pâté-​topping beaut’s, but alas the help judged me (perhaps rightly) too inferior clientele.
«Could you get that had down for me?»
«Are you actually going to buy it?»
The thoughts that ran through my head where,
«Yes you hobaggle»,
«indeed, and in fact I’d like ten»
and «how would I know if i need a veritable NASA observatory to see the stupid thing?»
Instead, I offered a simple, «no» and left. Do yourself a favor and skip this stop on a cool summer night or a frosty Big Bear winter and just head to any of the other shops. Your memories will be fonder and your wallet will be heavier.