I have learned that auctions are really freaking fun! WOW! What a great experience!…read more I discovered Rick's while I was walking towards East Village. It's a warehouse looking building near Confluence Way which is for the most part never open. However on Wednesday nights at 5 PM something magic happens. The doors open, the bidders get their numbers and the auction begins! Bidders have an opportunity to see the items up for auction beforehand which sprawl in piles around the room. From what I can gather the majority of the items are from closed estates. Dead people's treasure, or just someone's crap? Who am I to judge? I just like a good deal on neat stuff! I picked up some Stampede dollars from 1982 which are in mint condition. Nobody bid against my measly $10 and I felt like I had emerged victorious! I also picked up a marble top side table with brass base for the same price. No one could defeat my immense bidding skills! In all seriousness I think I'll come here with $40 in my wallet every other week. It's a heck of a lot of fun! Things that I didn't bid on but thought were cool: - An electric train set that went for $150 - An electric guitar with whammy for just over $100 - A WWII dagger that went for uner $20 - A really old fold up Kodak camera with accordion old timey lens for $17.50 (I was super tempted) - An arc welder for $40 - A handheld snowblower (roughly the size of a weed wacker) for $2.50 The auction lasts for roughly an hour and a half and they have a hot dog stand for coffee and snacks. Pro tip: Nobody bloody well bids on the furniture! It's really good furniture! You could seriously furnish an entire house for like.... $100. No lie.

An awful experience. I put in an absentee bid because I was not sure I could make it to the…read moreWednesday auction in time. As it turned out, I did make it and watched as Rick awarded the item to another bidder despite my absentee bid being much higher! When I protested and pointed out that I had an absentee bid much higher, he said "Sit down and shut up or get out!" What an arrogant a**hole!

Fun to go to the auction, but be careful with your bidding. Sometimes he is selling case lots, and…read moresometimes items in the case. An example is when there are four boxes of coffee within a larger cardboard box and he asks "how many boxes to you want?", he is not always referring to the larger cardboard box. Also, be careful about store returns, especially electronics. I bought a Bosch Tasimo coffee maker and when got home, I discovered that it doesn't work. On the other hand, I've got some bargains. I bought a diamond necklace with a $5,000 appraisal for $500.

My husband and I have purchased a few things with Auction Depot. Recently we purchased an item…read morethat was missing a part inside an enclosed box. Not the auction house fault because the box came sealed. When we notified Auction Depot about the part missing they were quick to get back to us and said they would look into it. Within a week they found us the missing part and we were quite impressed that they went out of their way to do that! A lot of times at auctions you buy what you buy and that means sometimes parts are missing. We were impressed by Auction Depots service and will continue to buy from there :)!

I now am editing this review of what you read below. what is new is that Halls will do everything…read moreright. when something goes wrong of what you read below, has proven that they will make things good, do what's best for all concerned. I have full confidence in Halls, in any future auctions. My one star is changed to 5+ I am looking forward to future Heartland auctions. They do not respond well to communication to correct problems that they created. I was shipped an item that was different than what I won the bid on. It took an investigation of my bank to correct the refund difference. In addition to that a certificate of authenticity has not been corrected. They have failed to respond to my correspondence on the corrected certificate. This was the Heartland auction

If it was possible to give a rating of zero stars, this company deserves it. They are the worst…read more Beyond rude. I contacted them after my mother died to inquire about consigning some sets of vintage china and an antique bed frame to their January auction. You can imagine the stress of trying to handle her estate while grieving her death. Several months, many further e-mail inquiries and phone calls later, and January came and went without an answer. One time I did get a call from Matt Riches after complaining that he wasn't returning my calls. He was snotty on the phone, calling me "ma'am" in a very condescending tone. He asked me to take photos of the items and e-mail them, which I did, the next day. No response. Finally I sent an e-mail saying, look, if you don't want to work with me, just say so and I will move on. Then a call saying, oh yes, we may be able to do something. That was the last I heard. I spoke with several people at the estate sale saying that they were awful to deal with from a buyer's point of view as well. I won't find that out for myself because I will never try to deal with them again. I don't recommend that anyone else try, either.

This is a place you can go and look around for hours! There are so many unique items here! It is…read morea true treasure hunt just walking through. They have something for everyone and if you're looking for a unique gift, this is definitely the place to get it. Each stall is individually owned and so every few steps you get to check out different items! From glassware to music to sports memorabilia, woodworking, war items, games, equipment, decor, etc. Definitely an interesting place to go!

For quite some time we've been looking, high and low, for a nice antique parlor chair for a room…read morewe're renovating. While at your shop we came across a chair we thought might do but were unsure of the color, size and how it would be in the room. Travis, a sales person working there, went way beyond helpful making certain we were completely satisfied in every way. Without his help we probably wouldn't have made the purchase. The chair is perfect, and Travis is fantastic and we're delighted. Ron Calgary

This store looks like it has anything you need to enhance the walls in your home; there are window…read morebalances, curtains, paint and textiles. This is a very long store with the paint selection in the back. The pricing looks pretty high in here but it looks to be a one stop shop. The women behind the counter were dealing with a customer and they looked like they were giving personalised service. The place has furniture, lamps and decoration accessories that is a bit conservative for my aesthetics but would be pleasing to the local Mission cliental. The place is tastefully laid out and I am sure you get what you needed here if you are renovating details of your home.

My adventures as a new homeowner continue. Because I'm a mad baller rollin' on dubs with sky-high…read morestacks (read: young and stupid) I'm repainting my entire house. That means I need a lot - and I mean a LOT - of paint. I came here one afternoon with a list of paints picked out by my interior decorator (Dasan Interiors, look her up!) and a wallet that knew it was about to get the diet of its life. The nice woman behind the desk took down my order and helped me calculate how much paint I would need. Unfortunately we hit a snag right away. I was buying Pratt & Lambert Matte/Flat finishes, which aren't big sellers for them. As a result, they didn't have enough of the base color to mix my paints. OH NO! That was a huge problem, because I officially moved into the house in 5 days and they wouldn't get a new shipment for 2 - 3 weeks. What's a man to do? Luckily, in stepped a very nice German-sounding man whose name escapes me. Together, they deduced that I could use a C2 paint for the base, then use the Pratt and Lambert as my second coat - and everyone would win! Babes wouldn't even notice that my base coat wasn't the same as my top coat. Oh, I'm a sly devil alright. So I waited about 35 minutes (I didn't have a watch or I certainly would have timed it for all my devout Yelp fans), got the paint, loaded up my car and sped off to adorn my dudeplex in the finest shades of gray. One thing you should know: Paint is absurdly expensive. Just painting my house will wind up running me over $1,000, I'm sure of it. But at least my walls will look nice when I'm sitting on the floor because I can't afford furniture. All in all my experience here was excellent, no complaints. That is - until I see whether or not that bottom base coat actually looks okay or not. Fingers crossed.

This is my go to place for paint and supplies. Staff are great and friendly and very helpful as…read morewell as knowledgeable. I have been to other Benjamin More stores and I always end up here. They have a great selection of good quality paint. This was the first time this has happened to me. They didn't have the paint I use for my fence this time around. The staff made an effort to call around. Then called the supplier and was able to get me the paint for the next morning!!! Really who does that these days. Wonderful customer service!!! 2 thumbs ups! The only bad thing is, NOW I don't have an excuse for not painting my fence. :( LOL

I was helped immediately after browsing their colour section. She provided great advice on colour…read morechoices and helped come up with a colour scheme that worked well.

I once came to this store last summer and was not really impressed with the vacant sales service,…read morebut today was a totally different story. The two workers in the store were very friendly and amenable to the questions I had about their clothing. Henry is the casual brother of the more formal Henry Singer in the city. This is a huge space with interesting decor details, like a huge fist behind the till with Henry tattooed on its knuckles. Prices are higher end here; you are paying for Boss, Full Circle, Armani, Diesel, to name a few so you can find a t-shirt here for 69 dollars or one for $200. This is just a men's clothing store, at one time it did have women's clothing upstairs but they discontinued this option around 3 months ago. The clothing is quite nice, elegant, upper-class urban wear, rich in colors and details, there is also an exclusive Adidas line of runners sold here. Service, product and prices are high calibre my only queasiness is with a new Xmas decoration of porcelain gnomes in the window display. Sooooo Creepy.

The name of the store explains itself. Especially the Zest. This place has everything practical…read moreand stylish for your kitchen and hosting needs. I saw a lot of unique items and was most excited about the mini scone pans, which I didn't know existed until today. What a time and hassle saver! There is a great display of decanters, pitchers and other stemware that I admired for awhile before moving on to enjoy browsing the colorful, decorative and interesting stock. I think it's smart that they have both modern and country style crockery. One of the women on staff checked their order catalog for me because I was curious about some items I couldn't find. She noted that they order items for customers if necessary. Both ladies on hand seemed very friendly and knowledgeable about the products. I'll be going back to purchase a few things for myself and think it's plentiful with cool gift ideas. April Challenge: The Underdog 5/30

Don't bother shopping here -- there are many other kitchen stores with much better service and…read moresimilar items. Here's my story: My mom had purchased a casserole dish as a gift for me from this store. I wanted to return it because it was too large and the store didn't have any smaller ones in stock. The clerks refused to make the return, despite that I had the store receipt in hand, because I was outside of the 7 day purchase date and my credit card wasn't the one that purchased the dish. I explained that my mom was very busy and I wasn't sure when she'd be able to come in, and I have a small baby at home and this was the first time I could come in. They said they were sorry but they couldn't do anything. I asked for cash back instead, and they refused saying they couldn't make an exception for one customer. My problem was that they were claiming they couldn't do anything, but they actually could and were just refusing to do so. I buy most of my speciality kitchen-ware from Savour, which is a cute shop in Inglewood. Its customer service is much better and I love its products. I will never shop at Zest again.