My first visit to Rochester from Texas to get our son set up at RIT. Our trip was made better only by finding Bruce and Blaire at Useless Objects. I Googled antique stores in Rochester and was underwhelmed with the supplied list and moved on to Yelp! for advice. I found Useless Objects listed and headed right over. I was welcomed into the store by Blaire and within a matter of minutes Bruce joined us on our quest to seek out requested objects from top stock, from back stock and from "where the hell did you have that?" stock! They were amazingly fun to interact with and great conversationalists. They went out of their way to make me feel at home and welcome. It was unbelievable how hard they worked to satisfy my desire to add to my 1939 New York World's Fair memorabilia and vintage thermoset resin (Catalin and Bakelite) collections. Bruce was easy to work with on prices, some things I bought, some I left, but we were able to quickly talk our way to a value for each item in hand. If you are looking for your usual antique mall with little hang tags and elderly people greeting you as you walk in the door while all clumped up at the front counter conversing with one another and making you feel like an outsider... Then UO is not for you. Conversely, my visit to Useless Objects has to be one of the most rewarding and enjoyable antique stops I've made in a long time. Heck, their service and smiles were so good that I was driven to login and leave this lengthy review! Great people, great stuff and they know where it's at...if you just know how to ask! read more