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| - Shopping for these kind of toys can be a bit of a daunting experience. Other places always felt a bit sketchy to me, even as a man. Thankfully, the Love Boutique provides an open and easy-going experience. This is my my wife and my favorite adult store and it's the place we bring friends from out of town for their adventurous needs.
With that said, there are some things you should know. The staff CAN be creepy. We've had it go both ways. Some of them are super helpful and not at all sleazy. And we've had a couple of guys who were outright hitting on my wife or who just made the whole experience very, very uncomfortable. They are also very pushy with the expensive toys. They will try to sell you as much from the case as they can. Which leads me to my second point:
DO NOT EVER BUY YOUR EXPENSIVE TOYS HERE. The mark-up is through the frikkin' roof. We were silly enough to buy a toy here instead of online and ended up spending way too much on a product that, when we went back in months later, the staff admitted was a piece of garbage and they are encouraged not to sell to people now. That would have been good to know! Even the Lelo brand products (the absolute best in the world, no bullshit), have about $150 markup from what you can get them for online, either through Amazon or through the actual website. By all means, come to this store to check out the expensive toys in the flesh (no pun intended), but make that big purchase online.
This store is great for picking up the smaller items. Little toys, vibes, lube, etc. Even then, some of the lube can be a bit pricey. But I guess that depends on how quickly you need a bottle of silicone lubricant. We always end up buying something here, even if we walked in not expecting to find anything. From costumes, to bondage gear, they have a little bit of everything. Just don't catch them during an off-inventory time. Sometimes, the store seems to be really lacking products.
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