I was a loyal customer of Jade Mountain beads for years, until they moved down the street from their original location. After that, the employees seemed to think that their shit didn't stink, because they looked at every customer as a potential shoplifter. If they weren't basically accusing you of stealing by demanding to hold your purse while you shopped (although you were purchasing $100 worth of merchandise, I'm not even exaggerating), they were making snide remarks about customers when they thought people couldn't hear them. I seriously heard them talking about how fat a woman was who was shopping in the store. This was not a one-time thing either. I had also heard them making plans about going out to "get wasted" after work, and talking about their sexual exploits. Then apparently, the owners couldn't make the rent anymore and had to close. They had a liquidation sale, and all of their good merchandise was sold. Good riddance.
Now fast forward to 2008, I had no idea that one of the former offenders at Jade Mountain had relaunched as "Indus Beads" and actually went in the store. I was horrified when I first walked in and saw that face behind the counter. I was kind of waiting for her to ask me for my purse. Thankfully, she did not. I still felt that my prescence in the store was a nuisance to the shopkeeper, as usual. At least some things never change.
ANYWAY, as for the store itself, all I saw was the old remaining stock from Jade Mountain that they couldn't give away at the end (including the awkward fixtures) and some crappy belts and shirts laying around at extremely inflated prices.
I think I will just keep going to Burnie's, which always seemed a lot more friendly to their patrons.