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August 2024 by Jenna Carlson
TONS OF STUFF!!! 4 floors! You need hours to look through everything. Super cool, antique and unique stuff but incredibly OVERPRICED! Like absurdly overpriced. The guy that worked there said they do allow finnagling but still, $750 for an old hutch?? When there are 4 floors of stuff??? Crazy’ but still a really neat store!
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July 2024 by Stacey Papenfuss
Keep trying to call to see if they want some really old windows, but I keep getting hung up on
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May 2024 by Melissa Seltun
Showed up during business hours only to find it closed with no sign. No one answers the phone no matter when you call. Wondering if business is permanently closed.
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April 2024 by Zach O
Very poor customer service. I called asking for a specific type of flooring baseboard and before I could finish, the lady cut me off and said we have flooring. When I went to explain what type of flooring baseboard I was looking for, she cut me off again, this time getting louder and repeating "WE HAVE FLOORING."
Worst customer service I have ever dealt with and extremely incompetent on the phone.
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March 2024 by Patrick Hill
Love this place. Picked up some heavy duty steel posts and I-beam. Reduce, reuse, recycle.
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March 2024 by Sadie N
I've been going here for years when I need a really specific piece for something I'm working on. Recently though, the prices are absolutely insane. I went today to get a piece of weathered wood for a project, only 6"x9'x1", and they wanted $7/ft plus tax! The wood was split down the middle, rotted, and falling apart and I was going to have to be super strategic about how I cut it and would have had to glue the splits to get it to work. I was shocked and actually a bit pissed off. Like, I do this same work, salvaging things to be reused, by myself or someone else, and that was just absurd. The two boards I had carried all the way from the very back of the giant building were, combined, about 14' (didn't need all that but that's what was there), so they literally wanted me to pay $98 for two rotten and broken pieces of wood???? Not only did I find and carry them up there myself, but also, stood there for 10 minutes while the person who knew about pricing came up to the office where the annoyed seeming woman behind the desk had called him from.
I'm super sad to say, I won't be back to Bauer Bros. Like, I can handle poor customer service, having to navigate that giant space with no help, digging through things to find what I need, etc, but I that combined with exorbitant prices on things that I can literally find in the trash, is where I draw the line. We all need to make a living, but damn. I for one am not willing to attempt duping well-meaning customers into spending that much for something that is absolutely not worth it. This makes me sad.
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February 2024 by Susan Belle
We found this place on accident several years ago and absolutely love it. Compared to other salvage stores in the cities and facebook marketplace (people your stuff isn't worth that much) the prices are reasonable. We have purchased items to be delivered and items we took home. Every time we had a great experience. Professional, polite and friendly. Somehow we always pick the the coldest day of the year to go and still will spend hours going through everything.
The older gentlemen (the uncle?) was my favorite. I was sorry to hear he passed.
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December 2023 by Mohamed NUR
I went and find this note on the door see the attachment
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November 2023 by Tom Mattison
I have been shopping Bauer Brothers since 1971 in St. Paul. I think Donna Bauer and Jeff Jr. are doing a terrific job operating the business!
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October 2023 by Daniel Harden
Have come here a few times, some sort of map or at least a more consistent employee presence in the office would be nice - felt completely alone trying to find my way around. Also, the main door to the rest of the warehouse was locked so we had to find another way around.Prices seem a little.. steep for a lot of the stuff here; especially the things that already need work before they're ready to be put into your house. Honestly, better to use this place when you're looking for something old and specialty and willing to pay for it, rather than an affordable method to help you restore your old home.The place is definitely cool to explore and get lost in - you'll find stuff you didn't even know existed; and I've gone in just to look at stuff and cry at the prices in the past.
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September 2023 by Jeaine McGlone
My sister and I visited the warehouse today. It was my first time. My sis just kept telling me about great prices and lots of things left behind that we could flip and repurpose.Our wallets were full of cash. We were excited to find some bargains.Unfortunately, that did not happen. We were working with one of the family members. She talked a lot about wanting to be somewhere else. Just not at the warehouse..My sister was looking for fencing material and a sink. We looked at a very rusty wrought iron railing, 8 ft. We asked for a price and she started talking about how special it was. I pointed out the massive amount of rust. She said she would consider that... then she gave my sister a price of $250. We were speechless. We couldn't believe that number. We were expecting something around $75 with room to haggle.NOPE!!! Her price was firm.This woman put so much emotional value to everything! Her pricing was completely out of touch with the real market value. In the end, everything in that warehouse is something no one wanted and needed to unload it. Many household furniture was very outdated and would need a lot of work..I did buy 1 item... I bought a door knob back plate that I found in a box full of random door and drawer hardware. She again points out how special these pieces are and generally are more expensive. She gave me a price of $10 firm. I gave her $11 to cover taxes. She took my money, put it in the cash register and closed the drawer... No intention of giving me any change.My sister and I left all of the "very special " stuff at the warehouse and kept our cash in our wallets.Truth be told, we can go to other salvage businesses and find the same type of things.. for a decent price. Sorry Baur Brothers... you miss out...
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September 2023 by Brittany Duncan
I absolutely love this place!!! The staff is super helpful and they have a little bit of everything. However if you go in the winter wear warm clothes!
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September 2023 by Lanier Pratt
Amazing selection of vintage EVERYTHING.
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September 2023 by Eric Rova
Cool place like a museum
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May 2023 by lauri158 University of Minnesota
There was only one staff member available today and it was impossible to find him because that place is so big. However, you knew when he was close, because, despite it being a public place, he was smoking indoors the entire time, even when conversing with you. It was disgusting.Also, the prices are high. We prefer to reuse and repurpose things. But some items you could buy new for nearly the same price they were asking.