If you re a woman, do NOT go to this store. I m a ...

If you re a woman, do NOT go to this store. I m a collector who strictly buys collectibles in person and never online because I want to support small businesses, but the treatment I received was unacceptable. There is a misogynistic employee on staff who would not stop talking to me as if I was a child who had never seen a comic book before in my life. I have never experienced an employee talk to me condescendingly the moment I walked through the door. I could not even browse in silence because this man was REPEATEDLY explaining to me how comic books work (his words exactly) despite me telling him that I knew. Even asking how much the cards that were on display cost was led him to explaining to me that cards can range from fifty cents to thousands of dollars as if I wasn t aware that cards all have different values. plus I highly doubt that the cards worth over $1k would be right next to worthless cards and not in protective card sleeves.
I have traveled across the country and overseas to visit as many hobby shops as I can and coming here was the worst experience I ve ever had.
I have never written a one-star review before and I don t even want to write this one because I don t want small businesses to be hurt but I was treated and talked to like I was a 5 year old because the staff assumed because I was a woman I didn t know anything. And that is absolutely unacceptable.
I have been collecting for years and being treated like this is incredibly insulting as I ve poured my entire life into my hobby.
Gatekeeping has no place in 2021 and this employee is an embarrassment and a disgrace to anyone who is passionate about collecting.