Wisteria Outlet

I had driven by Wisteria Outlet several times, enough to piqué my interest. I’m currently looking for some art for our walls and some candleholders so I thought I’d see what it’s all about. I had never been to or heard of the original Wisteria.
The good: I give them props for having friendly staff members. I was greeted warmly when I walked in and was then checked on again by a saleswoman.
But good sweet lord, no matter how friendly your staff is it can’t make up for ridiculous prices!!! I saw a couple things that were cute but after looking at the price tags on a couple items I quickly became scared to even walk around, just in case I accidentally bumped into something and caused it to break. Speaking of broken… it’s an outlet store, so a lot of items are broken/​scratched/​dinged/​etc, yet I just don’t feel like the price reflects that. There was a cute coffee table I had my eye on but the original price was supposedly $ 1000. One of was marked down 50% off but that was because it had several large scratches on the surface; if I’m spending $ 500 on a coffee table it should be brand new and perfect, not severely damaged! This was par for the course: in order to be marked down to a price even approaching reasonable, furniture had to have a glaring cosmetic defect. Decorative items were more or less the same as well.
The overall vibe of the items for sale is more on the side of feminine; I just can’t imagine bringing anything here home without my husband greatly questioning how it fits in to our joint design asthetic. I picture Wisteria Outlet’s target customer being a mid-​twenties female who has an uptown apartment financed by her wealthy parents while she hopes to get her Dallas lifestyle blog up and running enough to support lavish lifestyle. Sort of a mix between World Market and Anthroplogie (except at least I can afford to shop at either of those stores).

Let’s start with some basics.
First, furniture stores are open on Sunday. Wisteria Outlet (and their main store Wisteria) are not. I don’t know if it’s just a complete lack of basic business sense or run by Chick-​fil-​A.
Second, an outlet is where you go to find discounted items. Closeouts, scratch and dents, things of that nature. Taking an already way over priced item and marking it 30% off is not what an outlet store is about. If you are looking for something that is 50% off, expect it to be missing a substantial portion of the item or severely broken.
For example, a console table my wife was looking at was 50% off the original price of $ 900 or so. Not bad for an outlet deal but wait, the marble top was not included as it had been shattered so you need to find a new top somewhere. Last I checked you can’t get a custom marble top for anywhere near $ 450.
Get it together Wisteria. Maybe running a catalog you are good at but running a retail store needs much more practice.