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Baby on the Hip (College St.)

Rating: 3.2/5 (16 votes)

Posted by Staff / Reviewed on April 24, 2011

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Baby on the HipBaby on the Hip has expanded to College Street. This is the second location of the popular baby store that spawned in Leslieville.

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Emily / August 19, 2011 at 06:24 pm
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After visiting the Queen Street location back in the spring, I decided to check out the new College Street store as I passed by. I wish I could say that I was happy about my experience, but I was very disappointed.

After being mostly ignored by the staff working there, I was becoming quite frustrated. I spoke to a woman, who I believed to be the manager. I honestly still cannot figure out if she was being helpful or extremely condescending. I found the product line to be limited, as well. I would not recommend this store to another consumer.

I definitely will not be returning to this location, and I will make sure to only visit the one on Queen street if I am going to continue giving my business to this company. However, I believe there may just be better options out there for purchasing baby items.
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Maria / May 12, 2012 at 02:48 pm
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My husband and I are expecting our first this June and we stopped in to Baby on the Hip - the College location - for more information about cloth diapering. The online reources and reviews for all the different brands were simply overwhelming me and I have to say, I was thoroughly impressed with the service and level of competence at Baby on the Hip. Rachel, spent a good half hour with us, going through all the brands that they carry, pluses, minuses, customer reviews and even taught us the lingo "in the event you don't get any here, at least you'll know what to look for from another brand." I thought that was incredibly classy and helpful, especially since she told us about the upcoming sale, which meant a lot to us since we are first-time parents and this whole baby business can get quite expensive quite quickly. We placed a special order, saving 15% (so helpful to us) and I just picked them up this afternoon. It only took a few weeks - we were able to wait because we got it in at a good time, so I recommend if you need something like this, do order in advance so that the store can be as helpful to you as possible. Everything was packaged and ready to go (I didn't have to wait for someone to figure out my order) and the staff there was kind enough to let me switch out some of the colours that had come in the starter kits of diapers. No atttitude, no questioning, just pleasant, kind and thoughtful service. It was really a pleasure at every point of interaction and I am incredibly happy with my experience.

Everything else in the shop looks beautifully curated and yes, trendy, but happily so.

I'm in customer service myself and it's not very often that I am this wowed by a retail experience.
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