This was my very first time visiting this store, as well as my very first time purchasing an engagement ring as well as wedding ring. My Fiancé (then girlfriend) had told me this was her absolute favorite Diamond store due to its history and commitment to its customers. We were greeted by a young woman by the name of Contessa, and she walked us around the store as my fiancé looked around. Obviously as a man, I just sit back and watch what she truly likes and pray it isn't that expensive, lol. But we looked at about 3-4 different rings only because my fiancé wanted a certain shaped diamond, the Pear. Contessa gladly showed us all the options they had in store, along with matching wedding bands. We talked about which ones looked best on her, and while my fiancé walked around the store with another employee, me and Contessa walked in the other direction to talk about the proposal plan. It was a simple and to the point plan, my fiancé had no idea, as I told her "we will see how life goes", to throw her off the track of thinking of the ring.
Fast forward a few months from that day, I stayed in contact with Contessa, and told Contessa I am ready to purchase the ring. The problem was, this store is located 3 and a half hours from my current home location. So I had to have it sized and Contessa would send it to me via Priority mail.
Now, this is where Contessa & Sonila, were the stars and saviors of what was to come and made Helzberg Diamonds the best of the best in my eyes. Contessa and Sonila informed me that my ring was ready to be shipped to me, that it would arrive on a Tuesday, 2 days prior to me and my fiancé leaving town for our own little getaway and surprise proposal to her. Well, the ring never showed that Tuesday, and I immediately contacted Contessa, to which she said in her 3 years of working there, there has never been an incident where the ring has been misplaced or possibly misplaced! She was so concerned, she took it upon herself to find that ring for me at all cost! The ring was coming to me via UPS, so she personally called and talked to every person possible to help located this ring, even updating me on that Tuesday, and Wednesday nightly after hours of her work shift!
I was in shambles because I thought this was the worst possible outcome to have happened to me on a day so important to me and my fiancé. But Contessa never lost hope! She made it her mission, and by Thursday morning she had located it and had it being sent to me as fast as possible! To which it arrived to me early afternoon, and in time for me to put it away and not have my fiancé have any clue to what was going on.
Then, we went on our trip, we took pictures, etc, my fiancé was an emotional wreck after she saw the ring and told her the story. And now, Contessa is her favorite human being on earth!
Contessa, if you're reading this, I want to thank you again from the deepest part of my heart! You truly made this happen for me and her, and I couldn't and wouldn't have wanted it any other way!
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