DISGUSTED!!! DO NOT GO TO THIS JEWELRY BOOTH!!! THEY ARE HORRIBLE!!!
I used to go to this booth for 14k chains and charms. No problem with that. I had some simple fixes done by them and no problem.
I went in to have a few pieces of my mother's jewelry fixed and most of the prices were so expensive for minor work on some of them.
I asked to have my diamond wedding ring cleaned which they did for free, but was told that two of my prongs were worn down and I would loose my diamond if I don't fix it. The jeweler said, "I can't let you wear this, you will loose your stone." This man I have not seen working the few times I went, but as we all know faces come and faces go. But, the lady that was there I have seen and is nice.
When I agreed to have them fix my ring but I wanted the stone and I'll bring it back, the man said, "You don't trust me. I keep your stone safe with me. You will have to wait two hours or so to have it put back in." I said it was fine. He had an attitude and said as he got his nippers and started snipping the prongs, "Fine. You take the diamond. The stone is not so big I got bigger more expensive stones here why would I want to keep yours." He waived his hand over his display. I told him I'm sure that he does have expensive stones but it was my stone and it means the world to me.
My stone is .88 VS.
When I told him that it does not matter if good or not, it's my stone. He said, "Yes, of course." After he cleaned the stone he said, "Beautiful stone. Very clear. You got a good stone here."
Now he changes his attitude. I should have known to take my setting and go elsewhere.
Because of my good experiences with other gold purchase before I left the setting. When I came back a week later I gave my diamond to him and he brought it over to a jewelry booth arcoss from him and a man there said it was the wrong setting. It was for a marquise not a pear.
The setting had to go back again for the right one.
I left my stone to be set, and another week later I came back and the stone was set wrong and on an angle. The prongs were not even and laid lower then my original. When I told him that it was not set even, the prongs were shorter, and the diamond is set at 1:10 not at 12 o'clock. He took a few minutes to look and said, "You wear. Maybe you like it. If not you bring back."
Now I'm so mad. "I said this ring is wrong. The prongs are not even, the diamond is set wrong, and it sits lower then it was." He said, "You wear it. See if you like it." I took the ring and walked out. When looking at it again in my car I wanted to cry. I went back in and said that I wanted it fixed the right way. He said, "Well, you wanted in a rush." I said that I didn't and asked for a rush and even of it was a rush job, it shouldn't look like this. He said, "I bring to my guy in the city and fix it for you, but the stone has to stay to be fix the right way. I let him take it and when I went to pick it up a week later, it wasn't fixed the right way. The stone was set a little more even but when looking it was still tilted and set at 1:05. One side of the setting was shorter than the other. The whole setting was set lower and not as high as the original setting.
When he went over to get his loop for a better look at the ring, I asked the lady worker (same lady through my whole experience) if it looked even. She shook her head. Then said whispered, "Don't bring your jewelry to be fixed." When the man came over, she said, "I just work here."
He looked at my ring and said, "The ring is beautiful and fine." I told him that there was something wrong with his eyes." He said, "I give you the phone number of my guy in the city and you call him." When asked if he was going to pay my train ticket, cab fee, and anything else I have to pay to get this ring fixed the right way, he said, "The ring is fine. You call him and talk to him." I told him he lost a customer. He said, "You not a customer." I walked out and now will have to pay more to get my ring fixed the right way.
I wanted to put a chair by his booth and tell everyone that came to him not to do business with him. If I could put a huge blinking neon sign blocking his sign it would read, FAKE!!! AWFUL!!! RIPE OFF!!! DO NOT DO BUSINESS HERE!!! read more