I have a feeling this review will never make it to the actual homepage for Serjeo, but after our experience and expecting the 5-star service I read about on all the other reviews, I feel obligated to tell our story.
The two stars here are earned for Serjeo being, for the most part, a very nice guy with a very nice office. I'm also glad we had rings that fit for our wedding day, but my satisfaction truly ends there.
Each time we were quoted an amount of time for our job (white gold wedding bands. Mine was to fit the curvature of my family heirloom engagement ring.) it took longer than expected. I left my engagement ring in the office first for 5 days, and then again for nearly 3 weeks for Serjeo to make the mold to create my band. In late April, my husband stopped in to pick up his band to find it was at least a size too small. I called the week before our wedding to ask when we might expect the job to be finished (at this point my engagement ring had been there for over a week) and was told we could pick everything up 3 days before the wedding. Eek. Made me nervous, but I was told it was to make sure everything was "sparkling and shining for our wedding day." I picked up our rings, and the office manager (more on her soon) presented our rings to us. Unfortunately, she did not understand how the band was to fit against my ring, so she had to get Serjeo. He, too, had a hard time figuring it out but finally did with the explanation that "there are so many curves." When I brought my husband's wedding band to him to try on, we panicked when we realized it was still too small.. the same size it had been 2 months ago when he visited the first time.
Further, when looking closer at my band, it did not sit against my engagement ring. The curves didn't match. When I looked at the invoice, we were mortified to see someone else's name on the order. We were certain we had someone else's bands, but sadly we weren't surprised. In the beginning, our $500 deposit was originally applied to another customer's account. Carolina, the office manager, was supposed to call us to give us our final total due, which she never did. Imagine my surprise when I called back, again, asking for the total and she said it was the full balance; they never received our deposit. (It had been cashed the day prior) While this was sorted out a few days later, I started to lose faith in this business (and was honest about my feelings!) and was assured this wasn't normal for them. Fast Forward to two days before our wedding and neither of our rings were what we'd asked for; We emailed and called immediately when the shop opened, and Carolina said they "couldn't fit us in" until 3pm that day. After further explanation of the timeline we were working with, my husband was able to go in with our rings (and change our pre-wedding plans with friends and family) to get them fixed. Serjeo's response to my wedding band not fitting against my engagement ring was:
"If I'd known you wanted precision, I would have charged you significantly more."
A much different story we were told when he was making his sales pitch. At any rate, Serjeo did fix my husband's ring immediately to the size he needed, and then took 10 minutes to fix the curvature of my band. Now it sits closer to my ring, but still not as precise as I'd like... apparently precision comes at a higher price. Now, I continue to be confused at how quickly these fixes were made that afternoon. My husband was in and out within 20 minutes... so why did it take two separate lengths of time, holding my engagement ring, to make something that took 10 minutes? Especially since we hadn't "ordered" the "precision". I imagine a mold was never made for my wedding band, as originally promised.
An apology wasn't offered, a credit never applied, and Carolina's excuse for our invoice with someone else's name on it is that she'd accidentally printed their template. Now I have another customer's personal contact information and order.
The smoke and mirrors you find at Serjeo may lead you to believe all these 5-star reviews are the experience you'll have, but with Carolina's poor customer service and less-than-basic understanding of office management coupled with the fact we are now wearing wedding bands that remind us of the frustration dealt with leading up to our wedding should lead you to bring your business elsewhere. We wish we had. read more