I was curious if many people out there go these things and have met the designers in person. What were your impressions - good or bad after meeting the designer behind the product?
I recently went to one, and was very excited to see all of the different rings and designs of this particular high end designer. I was also excited at the chance to meet the designer in person because I had long admired some their pieces. I happen to be looking at the counter at a time when there weren''t that many people. I got into a nice chat with the designer about some of his pieces and he was extremely nice. However, after inquiring about the pricing of 2 pieces and him finding out that I was more interested in purchasing a setting rather than a finished piece that included a center stone, he blew me off. Mind you by that time, there were some other customers around. But what I found rude was that I overheard him tell other sales people to move me away from the showcase because he wasn''t making a sale and there were other customers there. I stuck around because there was another setting I was really interested in and ready to buy once we talked some numbers, and it would have been a custom job to make the setting for my size stone. A nice saleswoman was trying to ask him about an estimate, when he blew her off in front of me. He said he needed to make sales and didn''t have time to even look at the piece to give an approximate estimate. This really rubbed me the wrong way. While I understand the need for him to make sales, I feel he was extremely rude and felt that he had bigger fish to entertain since I already had a center stone.
Anyone else ever experience this?
I recently went to one, and was very excited to see all of the different rings and designs of this particular high end designer. I was also excited at the chance to meet the designer in person because I had long admired some their pieces. I happen to be looking at the counter at a time when there weren''t that many people. I got into a nice chat with the designer about some of his pieces and he was extremely nice. However, after inquiring about the pricing of 2 pieces and him finding out that I was more interested in purchasing a setting rather than a finished piece that included a center stone, he blew me off. Mind you by that time, there were some other customers around. But what I found rude was that I overheard him tell other sales people to move me away from the showcase because he wasn''t making a sale and there were other customers there. I stuck around because there was another setting I was really interested in and ready to buy once we talked some numbers, and it would have been a custom job to make the setting for my size stone. A nice saleswoman was trying to ask him about an estimate, when he blew her off in front of me. He said he needed to make sales and didn''t have time to even look at the piece to give an approximate estimate. This really rubbed me the wrong way. While I understand the need for him to make sales, I feel he was extremely rude and felt that he had bigger fish to entertain since I already had a center stone.
Anyone else ever experience this?