Excuse me for butting in but I would like to add my two cents:
Arjunajane says of B&M businesses who care/maintain customers jewellery pieces:
"Yes, and they charge an arm and leg for that clean and polish !"
Arjunajane I am not targeting you personally but I have picked up on your comment as I know a lot of
consumers think this as well..............that jewellers are just out to make as much money as they can off
you.
Have you considered that for a jeweller to be ''standing by'' or ''on call'' so to speak sometimes 7 days a week
to wait just for you to decide to visit them is costing them money?
These jewellers have families to support like everyone else. They are often paid very low wages but will serve
you with a smile because of good old fashioned customer service.
What you are paying for is the convenience of an on call jeweller who is face to face and who is happy to
provide the appropriate services that you require on any given day.
Have you ever seen people standing in front of a jewellery store looking impatiently at their watches for the store
to open?
Proves my point.
The really smart jewellers will or have already marked up any mounts that they custom make for you to compensate
themselves for the fact that they did not sell that (internet) diamond to you.
Dont kid yourself it is already happening but you may not know it.
They do this to make up money ''lost'' to a faceless internet vendor and for the privilege of you the consumer to
wear the jewellers brandname.
By the way a high quality Tiffany style knockoff is just that, a knockoff, it will NEVER be a Tiffany.
I come across a lot of internet purchased settings and I would have to say that a large proportion, while
attractive at first glance really aren''t manufactured with a lot of care, some (not all obviously) are cast and
have ''hollowed out'' sections that cheapen the look and overall design.
If your purpose is to get a bargain then you will probably get one because the price is right.
But just dont winge to your local jeweller when your $400 internet setting melts when he/she is resizing it because
of the low quality manufacturing processes used by the internet vendor.
Arjunajane says of B&M businesses who care/maintain customers jewellery pieces:
"Yes, and they charge an arm and leg for that clean and polish !"
Arjunajane I am not targeting you personally but I have picked up on your comment as I know a lot of
consumers think this as well..............that jewellers are just out to make as much money as they can off
you.
Have you considered that for a jeweller to be ''standing by'' or ''on call'' so to speak sometimes 7 days a week
to wait just for you to decide to visit them is costing them money?
These jewellers have families to support like everyone else. They are often paid very low wages but will serve
you with a smile because of good old fashioned customer service.
What you are paying for is the convenience of an on call jeweller who is face to face and who is happy to
provide the appropriate services that you require on any given day.
Have you ever seen people standing in front of a jewellery store looking impatiently at their watches for the store
to open?
Proves my point.
The really smart jewellers will or have already marked up any mounts that they custom make for you to compensate
themselves for the fact that they did not sell that (internet) diamond to you.
Dont kid yourself it is already happening but you may not know it.
They do this to make up money ''lost'' to a faceless internet vendor and for the privilege of you the consumer to
wear the jewellers brandname.
By the way a high quality Tiffany style knockoff is just that, a knockoff, it will NEVER be a Tiffany.
I come across a lot of internet purchased settings and I would have to say that a large proportion, while
attractive at first glance really aren''t manufactured with a lot of care, some (not all obviously) are cast and
have ''hollowed out'' sections that cheapen the look and overall design.
If your purpose is to get a bargain then you will probably get one because the price is right.
But just dont winge to your local jeweller when your $400 internet setting melts when he/she is resizing it because
of the low quality manufacturing processes used by the internet vendor.