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Newbie - Leon Mege Appointment?

P: 8/18/2008 1:48:39 PM
newbie08 Rough Rock Total Posts: 5 Last Post: 8/25/2008 Member Since: 8/18/2008	Hello all. I am new to pricescope and this is my first post! I have searched and searched the forum to find an answer already posted to not waste everyone's time, but I can't find a specific answer... I just received a quote I had requested from Leon on one of his simple classic solitaire settings. I live in NYC and would like to see the solitaire setting I'm working from before moving forward (just to see it in person since I'm in the area). On his website he seems to suggest you can't meet with him unless you are dropping off a stone. Is that the case or have NYC locals met with him to see pieces before starting a project? Obviously I could call Leon directly and ask for an appt., but I am still working up the courage to do so. I know, I know - so lame that I'm so intimidated by him and his amazing work but I just need all of the information before I feel comfortable calling and asking! Thanks in advance for your help!
Posted: 8/18/2008 1:48:39 PM

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P: 8/18/2008 1:53:14 PM
CrookedRock Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,738 Last Post: 6/8/2009 Member Since: 5/8/2007	Do you have a stone yet? He does prefer to talk with people once they have a stone. But there is no reason to be nervous. Remember that you are paying him. Not the other way around. He should not hesitate to let you come and see a solitaire if he has one to show. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted: 8/18/2008 1:53:14 PM

P: 8/18/2008 2:01:33 PM
newbie08 Rough Rock Total Posts: 5 Last Post: 8/25/2008 Member Since: 8/18/2008	Thanks for your help. No, I don't have the stone yet. I wanted to pick out the setting but yet still be "surprised" by the proposal, so my boyfriend and I are attempting to finalize a setting that I love (I've been floundering for 6+ months) while my boyfriend researches and purchases the stone so that then he can go ahead with what I love without me specifically knowing exactly when it's being made - if that makes any sense... The moral is, I must call Leon and see what is possible! haha. Thanks again.
Posted: 8/18/2008 2:01:33 PM

P: 8/18/2008 2:05:36 PM
CrookedRock Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,738 Last Post: 6/8/2009 Member Since: 5/8/2007	Call and tell him you aren't allowed to know about the stone but you think it is between such and such size so you would like to see his solitaire to be sure that it's what you want. He's really not scary... unless LOL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted: 8/18/2008 2:05:36 PM

P: 8/18/2008 2:18:27 PM
newbie08 Rough Rock Total Posts: 5 Last Post: 8/25/2008 Member Since: 8/18/2008	Haha - I did include in the quote the rough estimate of the size my bf is looking at but I think you've given me the boost to finally make "the call!" Thanks!!
Posted: 8/18/2008 2:18:27 PM

P: 8/18/2008 2:20:02 PM
CrookedRock Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,738 Last Post: 6/8/2009 Member Since: 5/8/2007	Not a problem... Just don't tell him I told ya to call! LOL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted: 8/18/2008 2:20:02 PM

P: 8/18/2008 3:19:16 PM
robh505 Rough Rock Total Posts: 52 Last Post: 3/13/2009 Member Since: 6/13/2008	Actually, as far as I know, he doesn't have stock settings that you can go in and look at. I think you basically have to go off of the pictures. If you wanted to use him I think you need to get the loose diamond, print out a bunch of picutres of settings & styles that you like, and then go in and meet with him to desgin your ring.
Posted: 8/18/2008 3:19:16 PM

P: 8/18/2008 3:27:25 PM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 8/18/2008 2:20:02 PM Author: CrookedRock Not a problem... Just don't tell him I told ya to call! LOL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 8/18/2008 3:27:25 PM

P: 8/18/2008 3:46:05 PM
stone_seeker Cut Rock Total Posts: 481 Last Post: 3/20/2009 Member Since: 7/30/2008	Ughhh...i dont get why so many people are intimidated by Leon or any person for that matter that you are paying to perform a service. I've seen many similar threads. I think this is being further perpetuated by these types of threads. People worried that he wont work with small stones or a certain metal, etc. I dont get it. Why would you want to work with someone you are scared of? If he doesnt fulfill his end or does something you dont agree with with your jewelry will you be too scared to say something? These are your hard earned dollars at work and Leon, for all his fine craftsmanship, is one of about a dozen or so between 47-50th street who can produce AMAZING jewelry including solitaires and micropave. Some of which might be even better. And frankly, from what I've read about his "bedside manner", Leon is the last place I would take my most valuable stones. I dont reward that kind of behavior with $10K of my money. So please dont be afraid to work with someone or find someone you feel comfortable bossing around since you are paying them! Because, in the end, if the piece doesnt come out the way you want, you might be too timid to say something and then be forced to live with a piece you arent 100% satisfied with.
Posted: 8/18/2008 3:46:05 PM

P: 8/18/2008 8:06:10 PM
clop Cut Rock Total Posts: 215 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 2/28/2008	Hi newbie08! By all means, call and make an appointment, and ask if he has settings for you to look at in person. From my understanding, I thought they don't keep them in stock, but I'd definitely ask. You don't need to work up the courage to call. I've spoken with him numerous times, and emailed. He was been really nice, polite, and actually quite cordial; basically everything you would expect from a professional. My purchases haven't been astronomical, quite the contrary - a pave band, and a platinum band so far. I had read some posts prior to my contacting him, and I was pleasantly surprised by his friendly demeanor.
Posted: 8/18/2008 8:06:10 PM

P: 8/19/2008 12:55:29 AM
:) Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,864 Last Post: 6/1/2009 Member Since: 7/25/2006	I wouldn't make an appointment without a stone in hand to discuss (not committing to a sale, but to have your merchandise in hand for him to look at while you talk). Not for fear of him, but because a big part of what he does is provide an artist's eye for what can be done with your stone - he doesn't stock settings to just go in and try on like a retailer. Examples of what I am referring to are things like determining if a stone looks better with double or single claw prongs, choosing proportions of side stones, etc. Some things you can certainly say you would prefer but IMO if you use someone like Leon, one of the ultimate reasons you are using him is for his expert eyes. If you don't agree c/ what he recommends after meeting with him stone in hand, then you can look elsewhere.
Posted: 8/19/2008 12:55:29 AM

P: 8/19/2008 11:20:05 AM
newbie08 Rough Rock Total Posts: 5 Last Post: 8/25/2008 Member Since: 8/18/2008	Thanks all for your help. I did call and it is true, you cannot see stock pieces (or at least not stock solitaire pieces). He was however extremely nice and polite!
Posted: 8/19/2008 11:20:05 AM

P: 8/19/2008 2:08:08 PM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,822 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	Date: 8/19/2008 11:20:05 AM Author: newbie08 Thanks all for your help. I did call and it is true, you cannot see stock pieces (or at least not stock solitaire pieces). He was however extremely nice and polite! Thanks for the update; I was reading your thread last night, this will be great for others who might have the same question! Skippy "The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it's possible" Rich Devos
Posted: 8/19/2008 2:08:08 PM

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