So I have a question about a really odd experience recently with a Tacori wedding band purchase. Last year I bought a Tacori engagement ring in February and was told that I was buying at a good time, because retail prices were going up the next month (not sure if they meant everywhere or just that particular store) due to the value of platinum - of course they encouraged me to buy the matching wedding band at the same time and I declined...I thought I wouldn''t lock my soon-to-be fiance into a wedding band, haha. Anyway, the engagement goes as planned, she says yes, and we plan a May wedding (can''t believe it''s almost here!). We go back to the store in late December to inquire about the possible matching bands for her engagement ring and the sales manager shows us the two possibilities recommended by Tacori, and then mentions that we should come back the first week in February as the new pricing will be coming out and it will be lower since the price of platinum has fell. (Someone''s fiscal year must begin in March with all these price change stories, haha). I thought it was sort-of odd...to decline a sale and tell us to come back later...but I thought "okay cool, maybe the guy is really being genuine here...and it gives me a few more months to put some extra cash away."
In the end, we went back this week to place the order, he puts it into the computer, calls the rep at Tacori to get a confirmation number, and the price is the same as it was...as it has been (on Tacori''s website) since I began investigating the matching bands online back in August of ''08...so definitely nothing has changed, he''s just lucky we came back to his store to buy.
So...I just want your opinions on what this guy was thinking back in December when he told us to come back in February...first of all it gets our hopes up that the price may drop a little since the value of platinum has fallen since last year...second of all, when does a jewelery store manager ever decline a sale and send you out the door when you are ready to lay down the cash? Seems strange to me...
In the end, we went back this week to place the order, he puts it into the computer, calls the rep at Tacori to get a confirmation number, and the price is the same as it was...as it has been (on Tacori''s website) since I began investigating the matching bands online back in August of ''08...so definitely nothing has changed, he''s just lucky we came back to his store to buy.
So...I just want your opinions on what this guy was thinking back in December when he told us to come back in February...first of all it gets our hopes up that the price may drop a little since the value of platinum has fallen since last year...second of all, when does a jewelery store manager ever decline a sale and send you out the door when you are ready to lay down the cash? Seems strange to me...