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Shiny_Rock
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I don''t know if this should go here or not... it is diamond/gem related, so I think this is most appropriate.
Last night I found out from grandpa that he wanted to buy grandma an emerald ring. My grandpa is a very sentimental man and he loves my grandma more then I could ever describe, you can just see it, it''s in everything he does, he does it for her or with thoughts about her - it really is a beautiful relationship, they have been together and married for more then 60 years now. Ok, so he says he wants to buy her something emerald. My grandfather is handicapped and has a difficult time going out for extended periods of time. I found Geoffrey''s listed in the "local jewelers" area under resources on this site.
My mom and I went in and we looked around, the place was absolutely PACKED!!! I mean there were people EVERYWHERE!! I had brought one of my dogs with me, but she''s little so she wasn''t in the way or anything and I kept her in my arms. Anyway, a sales lady asked if we needed help and we discussed some things we had been talking about - emerald pendant, bracelet, but we had not discussed a ring. My grandma has SO many rings. Well, she didn''t really have much that we liked, in pendants or bracelets, so we started to consider tsavorite - after seeing them in the colored stones area I absolutely LOVE the color and thought it would be a good stone to consider. We also looked at green sapphire. After all of those not really being my grandma''s taste, she showed us emerald and diamond stacking rings - it was PERFECT. My grandma is a very petite lady with itty bitty skinny fingers that are very long - absolutely beautiful hands, I''m so jealous!
So, she gives us a nice discount, we''re happy, she''s happy and we go back to mom''s house. Grandpa sees the ring and starts crying - he absolutely loves it!! But he is sad, he says he doesn''t know how many more holidays and occasions he''s going to have to do nice things like this for my grandma, so he wants to make sure every single one counts... and the ring we brought home for him is exactly what he was hoping for, it''s pretty, delicate and feminine.
Geoffrey''s staff made an old man''s christmas today and they didn''t even know it - so I wanted to pass along this heart warming story. They said that at any point if my grandma wasn''t happy and she wanted to come in to look at other options, since there is no wheel chair accessible access, that they would happily bring the inventory to my grandma and grandpa in a car out front or to the patio area if they liked, we just needed to let them know before we came so they could get some items together to bring down for them to review.
How sweet and kind of them - today this kind of customer service means so much, as it''s a very difficult thing to find, especially this time of year.
So, if anyone from Geoffrey''s comes by... thanks! If not, they''ll likely find out from grandpa when he goes to make his next purchase for grandma
(they even gave my pup a couple of doggy treats - what store has doggy treats just hanging around? - such nice little touches that really made the experience comfortable and fun)
Last night I found out from grandpa that he wanted to buy grandma an emerald ring. My grandpa is a very sentimental man and he loves my grandma more then I could ever describe, you can just see it, it''s in everything he does, he does it for her or with thoughts about her - it really is a beautiful relationship, they have been together and married for more then 60 years now. Ok, so he says he wants to buy her something emerald. My grandfather is handicapped and has a difficult time going out for extended periods of time. I found Geoffrey''s listed in the "local jewelers" area under resources on this site.
My mom and I went in and we looked around, the place was absolutely PACKED!!! I mean there were people EVERYWHERE!! I had brought one of my dogs with me, but she''s little so she wasn''t in the way or anything and I kept her in my arms. Anyway, a sales lady asked if we needed help and we discussed some things we had been talking about - emerald pendant, bracelet, but we had not discussed a ring. My grandma has SO many rings. Well, she didn''t really have much that we liked, in pendants or bracelets, so we started to consider tsavorite - after seeing them in the colored stones area I absolutely LOVE the color and thought it would be a good stone to consider. We also looked at green sapphire. After all of those not really being my grandma''s taste, she showed us emerald and diamond stacking rings - it was PERFECT. My grandma is a very petite lady with itty bitty skinny fingers that are very long - absolutely beautiful hands, I''m so jealous!
So, she gives us a nice discount, we''re happy, she''s happy and we go back to mom''s house. Grandpa sees the ring and starts crying - he absolutely loves it!! But he is sad, he says he doesn''t know how many more holidays and occasions he''s going to have to do nice things like this for my grandma, so he wants to make sure every single one counts... and the ring we brought home for him is exactly what he was hoping for, it''s pretty, delicate and feminine.
Geoffrey''s staff made an old man''s christmas today and they didn''t even know it - so I wanted to pass along this heart warming story. They said that at any point if my grandma wasn''t happy and she wanted to come in to look at other options, since there is no wheel chair accessible access, that they would happily bring the inventory to my grandma and grandpa in a car out front or to the patio area if they liked, we just needed to let them know before we came so they could get some items together to bring down for them to review.
How sweet and kind of them - today this kind of customer service means so much, as it''s a very difficult thing to find, especially this time of year.
So, if anyone from Geoffrey''s comes by... thanks! If not, they''ll likely find out from grandpa when he goes to make his next purchase for grandma
(they even gave my pup a couple of doggy treats - what store has doggy treats just hanging around? - such nice little touches that really made the experience comfortable and fun)
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