setell
Shiny_Rock
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Not sure where to post this but I just wanted to voice my unhappiness with James Allen. Sorry if it’s in the wrong forum.
First of all, I just wanted to thank those that come to the forum and provide very insightful information about diamonds! I have learned so much from Price Scope that it’s really changed how I view my future jewellery purchases! I found out there was such a shape as beautiful as a cushion here! Since so many PS’ers have had great experiences with the popular vendors I decided to go with Jon at GoG for my cushion and JA for the setting (had a low budget of ~5k). My diamond experience was great as Jon at GoG was just wonderful to work with. I love his service and just a great guy to work with when you’re living in Canada. The cushion I bought from him is just beautiful! I would highly recommend Jon to people I know and buying from him is very painless.
Now the bad part of my ring purchase. I bought a setting from JA unmounted as I was going to get it mounted locally. Here is the timeline of my order:
June 16th JA ships the setting
June 18th I picked it up after work that day (I am in Canada so had to go through customs to clear)
June 21st I sent an email to inquire about the flaws I noticed the second I opened the box and saw the setting.
June 22nd Got a reply basically stating: return with the 15% restocking fee waived and $25 shipping fee credited OR swallow the flaws as it passed their quality control
July 6th sent an email really early, 7am EST, inquiring if I could exchange the setting for a different one as I couldn’t “swallow the flaw” or if they could “fix” it.
July 7th no response to email by 5pm, called to track down my rep that evening. She said she will look into it and get back to me.
July 8th 5pm EST, I got a call from JA’s sales manager as my order # has landed at his desk. He said in a very accusational (is that a word?) tone of voice asking WHY I had waited so long to respond if something was wrong with the ring. Then I went on to tell him I had emailed them just a few days after receiving the ring about the flaws and I was away last week (our national Canada Day holiday). He kept saying that it’s been a long time since I had received the ring blah blah. After I told him what I thought was WRONG with the setting he was like “oh yeah, I think I remember you”. Then he went through his emails and apparently found the email I had sent to the rep I was dealing with (I sent pictures too). So then he went on to tell me what the email with the decision to my “complaint” was. He then tells me that even if I exchange it there will be flaws with the new setting regardless etc. Mind you, he was really demeaning in the tone of voice he used against me. It was as if it was MY fault I didn’t think the setting was perfect and that I was being difficult. He tells me that his higher up had made a decision to my situation back in June and asked if I received the email (he just read to me). I told him that I receive the top part but not the bottom part about the exchange (my email didn’t have that part). So I asked him to forward me a copy of that email. I had to leave as I had a late meeting yesterday but told him I will call him today about it first thing in the morning. Weird part was, when I was reading the email he forwarded me last night it was the same as the June 22nd one I received (my rep just copied and pasted it to me) without mention of any exchanges or fixing it.
July 9th Sent him a email early today asking if he could provide photo’s of the setting before it gets shipped to me if I exchange it (still at that point willing to give them a second chance). I was in meetings all day so I called him few hours ago as he didn’t get back to me via email if it was possible or not. I have to say I have never had such crappy service EVER from a jeweller!!!! The original ring my fiancée proposed with was purchased at People’s (chain store) and I thought the ladies there were pushy…well they didn’t make me feel like I was an idiot! First word out of his mouth was “Setell, did you not read the email I forward you yesterday? We’re not exchanging the ring!” Mind you, the email he forwarded me didn’t mention they WON’T exchange it or FIX it either. Then he gives me a speech as to how it passed their quality control etc. and that in their standards there is NO flaw with the ring that warrants “fixing” or “exchanging”. For some reason I had envisioned good workmanship when you’re making something as delicate as ring settings. I mean I had expected it to be better quality and it better be near flawless (naked eye can’t see it). If my naked eye can see the flaws on the setting then looking at it under a loupe or magnifying glass is worse! After I heard the first sentence out of his mouth I told him to just send me the paper work so I can return the thing. I want nothing to do with it now as I feel like my purchase from them isn’t important nor them having me as a happy customer. He then went on to say that I am cutting it close to my “deadline” or shall I say 30 day period. He was like we shipped it to you on the 16th of June and it’s the 9th of July right now and if the package doesn’t get here by the 16th I won’t get my refund. He sort of disregarded how LONG it took them to respond to my July 6th email. I was so mad that I told him if he gets me the paperwork emailed to me tonight I can guarantee him the package will be in Fed Ex’s hands tomorrow morning shipped via 24hr service so he’ll get it on Monday! I couldn’t believe it when he “try” to make it sound like I am making a bad decision as I am going to pay a lot more then the $25USD they are paying me to ship it back (even asked if I knew how expensive shipping fees are, as if I didn’t have a vague idea how much shipping internationally cost…..). I wanted to yell at him that I paid $90USD for them to ship me the setting and I am already losing money so the extra shipping fee isn’t going to be much!!!!
I have to say, I have never been spoken to in such a way by any sales person. I do not like to be accused of THEIR mistakes as MY mistakes. This person has given me such a sour taste of JA that I am never going to buy anything from them ever again. Probably wrong of me to judge JA like this but honestly I haven’t seen superior service at all! I am generally a very happy online shopper too. I buy almost everything online now and have always had great service too.
‘sigh’ Am I being unreasonable to ask for a exchange or to have the setting fixed? Also how do the PS vendor’s count their 30 return policy? From the day they ship it to you or the day you sign and receive the package? I wondered if it was wrong of me to sit on what to do with the setting for ~2 weeks from June 22nd. I mean…I thought I had 30 days (technically it still is within the 30 day period). Did he expect me to give up my trip I had booked over 3 months ago to return this setting last week??!!!!! ‘sigh’ If I had found out JA wasn''t consistent with their settings before I ordered I wouldn''t have went with them. I know there are bleeps in service but what I''ve just gone through with JA sucks really bad.
Thanks for listening to me complain by reading my massive post. I was very very angry for the past couple of hours. Now I am just glad I’m going to return the thing and start fresh to find myself a new setting. I am getting paranoid…I might just go to Toronto, Ontario and get a local jeweller to do a custom one so I can complain in person if the need arises. Or buy a Ritani in Toronto(and blow my budget to make me happy!!!) so that I can see it in person to verify there are no flaws my naked eye can see.
First of all, I just wanted to thank those that come to the forum and provide very insightful information about diamonds! I have learned so much from Price Scope that it’s really changed how I view my future jewellery purchases! I found out there was such a shape as beautiful as a cushion here! Since so many PS’ers have had great experiences with the popular vendors I decided to go with Jon at GoG for my cushion and JA for the setting (had a low budget of ~5k). My diamond experience was great as Jon at GoG was just wonderful to work with. I love his service and just a great guy to work with when you’re living in Canada. The cushion I bought from him is just beautiful! I would highly recommend Jon to people I know and buying from him is very painless.
Now the bad part of my ring purchase. I bought a setting from JA unmounted as I was going to get it mounted locally. Here is the timeline of my order:
June 16th JA ships the setting
June 18th I picked it up after work that day (I am in Canada so had to go through customs to clear)
June 21st I sent an email to inquire about the flaws I noticed the second I opened the box and saw the setting.
June 22nd Got a reply basically stating: return with the 15% restocking fee waived and $25 shipping fee credited OR swallow the flaws as it passed their quality control
July 6th sent an email really early, 7am EST, inquiring if I could exchange the setting for a different one as I couldn’t “swallow the flaw” or if they could “fix” it.
July 7th no response to email by 5pm, called to track down my rep that evening. She said she will look into it and get back to me.
July 8th 5pm EST, I got a call from JA’s sales manager as my order # has landed at his desk. He said in a very accusational (is that a word?) tone of voice asking WHY I had waited so long to respond if something was wrong with the ring. Then I went on to tell him I had emailed them just a few days after receiving the ring about the flaws and I was away last week (our national Canada Day holiday). He kept saying that it’s been a long time since I had received the ring blah blah. After I told him what I thought was WRONG with the setting he was like “oh yeah, I think I remember you”. Then he went through his emails and apparently found the email I had sent to the rep I was dealing with (I sent pictures too). So then he went on to tell me what the email with the decision to my “complaint” was. He then tells me that even if I exchange it there will be flaws with the new setting regardless etc. Mind you, he was really demeaning in the tone of voice he used against me. It was as if it was MY fault I didn’t think the setting was perfect and that I was being difficult. He tells me that his higher up had made a decision to my situation back in June and asked if I received the email (he just read to me). I told him that I receive the top part but not the bottom part about the exchange (my email didn’t have that part). So I asked him to forward me a copy of that email. I had to leave as I had a late meeting yesterday but told him I will call him today about it first thing in the morning. Weird part was, when I was reading the email he forwarded me last night it was the same as the June 22nd one I received (my rep just copied and pasted it to me) without mention of any exchanges or fixing it.
July 9th Sent him a email early today asking if he could provide photo’s of the setting before it gets shipped to me if I exchange it (still at that point willing to give them a second chance). I was in meetings all day so I called him few hours ago as he didn’t get back to me via email if it was possible or not. I have to say I have never had such crappy service EVER from a jeweller!!!! The original ring my fiancée proposed with was purchased at People’s (chain store) and I thought the ladies there were pushy…well they didn’t make me feel like I was an idiot! First word out of his mouth was “Setell, did you not read the email I forward you yesterday? We’re not exchanging the ring!” Mind you, the email he forwarded me didn’t mention they WON’T exchange it or FIX it either. Then he gives me a speech as to how it passed their quality control etc. and that in their standards there is NO flaw with the ring that warrants “fixing” or “exchanging”. For some reason I had envisioned good workmanship when you’re making something as delicate as ring settings. I mean I had expected it to be better quality and it better be near flawless (naked eye can’t see it). If my naked eye can see the flaws on the setting then looking at it under a loupe or magnifying glass is worse! After I heard the first sentence out of his mouth I told him to just send me the paper work so I can return the thing. I want nothing to do with it now as I feel like my purchase from them isn’t important nor them having me as a happy customer. He then went on to say that I am cutting it close to my “deadline” or shall I say 30 day period. He was like we shipped it to you on the 16th of June and it’s the 9th of July right now and if the package doesn’t get here by the 16th I won’t get my refund. He sort of disregarded how LONG it took them to respond to my July 6th email. I was so mad that I told him if he gets me the paperwork emailed to me tonight I can guarantee him the package will be in Fed Ex’s hands tomorrow morning shipped via 24hr service so he’ll get it on Monday! I couldn’t believe it when he “try” to make it sound like I am making a bad decision as I am going to pay a lot more then the $25USD they are paying me to ship it back (even asked if I knew how expensive shipping fees are, as if I didn’t have a vague idea how much shipping internationally cost…..). I wanted to yell at him that I paid $90USD for them to ship me the setting and I am already losing money so the extra shipping fee isn’t going to be much!!!!
I have to say, I have never been spoken to in such a way by any sales person. I do not like to be accused of THEIR mistakes as MY mistakes. This person has given me such a sour taste of JA that I am never going to buy anything from them ever again. Probably wrong of me to judge JA like this but honestly I haven’t seen superior service at all! I am generally a very happy online shopper too. I buy almost everything online now and have always had great service too.
‘sigh’ Am I being unreasonable to ask for a exchange or to have the setting fixed? Also how do the PS vendor’s count their 30 return policy? From the day they ship it to you or the day you sign and receive the package? I wondered if it was wrong of me to sit on what to do with the setting for ~2 weeks from June 22nd. I mean…I thought I had 30 days (technically it still is within the 30 day period). Did he expect me to give up my trip I had booked over 3 months ago to return this setting last week??!!!!! ‘sigh’ If I had found out JA wasn''t consistent with their settings before I ordered I wouldn''t have went with them. I know there are bleeps in service but what I''ve just gone through with JA sucks really bad.
Thanks for listening to me complain by reading my massive post. I was very very angry for the past couple of hours. Now I am just glad I’m going to return the thing and start fresh to find myself a new setting. I am getting paranoid…I might just go to Toronto, Ontario and get a local jeweller to do a custom one so I can complain in person if the need arises. Or buy a Ritani in Toronto(and blow my budget to make me happy!!!) so that I can see it in person to verify there are no flaws my naked eye can see.