good place to mount diamond in Houston?

[Kristie76]

Hi all:

Do you have any good places/jewelers that you can refer to me in Houston, Texas? I''m looking for a place where they do good job in mounting a diamond into setting. I''ve seen my some of my friends'' engagement rings that have really bad bulky mounted prongs. I''d like to avoid this.

Thanks much!!

 

[iheartscience]

Whiteflash is in Houston...I''m not sure if they just mount diamonds into settings if neither is from there...but it''s worth looking into because they''re great!

 

[Kristie76]

..unfortunately whiteflash won''t do mounting. they only do mounting if we purchase their diamond.

I called Robin Brothers and they do mounting.
They are new in Houston. Anyone has any expierence with them?
Thanks!!

 

[curiopotter]

eeeh.. I''d stay away from Robbins bros..

Email John Pollard or Bob Haskins at WF and see if he''ll recommend a jeweler from inside his building to set your diamond.

 

[Kristie76]

curiopotter:
can you give me reasons why I should stay away from them? They sounded very nice on the phone...
Just curious.

 

[Kristie76]

curiopotter:

also, do you happen to have their email address? I can only find their info email on the website.
Thanks.


on a side note:
I called Meyerland Jeweler and they'll be able to do the mounting for $75. Anyone has any experience with them?
Thanks.

 

[JohnQuixote]

Thank you for thinking of us. Lesley Harris is best equipped to make a recommendation if you would like that input.
You can reach her via our "info" address or toll-free number.

By the way, you can email several of the PS pros via "request appointment" in the PS communication tool (the yellow strip at the top of RockyTalky).

Cheers.

 

[gongjoo143]

How about Zadok in Houston? It''s a really nice jewelry store. A few of my friends bought their rings from there.

I used to live in Houston and had contacted Whiteflash to see if they would mount my diamond, but they politely declined. I was pretty disappointed, especially because I had purchased from them previously. Besides that, Whiteflash has always been great.

 

[jaz464]

WF mounted my diamond and I didn''t buy it from them. But I did get the setting from them.

 

[ladykemma]

jared''s will mount it for you if you have bought some component of the ring from them.

try also the houston gold exchange

 

[iheartscience]

I''d steer clear of Jared''s as there was just a thread on here about them chipping someone''s princess cut diamond when they set it. Plus, Jared''s was very sketchy about it after the fact, trying to falsify documents and whatnot. I say ask Lesley Harris at Whiteflash who she would recommend.

 

[ladykemma]

the jareds by my house has mounted three stones for me, perfectly and without any problems.

 

[iheartscience]

Are you located in Houston, LadyKemma? As long as the same jeweler you use at Jared''s would be doing the work for Kristie76, then I''d say that''s a solid recommendation.

Obviously there would be different jewelers at different Jared''s stores, though, so I still think it''s probably best not to walk into a random Jared''s store (or any other jewelry store) without recommendations.

 

[DiaLil]

Hi,

David Khong at CJ David''s on Mason Road in Katy is very good.

Mary

 

[curiopotter]

I''ve had a few friends really dissapointed with the robbins bros off 610. I''ve heard nothing but good things about Zaddok though.

 

[Kristie76]

UPDATE:

We brought the diamond to Meyerland Jewelers for setting. They did a great job and they''re about $50 less than RB.

Thanks all for your help!

 

[MidwestDiamondHunter]

Gotta go with Whiteflash!

 

[Gothgrrl]

Another vote for WF.