AllAboardTheBlingTrain
Ideal_Rock
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We’ve had a couple posts recently about problems with local jewelers or the wacky things we’ve been told by a jeweler, but I thought it would be fun to explore the flip side - tell us stories of the good guy local jeweler! The one who understands the importance of buying certed stones, gives you honest feedback on jewelry, doesn’t try to rip you off!
My go-to jeweler is fantastic, I’ve definitely mentioned him on here before (excellent bench, reasonable prices, and good policies), but the story I wanted to tell was about when I wanted to buy my studs:
He sat with me to understand what I wanted or liked, and then spent time helping me figure out how colour sensitive I was, instead of pushing me towards high colour (we did blind tests and I settled on H-I as my sweet spot), what constituted eyeclean for me (he helped me find the inclusions with a loupe for all the stones I was interested in), and even steered me away from a more expensive stone towards a less expensive one because the more expensive stone was not a good match for the other one I had already bought.
Now let’s hear about your good guy local jewelers!
My go-to jeweler is fantastic, I’ve definitely mentioned him on here before (excellent bench, reasonable prices, and good policies), but the story I wanted to tell was about when I wanted to buy my studs:
He sat with me to understand what I wanted or liked, and then spent time helping me figure out how colour sensitive I was, instead of pushing me towards high colour (we did blind tests and I settled on H-I as my sweet spot), what constituted eyeclean for me (he helped me find the inclusions with a loupe for all the stones I was interested in), and even steered me away from a more expensive stone towards a less expensive one because the more expensive stone was not a good match for the other one I had already bought.
Now let’s hear about your good guy local jewelers!