jonas
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2012
- Messages
- 78
Soooooooo... I know some of you have been waiting for me to post pics of the ring once it was set. Well, unfortunately it is a nightmare that is still unfolding. you see i decided to buy it from a local person. Wanted to support my local economy a bit and "thought" it would also be nice to have a local place where Beth could take her ring to clean. Etc. now I went with the most basic solitaire setting with a simple 4 prong head. Not once did I ever think that would be COMPLICATED for someone to make. Especially a man who said he was a master jeweler for the last 30 years. Anyways. I go to collect it and when he handed it to me, the only word that comes to mind is AGHAST.... I picked it up and inspected it and this is what I saw. I saw a band/shank that was not circular. It was shaped like an egg and WAY thicker on one side. The knife edge was slanting left and right all around the band. It looked like one of those crazy mirrors you see in a clown house. It had a small dent next to the prongs. The 4 prongs were crooked. 2 of em stuck straight up in the sky and the other 2 were slanting off. The diamond was not level. It tilted to one side and from the top view it was not center on the band. I'm telling you girls. Can you imagine how I felt staring at my gorgeous .563 H&A ACA white flash diamond in a setting tha looks like something you would get out of one of those gumball/toy machines your kids love that you put a quarter in.
Yeah. I couldn't even speak. He had the audacity to look at me and say.... Beautiful isn't it....?. Well I just about lost it.. And 30 mins later after a heated exchange, I was heading home so upset with my setting that he refused to refund. He offered to "fix it better" and I was like no... We are not gonna play this game. I refuse to come back and forth to you as you fix it and subsequently claim it looks good and I know it's terrible. I want my $$ back and you can keep your atrocious shank. He said no deal. And I put my tale between my legs and drove home. When I got home she was sleeping. I then went immediately onto a website of a reputable dealer online and ordered a simple 4 prong band. It arrives on Monday and then I will take my awful setting and the new one into some other place and hope they can take it out and put it in the new one professionally.
Sigh... Disappointing. My gosh. Anyways.. Was there a lesson learned? Perhaps... I should have had white flash make the whole ring.. That was my mistake. Word to the wise. Get it all done one time at one place. I'll be skiing in Utah next week. When I get back hopefully it will have come perfectly made in the mail...I'll let you know
Jonas
Yeah. I couldn't even speak. He had the audacity to look at me and say.... Beautiful isn't it....?. Well I just about lost it.. And 30 mins later after a heated exchange, I was heading home so upset with my setting that he refused to refund. He offered to "fix it better" and I was like no... We are not gonna play this game. I refuse to come back and forth to you as you fix it and subsequently claim it looks good and I know it's terrible. I want my $$ back and you can keep your atrocious shank. He said no deal. And I put my tale between my legs and drove home. When I got home she was sleeping. I then went immediately onto a website of a reputable dealer online and ordered a simple 4 prong band. It arrives on Monday and then I will take my awful setting and the new one into some other place and hope they can take it out and put it in the new one professionally.
Sigh... Disappointing. My gosh. Anyways.. Was there a lesson learned? Perhaps... I should have had white flash make the whole ring.. That was my mistake. Word to the wise. Get it all done one time at one place. I'll be skiing in Utah next week. When I get back hopefully it will have come perfectly made in the mail...I'll let you know
Jonas