We walked into the first jeweler's place with a rough idea of what we wanted. Perhaps we should have come in a ball gown and a tux because we were clearly not the type of customer they jump at. We were both a bit put off that no one approached us, despite entering the store very decidedly and having a small jewelry box in hand. One of the workers at the store was already handling a customer, so no hard feelings there, but the other jeweler seemed to almost run away as I looked him directly in the eyes and approached him. He tried to jump behind a computer to look busy, but I was a woman on a mission, and my fiance was a man who was with a woman on a mission, so we would have none of that! None!
When we told the jeweler what we wanted in a ring and showed him the diamond that we wanted to have set in the ring, he gave us a rushed job and repeatedly told us how busy he was. I won't say he's lying, but we are in a recession and there was no one else in the store. Well, he did recognize the cut of the diamond (sort of), and he did not actually measure the diamond, but gave us his eyeball estimate of the size of the diamond (he was pretty close, to his credit). He didn't pull out any books on the price of the emerald accents, nor did he ask us what quality emerald we wanted. He did not point out any examples of emeralds that they could order, nor did he actually give us any examples of rings that we could choose from. He clearly wanted us out of the store, and that is exactly what he got.
Clearly, we won't be buying from Reed's. The workers seemed somewhat knowledgeable, but there was a blatant lack of manners toward us, and it might be because of how we look and dress (T-shirts and jeans FTW).
Knowledge: C+
Demeanor: F
Selection of rings: ???
Willingness to find information: D+
Price: $1200 (no diamond accents down the sides)
Overall Grade: D
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