About Us

I am the funny one, he is the weird one. At least, that's how I see things. He would beg to differ. We make a slightly strange couple - a History-Channel-loving linguist and a Nintendo-loving animator - but somehow we make it work. We met online 4 years ago on a game that we played at the time only to find that we were coincidentally applying to the same university and we lived only 25 minutes away from each other. Maybe it's fate, or maybe we're both too geeky to meet people in the traditional face-to-face manner, but whatever the case, we're getting hitched!

Friday, May 8, 2009

Jeweler 8: Connell Jewelery

The guy in this store definitely did not seem like any of the other salespeople. I got the sense that he was the actual jeweler since he seemed to know a bit more about the construction of the ring. It was a bit slow to deal with him since it was clear that his English was not the best. He tried very hard to diagram things that he couldn't adequately explain, and that was largely fine; I was able to understand what he was talking about.

He showed me one of the catalogs that the other stores use, but also mentioned that he would be able to customize some of the rings, adding the diamond accents I wanted. That was nice, but I didn't see any rings that I was particularly amazed with. They had other very nice looking jewelry that I looked at while I was waiting for him to find the information on the costs of emeralds and diamond accents.

What was nice about this guy was he went to greater efforts to give me a more accurate estimate, which is definitely helpful in determining where I would want to get the ring done. Overall, I think this was a positive experience, and I am thinking of coming back here to get my other bridal jewelery, but probably not the engagement ring.

Knowledge: B (might be higher, but there were language difficulties)
Demeanor: A
Selection of rings: B+
Willingness to find information: A
Estimated Price: $1350 (AAA emeralds + diamond accents)
Overall Grade: B++

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