1 /5 Rick Hoffard: Charged for work that was not requested. Double talker. Asked for inside of pocket watch to be cleaned and lubricated. Said he sends to the time keepers from the mall (now closed but have used him before and does good work). Gave me a price of $100 which is fine. I okayed for the work to be done to clean the inside of my watch. He called few days later saying watch was ready. No explanation whatsoever at this time. I drove in and showed to pick up the watch. Was told that The person he uses (“The Time Keeper” from the Panama City mall, which is closed now. ) would not open the watch because the watch was working perfectly. Ok, so no charge. Nope Milan jewel said his person cleaned the exterior of watch charging $40. WHAT, I explicitly said inside watch. I asked the jeweler at this time for this person‘s phone number to discuss this charged without being authorized. At this time, the Malin jeweler said he would not give me his phone number to discuss this charge. I said OK you call him now and let me talk to him. He said no. I wanted to refuse paying, but the jeweler held my watch in ransom for payment of work that was not authorized. I had no choice at this point to pay and write this review. I believe the Malin jeweler had no intention of sending this watch out (why else was I not given the opportunity to speak with the timekeeper personally)? Instead I got hustled for a quick $40 for doing work that was not authorized. In my opinion, dealing with this person firsthand I would not deal with this jeweler at all, he ripped me off.
Edited for typo errors.
