1 /5 Joseph Smithers: I went there with my finance to look for a wedding band, at first everything was going relatively fine and the saleswoman was asking my finance what she was looking for. She then asked her “well, what do you know about diamonds” and she replied “well not much, but I know I don’t mind if it’s lab grown or natural”. The saleswoman then responded that under no circumstances should we want a lab grown diamond because they are not valuable and proceeded to become VERY passive aggressive on the matter. She told us “that if times get ouch and you have to pawn it, a lab grown diamond will be worthless” and how “you wouldn’t want to put your natural engagement diamond next to a lab grown one”. When told that my fiance wouldn’t sell her engagement ring, saleswoman then responded with how it’s never in the plan, and “that’s what everyone says until it happens”. She wouldn’t drop the topic and proceeded to argue for what was about 2-3 minutes. She then talked down to us about how “well if you don’t think natural diamonds are in your notice range, we have financing for available. It’s like borrowing money from your friends” as she is showing us single point diamonds on a 18k band. After trying to explain financing to us like we are 5 years old, she then turned to me and told me “you know… what your put on her finger is a direct representation of yourself, you know”.
Wouldn’t recommend a jewelry store that argues with their customers trying to spend thousands of dollars on their product and belittling you and trying to, what effectively seems like guilt tripping, into buying what they want you to buy.
