How can they get away with it?

You think you have problems until you hear someone else’s story. I just found out that my sister has been a victim of fraud. She is getting married in May to a pretty nice guy and she is now in the middle of wedding preparations. She has to worry about all sorts of stuff I wouldn’t even think is important. Basically she is planning an event that is pivotal to her ongoing happiness in life.

Her fiancé bought her a really nice ring that has an estimated value of over 2 thousand dollars. Unfortunately it didn’t fit just right. Naturally she decided to go get it resized. She took it to a reputable jewelry store to take care of this and they sent it away to get altered to fit Michelle’s finger. Imagine her shock when she got it back and a number of the diamonds look like they had been altered. Cloudy, scratched and even just dull looking in comparison to their lustrous brethren.

She took it back to the jewelers’ where she had the work done and brought it to their attention. Expecting a quick response and an understanding ear, she was met with indignation and a “so what” attitude. Nasty. I couldn’t believe it when I heard about this. She was of course – livid. I mean she was pissed! My sister is not a dumb cookie and can be pretty assertive when she wants to be so she didn’t take it sitting down. Of course when Mr. Fiancé found out about the behavior of the jewelry store, he went down there to give em hell.

I think Michelle picked a good one in the guy she is taking up to the alter. He managed to speak with the manager and has finally sorted out the problems. I believe Michelle’s ring is now getting restored to the way it should have been. I don’t imagine the jeweler want’s that kind of blemish to get out to the public. It would be very difficult getting business if many people found out that you were ripping people off and substituting sub par diamonds for the originals on your sparkly stuff.

I was flabbergasted to think a place would try to be so underhanded and then be so indignant about it after. Amazing how they can get away with crap like this. I think if it had been me talking to a clerk in a jewelry store about my fiancé’s ring, someone would have had their lights punched out.