Jennifer P.
Yelp
I was really excited about seeing their unique jewelry here as I'm from out of state, and am a huge fan of jewelry/artwork. I walked in and there was no one in sight when I first entered. A lady appeared and looked a little surprised, and not the most welcoming. She quickly disappeared through the door, and another lady appeared. She greeted me asking if she could help. I have to say I felt stared down the entire time as if I was going to take something. I did not get the most comfortable vibe. Every time I asked the cost of a piece of jewelry, the lady would run back into a closed room, and come up with an exponentially high cost for a piece of jewelry. For most of the pieces I completely understand as they are large heavy pieces of 18k gold, but for others such as James Banks pieces, particularly a butterfly necklace I was interested in, she quoted me an astounding 1,500$ after returning from the private closed room. Not even 10 min later she ran back to the room and returned again to say that it was 1200$. I looked up the designer and saw the exact same necklace for 695$. The necklace chain was made out of oxidized sterling silver with some 18k gold in the wings of the butterfly. I asked her how the same necklace was less online. At first, she says that they are made different. They looked exactly the same. Then she went on to say that they are the only shop that represents James Banks. I looked up online and found a handful of other locations that also sells the designer's jewelry. I am disappointed in the misinformation, and being followed closely around the shop.
I appreciate the lady finally showing me pieces in my price range, but were not exactly what I was looking for. However, I do appreciate the effort she took in showing the other things that were in my budget.
I strongly suggest as helpful advice that they should have prices readily available, instead of disappearing into a private closed room to come back with some extravagant cost for piece of jewelry, and then to find it changes 10 min later as in the James Banks Butterfly necklace I was really interested in. Also, please inform clients of the facts of a designer rather then giving out misinformation about this store as being the only place that represents his work.
The jewelry, and items in this store are outstanding, just not the customer service, hence the 3 stars.