A man walked in and wanted to buy a diamond bracelet. I showed him many — stating the prices as “twenty-five hundred, thirty-three hundred, and this...
I had a customer in shopping for a gift for his wife. She called him on his cell phone and must have accused him of being...
A LADY BROUGHT in two diamond rings on the chance we might buy the stones. The rings had belonged to her deceased mother. The customer told...
This month, we have two ?True Tales? that you have a good chance of experiencing yourself this holiday season: A customer, on December 20th, when the...
I had a customer who was trying to describe a type of ring that he had seen in my store. He was really struggling to come...
Strange stories from the front lines We had a young boy in our store who thought our showcases were tasty. He started at one end, stuck...
?Our decor and presentation leads some people to assume our store is more of a museum than a retail jewelry store. Many times people come in...
One Saturday, a lady came in, marched up to my husband and announced loudly: “I need a pair of big, beautiful gonads. The darker the purple...
Strange Stories From The Front Lines ?We had a customer who wanted a custom-made solid gold necklace made up of dog bones all connected around the...
About eight years ago in March, one of my customers came into my store with the physical assistance of a friend. I had known for some...
I buy and sell estate items. One year I bought a ring from a client, and held it in my office for a long time …...
Strange stories from the front lines ?One day, a good customer came in and wanted to talk to us about doing a custom design. She and...
It was getting late in the day at our little trade shop at the end of Miles Street, a dead-end street in an old mill town....
Here’s a bead stringing adventure I had about 15 years ago. A lady walked up to the counter with a zip lock baggie full of brownish-colored...
Strange stories from the front lines “One morning a gentleman phoned to tell me he would like to replace a ring his wife lost. Ring size...
The oddest material I have seen used for jewelry is in Alaska, where some jewelers would sell (and I am not making this up, just reporting...
An elderly woman entered the store and came up to the repair counter to have some beads restrung. (We frequently have seniors come in with zip...
Strange stories from the front lines ?A man and a woman came into our store; she was limping in obvious pain and also very pregnant. She...
?A middle-aged couple with a young daughter, about 8, came into our store and asked for the manager. I asked them how I could help. The...
The customer opened the jewelry box and found nothing inside. Except for a short, but thrilling, note.A woman came in looking for an anniversary gift. She...
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