I went to Imperial Jewelers because the diamond in my engagement ring was loose. I had heard that Imperial jewelers had done a lot of work in estate jewelry, and considering my ring is from the 1940's I wanted someone who had experience working with antique gold to fix it. I thought that all that was going to be needed was to tighten the prongs around the diamond. Upon taking my ring in for evaluation the jeweler/owner of the store preceded to tell me that it needed to be re-pronged. I could understand that to some degree considering the age. I then asked her if she knew how to heat antique gold, considering it tends to melt faster than the gold used today, she stated "Yes, heating gold is all the same." At that moment I should have never trusted this woman with my ring, but unfortunately I did.
It took over two weeks to get my ring back, and upon picking it up I noticed almost immediately that something was different. I shouldn't have left and paid sensing something was wrong but I had places to be. After closer examination of my ring I soon noticed that much of the detail originally there was now gone, and that the head no longer set flush with the band of the ring. After I got out of my class I returned to ask her about what she had done. This is when the jeweler/owner accused me of blaming her for lying to me about my ring in front of another customer. I was so distraught that I left the store in tears.
None the less my ring is now ruined from it's original state from which I took it to this woman. She performed work on my ring that was not asked for and in turn provided horrible customer service and a horrible product. Please never trust your jewelry with this person if it means anything at all to you, she will ruin it and do nothing to fix it. I don't want anyone else to suffer the amount of tears I have for a piece that you love.
I hope this helps with any decisions you are looking to make.
I called the jeweler that I usually use, in Colorado where I'm from, and explained to him what happened and when I would be returning to Colorado so he could look at it. I returned to Colorado 3 weeks after having my ring returned to me and I took it to my jeweler. He looked at it and was able to tell exactly what happened within seconds. At some point the jeweler/owner at Imperial Jewelers decided that it was necessary to re-prong every little diamond in the ring as well as the main stone, this is something I was never privy to, so something completely unnecessary considering the prongs will never wear down on that area of the stone because they are protected by the head. By her preceding to do this she heated the joint of the band and head so hot that it began to slip, causing them to no longer to be flushed. This also explains why the detail on the ring had been eliminated. After my jeweler looked at my ring he said that there was no fixing it and that if I attempted to have it fix it would probably come out worse.
Imperial Jewelers is a US Jewelry Store based in Hastings, Nebraska. Imperial Jewelers is located at 722 W 2nd St, Hastings, NE 68901, USA.
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