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...
Strange stories from the front lines ?A young woman started coming to our store to look at a certain engagement ring early in the year ?...
AURA AND MYSTIQUE Had a woman from a transcendental meditation community come in to buy an engagement ring. Said she had to feel the diamonds to pick...
One of our salespeople came to my wife Linda saying she needed help with a client. She simply could not convince the client that her pearl...
Strange stories from the front lines ?We buy jewelry and scrap gold off the street. Recently, two women came into the store with a couple of...
TALK TO THE HAND, LADY! A lady brought in a herringbone bracelet all mangled up. She told me that she never wears it. It just sits...
One day a customer in her mid-40s came in with a wide diamond wedding band on her right hand, which she simply couldn’t get off. I...
Strange stories from the front linesPRECIOUS SILVER ?I was selling at an open-air festival. A woman and her daughter came in to look at earrings. They...
I was a sergeant in the Air Force for 20 years, which I mention in all my advertisements. One day while I was out of town,...
I’m ready to submit my entry for the annual Christmas shopper Darwin award. I had a call yesterday went like this … no joke! “Hello, Jewelry...
?This lady came in, interrupting one of our sales associates (who was working with a customer), by announcing, ?I’m here now, I’d like to see some...
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