Okay, Giant Sales Don’t Get Much Easier Than This

Published

8 years ago

October 9, 2016

INSTORE Staff

One of my newest staff members was working on the floor, and while she wasn’t too knowledgeable due to how recently she had joined us, she had a very pleasant disposition. A young guy comes in with his wife and asks to see a 4-carat Hearts On Fire Dream cut. Not exactly something we stock. He knew the design, and we looked through the online stock and found a 3-carat Dream cut that they both liked. It was almost too easy — like something was going to go sideways — but they left a decent deposit. The weird thing was that, as the owner, I felt something was left undone. I checked with the Hearts On Fire office and asked what other options they had in perhaps slightly larger diamonds. I got the information and called the young guy. He sounded as though he was in a bar. I told him that Hearts On Fire had a Dream that was 5 carats. It took him about 15 seconds, enough time to swallow a sip of beer, I figured, and he said, “Yeah, sure go ahead. Does it cost more than the 3-carat?” I said yes, and it was a big jump, but he said, “Go for it!” Next time we saw him, he had a certified check in the six-figure range. We have been trying to duplicate that feat, but it seems to be a dream now. — David Blitt, Troy Shoppe Jewellers, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Looking for a Seamless Sale? Call Wilkerson

After almost 60 years in business, Breakiron Jewelers in Erie, Pennsylvania, was closing its doors. And the store’s owner, Linda Breakiron, was ready for it. She had run the store as its sole owner since the beginning of the millennium and was looking forward to a change. Of course, she called Wilkerson. Breakiron talked to other jewelers who had used Wilkerson and was satisfied with their response. “They always had positive feedback,” she recalls. With the sales, marketing and even additional inventory that Wilkerson provided, Breakiron insists she could never have accomplished her going-out-of-business sale without Wilkerson’s help. She’s now ready for the journey ahead, but looking back, she’d be sure to recommend Wilkerson. “They just made the whole process very seamless.”