My husband and I moved to South Carolina in May of this year, 2014. We knew absolutely nothing about the area nor any of the businesses. I am very sensitive to some specific metals and unfortunately for our financial situation, my body will only tolerate the more expensive ones. The cheapest I can go on any jewelry is 14k gold. Because of this, I daily only wear my wedding and engagement ring which is 18k white gold. About 6 weeks ago, my husband and I went to 3 different jewelry stores trying to find some simple earrings that I could wear close to daily that would not irritate my ears. Anything less than 14k gold will make my ears hurt and swell in less than 2 hours of wearing. The third place, Carolina Fine Jewelry, was the only place that had something so simple in stock (they also have nicer more expensive items). My husband and I don't currently buy expensive jewelry because we are both going through a total career change. It was our anniversary and my gift was earrings that wouldn't make my ears swell. :) Carolina Fine Jewelry not only was so incredibly attentive and helpful trying to find me something I would want and would be tolerated by my ears but offered that if they didn't work I could bring them back with a full refund. We originally started out working with a nice young woman but ended up being helped by the manager, Mark, who was even more impressive, attentive, and helpful. He even gave us a discount with a promise that we would come back for all of our future jewelry needs. Well now, six weeks later, it is my husband's birthday and we are getting some work done on his watch. In nine days is my birthday and we will be buying my jewelry birthday gift at Carolina Fine Jewelry as well. I have never been in a place that was as caring as these people were. We were not there to spend a lot of money and they knew that from the second we walked in. They were not trying to butter us up for a bigger sale. But let me tell you what they did by default. They have made customers for life out of us. And that will be even better for them once my husband finishes school and can spend more money there. But they don't care how much money you spend or if you are just there to look (which is how we portrayed ourselves when we first walked in). They were kind and attentive. Never ignored us because of how we looked or how much money they assumed we might spend. We are going back tomorrow and cannot wait for another amazing experience with this company. I recommend them highly to everyone, including my closest family and friends. read more