Engraving pros...who don't use spellcheck. Let's just say I'm FOEVER avoiding this company. Offered to refund my lock, so at least there's that. read more

Engraving Pros - "Foever" - Engraving Near Me - La Mesa, California

Poor selection and service. I purchased a key chain to be engraved. The engraver was not there so I was told to come back on Saturday. On Saturday the place was not even open so I waited around 20 minutes and the engraver showed up. He told me to come back in the afternoon. ( Third trip now). I came back and the key chain was engraved but I was never asked about the style or font. I took it but vowed to never return. Third world experience. read more

I had an extremely bad experience here. I would recommend that you search elsewhere if you want an engraving on a special and pricey item because this place is very unprofessional. I brought a $300 bottle of Ace of Spades champagne to be engraved by Engraving Pros. They basically ruined this $300 bottle that I was going to get engraved for a very special event and were very unprofessional about warning on the possibility of chipping and even explaining their method of the engraving to a first time customer with a very pricey item. If you see the photo you would understand what I'm talking about. I can no longer use this for my engagement party because its ruined. They attempted to put a sticker over it and still wanted to charge me for just the sticker which is just crazy when they ruined my item worth more than the sticker and the engraving combined. I will never recommend this place to anyone or come back here for anything. read more

Engraving Pros - Chipped and ruined bottle - Engraving Near Me - La Mesa, California

I had 3 items engraved to comply with DOJ regulations. All three were done wrong. They don't know the difference between 3/16" and 3/8" . All 3 are now out of compliance. Thanks for screwing up my property ! read more

Engraving pros accommodated us with a last minute idea during the holidays for 20 tumblers to be engraved with our company logo. The staff at engraving pros was very friendly, helpful and fast. In just a day I had all the tumblers engraved and I dropped 2 additional ones and those were done in about an hour or so. Our staff loved the tumblers and their friends and relatives have asked if we could give them one. I highly recommend Engraving Pros. read more

Engraving Pros - Engraving Near Me - La Mesa, California

I took a bottle of perfume to this store to get engraved, and they said they could handle this with no problem. I was very excited. I went and tried to pick it up the next day; and they scratched the bottle. Left a big mark from the sand I'm assuming when they engraved it? I brought this to their attention and they said they would continue to work on it to get it out. I came back two days later and they didn't succeed, and made it way worse. It now has the "tape off" marks on it. I spoke with the owner and he said things happen, and they don't guarantee anything, and to try to take it back to macys where I bought the bottle. (Because yes they are the ones that messed up the bottle LOL) I've very disappointed in their business. They messed up the bottle, and should fix their mistakes instead of saying mistakes happen.. Don't recommend this business what so ever. Find another location. read more

They did amazing work on some urn plaques that I went in to order. Had it same day in just an hour and for a reasonable price. Super friendly service. read more

Phenomenal work and best price by far highly recommend they did my yeti mug and vector's my image for under 40$ the last place quoted 250$

YELPers, formidable Readers, Harrold went beyond helping me purchase a duplicate key! He also referred me to a local vendor where I can get a, 'valet' key for my Nissan. Completely professional, friendly & competent, recommend this convenient classy merchant. read more

Really quick, easy, and great job! Went in and had it done within a couple hours. Staff was friendly

This little engraving shop has been open for 25 years and it doesn't have a yelp page?! Crazy! It's a very neat shop. Not only does it engraving everything from watches and jewlery to mugs and crystal, it also sells items like this. When you buy from them you get a discount on the engraving too (I wanna say 6 letters free but I'm not sure). I and the rest of my family and friends have had great success with them. I've personally gone there to have something engraved twice. A watch and a knife, and both came out beautifully. They take care to know exactly where you want the inscription to be on the item, provide you with many fonts (depending on what you are engraving), and they are usually done in one business day. I had both mine within a couple of hours. A family owned and operated business ta boot! Sometimes they even have their dog in the store, which is super cute. read more

Engraving Pros - Engraving Near Me - La Mesa, California

Came in to order on Monday Products ready on Tuesday Picked up on Wednesday. Top-notch efficiency, customer service, and we all loved the end products!! :) read more

If it was possible to give them 10 stars I would. The service, the quality of work, and the price...all of it was above and beyond my expectations. Specifically their associate Derek was a delight and professional to work with. For every question I had he was able to provide me the appropriate answer, and continuously build my confidence and trust in his ability to take care of my requests and needs. No matter what you need engraved stop by their store in Grossmont Center before you even think of going anywhere else. I will be a customer for life. read more

I originally went to Things Remembered to have a gift engraved, they told me they do not grave on outside wood pieces. I looked up an engraver in the area that may be able to engrave my box. I came into Engraving Pros right before they were about to close and the young man who was there was polite and willing to help. He was so helpful with assisting me with create the perfect gift and bringing my vision to life. My order was ready for pick up less than 24 hours later. The final product looked even better than what I was expecting. Thanks you guys! read more

I just became the coolest babysitter ever by giving a boy a personalized pocket knife. I had to call around to find a place and the team at Engraving Pros was great over the phone and in person. They were quick and did a fantastic job. It was fun watching this kid open every present with that pocket knife. I am very pleased with my purchase. read more

Great customer service. I needed a small plate engraved for a custom trophy I am making. The gals that helped me were very knowledgeable and professional and the price was reasonable. I would definitely come back for future engraving needs. read more

Such a great business! I was able to find the perfect gift for a friend's wedding and got it personalized within a few days. I was even able to make copy of my keys there. Everyone that works here is very friendly. Great customer service! Definitely will be returning read more

I have a necklace with my dog Speedy's ashes and I wanted to have his name engraved on the back. I decided to go here to inquire and they said it would be done in less than an hour. I let them know what font I wanted and left my necklace with them. I went around the mall and decided to check back after 30 minutes and it was all done. They did it quick and I am so happy with the job they did. read more

Derek did a great job on a cleaver that's going to be a gift, quick and efficient service!!

I took my wedding ring here to have it engraved. It took nearly ten minutes to explain and reexplain the simple message. When I returned to pick it up, the engraved letters came back misaligned. I paid a high price of $35 for this. After paying the cashier said have a nice day. She hadn't even given me the ring I paid for!!! I told her this and she claimed that I put it in my pocket. I showed her my pockets and then she 'found' the ring for me. I emphatically urge others to shop elsewhere for anything important. Terrible service with flawed engravings and high prices. Took the ring back and asked them to buff it out. Got a refund too. A hassle but at least they reversed their mistake. I will take it elsewhere to be done correctly by hand. read more

I am so thrilled I found the Engraving Pros! I needed an urn engraved and nobody was able to do it because it wasn't a flat surface, but the Engraving Pros were able to do it!!! They did the most incredible job engraving the urn and they were also able to do it quickly and had the most amazing people working there. All in all an amazing experience! I will definitely be taking everything I need engraved to them. read more

Great service, and the quality of the work is amazing. I needed a same day engraving and not only was it done promptly, it was reasonably priced. I highly recommend this place. read more

Engraving Pros is a small shop located in the Grossmont Center mall. They offer laser engraving services which is why I brought my iPod here to get the back engraved. I had no issues with the customer service as I told them what I wanted and was out of there in less than 10 minutes. The turn around time is fast. I was able to pick it up the next day and the engraving came out really well done. As far as the prices go, it's not the cheapest in town. Also, if you happen to bring in something you already own, make sure you take it out of the box or they consider it a brand new item and charge you tax on the services. read more

I need a plate engraved ASAP they had it done in a hr great pricing she was also able to tell me the style of lettering for me

Had an amazing experience with this company. The associates are so professional and got my project done so fast!! Harold did such an awesome job!! Thanks so much!! read more

I had 3 pieces engraved here and several of them had intricate artwork, they came out beautiful. I also had a leather wallet engraved for a Father's day present that also came out very nice. They were able to use the artwork I sent them and the prices are fair for the quality of work. Actually lower than a 2 other shops that I know of. I will be back read more

Very helpful and friendly! Got a key made while at Grossmont Center. Can even drop off while running errands and have it ready.

These guys know how to get it done. We dropped of about 80 of the hydro flasks that we needed engraved for our clients and employees. They had it done it 3 days and everything turned out great. Highly recommend!! read more

I popped in to get my E-Cig engraved with my initials. The young lady assisting me was very helpful and even bumped up my order cause I was in a rush. The price was low, the workmanship was perfect and My E-Cig looks awesome!! read more

This was my first time having something engraved so I expect engravers to be experts at engraving and recommendations. Not the case here. I brought in a US Coast Guard Medal of silver to be engraved and the person who helped me said "choose any font you want." He didn't offer any suggestions on the type of metal or other insights so I picked a font that looked clear with good spacing. Picked up the completed product and it looks terrible... barely legible. No clarity of the lines or letters at all. And, they didn't capitalize the individual letters of words that were described on the order by the person who helped me (the sales slip had it correct but perso said that their instructions were to do it as the attachment). What a cluster... And it wasn't polished as he said it would be. Disappointed, I asked if it could be redone. No, according to the woman who came out to help me after I asked the person helping me for more info. She also mentioned during my conversation with her that certain fonts work better with certain metals. Wow, that would have been helpful if I had known that when I initially came in. Then to top it off, after three mistakes (no guidance on fonts, error on capitals, not polished, and not a quality job, not a single offer of compensation other than to "bring us another one and we can re-do it." Bad experience for me and not going back. My medal is ruined and the gift that I had spent $40 having engraved looks like an amateur did it. They should have refunded my money and offered additional solutions. I'll try and post a picture of medal. read more

Engraving Pros - Engraving Near Me - La Mesa, California

Oddly, engravers aren't a group I normally associate with service. That turned out to be a faulty concept. The service here was absolutely amazing. Already recommended to a friend who also had a great experience. read more

My sister and I needed a plaque engraved for our fathers container for his ashes and had to have it quickly to send up North. I made a mistake on it and didn't catch it until I went home. When I went back she showed me my original and I did write it wrong instead of charging me over for it I was charged a small amount and she had it done quickly. I have nothing but good things to say about the Pros at Engraving Pros! The staff are courteous and professional and know what they are doing. The plaque came out beautifully and the first young man who helped me had great ideas to suggest. Our family was extremely delighted with the way it turned out and we appreciate the great customer service. We will use this business in the future. Thank you to the staff we did business with. read more

Horribly run shop. Spoke with employee on the phone stating they could do same day engraving for $30. Drove out there with my family and was told it would actually by $55.17 by Derek but it could be done in an hour and we should just "walk around the mall" and he would give us a call. After 90 minutes or so, I return to the shop and am told by Harold that it may not be done today and when I tell him I paid $60/he for their "labor", I expect them to honor their side of the agreement, he passes me off on the phone to the "manager" (Nicole) who may be the CEO (his words not mine). She informed me that because she's not there(shocking for a manager to be around I know) that they are too backed up today to complete(which was never mentioned before now or else I wouldn't have paid $60 for next day service). All in all it's a company that fails to deliver on their promises which when it comes to laser engraving items, it's important people do what they say they will do. Save yourself over priced charges and two teenagers without supervision making sales without any regard for their customers and find someone else read more

This is not my first time dealing with these folks and while the first few items I had done with them a number of years back were sufficient, this last experience was a nightmare. I ordered two beautiful French Opinel knives for a father and son (my step-brother and nephew, both Marines) who are deploying at the same time. On it I wanted matching family crests with the latin for out family motto inscribed. Said crest was on file with EP and I had taken great pains two years ago to ensure the crest and latin were perfect. While the Opinels were quite a bit more expensive through EP than any other retailers available I was ensured free engraving so we went ahead with the project. The knives arrived and we settled on design elements and placement over the phone, verifying spelling and approximate completion times. When I went to pick the knives up I saw that the latin had been misspelled. The correct spelling was on file as both the file name and as the inscription for previous projects. In addition, the latin used is quite common and easily verified from a number of readily available sources. In short, there is no excuse for the latin to have been incorrect. Rather than offer to replace the knives and redo the work, EP stated that they were not responsible for the misspelling despite the fact that the file was saved under the correct spelling and previous projects were spelled correctly. They stated I could reorder the knives at their cost plus a small charge and they'd redo the work. This put the project over budget (essentially I'd need to eat the cost of the original knives and pay around 75-80% of the original price for a reorder) and past due (the knives would not be ready before the intended recipients' deployment date). This was unsatisfactory and I made the fact known. EP reluctantly offered to sand the incorrect work down and attempt a redo of the engravings. Left as my only viable choice to save the project I agreed. Today I picked up the knives and while the spelling was correct, the sanding job had been done haphazardly, the finish ruined and the overall appearance of the item completely destroyed. The knives were no longer of a quality worthy of any gift. When I demanded a refund EP refused, suggesting that, "Since I did not take them up on their previous offer that I was stuck with the botched project." I will never use EP again and highly recommend you steer clear of them. I am writing this as a veteran, brother, and uncle of deploying service members. This was an important project to myself and my deploying family members and EP utterly and completely ruined it, taking no responsibility for the botched job and showing no remorse (in fact upon "completion" and receipt of my final complaint they showed total disdain for the veterans I mentioned, stating that "sometimes things just don't work out" shrug). I gave this a two star rather than a one star because they at least made a freshman attempt to remedy the situation but their failure to treat the items with the respect they deserved and the total lack of professionalism during the entire process is more deserving of one star. Stay away from these folks. Do not give them the opportunity to ruin any project of importance. Do not trust them to have your interests at heart. Do not expect them to stand behind their services. Do not expect to be treated well. Expect your project to be delayed THEN ruined Expect to be over budget VETERANS / ACTIVE DUTY: AVOID EP AT ALL COSTS TAKE YOUR BUSINESS TO THE HALF DOZEN ALTERNATIVES AROUND TOWN. read more

This place has always done a fantastic job for me but , tonight Harold took their customer service to the next level- Harold's efficiency and professionalism was impressive. He was super helpful, very knowledgeable about services, and friendly. read more

Great service, only took 2 hours for 4 items and came out great. Definately recommend

Had a short notice same day request, not only did they beat my deadline but the craftsmanship was superb. Great knife selection and Great place for Father's Day shopping. Highly recommend if you are seeking high grade engraving. read more

06/18/11. Service & purchase here reminded me why I L-O-V-E small family owned businesses. Due to my procrastination - I was in search for a gavel + engraving. Called that Friday and Carol put aside the gavel I had & recommended I come in to check out since they're able to do one hour engraving & to make sure that it's what I wanted. I was satisfied with what I saw but I had to come back the following day since I ended up coming after the owners left already - but I did get a courtesy call on Friday to let me know exactly what time I could come in the following morning. I was in a rush to get the gavel & leave - forgot the owner's name - but he put it in a box, added the tissue paper, and i was off. Luckily I wanted to show my cousin how it turned out, where she caught we misspelled a word. So I had to return - checked the slip & the worker signed it off, and I did as well - but the owner was more than accommodating to redo the engraving. he had customers he had to attend to when i returned, which i respected since he was giving them his undivided attention, despite my rush. read more

Very helpful and nice, great customer service. They did not have the battery I needed but were still willing to help me on my mission. I am grateful for their help and can't wait to engrave with them. read more

I came in here for one of the guys on my team at work, he was leaving the unit so we decided to get him something special. The guy who helped me was really nice but didnt really know anything about engraving.i told him the general idea of what we wanted, and he assured me the people who engrave it would know how to set it up, since "they do stuff like this all the time". I left the item with its sheath (it was an axe), and a general quote as well as an assurace that the item would be finished in four days. When i went to go pick it up there was a young woman who helped me. It was a monday and you could tell she did not want to be at work. I saw the engraving and didnt really like the positioning or the font, but thatbwas more my fault. Except for the font, i specifically asked for bold letters. I noticed the item did not have its sheath, which i mentioned to the young woman. She concisely replied that if it wasnt written on the receipt then they didnt have it. The engraving was well done though. I could have been more specific and not been so dissapointed. Regardless, I'm never comong back here again. read more