We have always trusted Todd with our jewelry business. We have also referred many friends and…read morefamily to them as well. All had a positive experience and ended up purchasing their engagement rings from Gold'n Treasures. Even with Todd gone, we will continue to who do our business there. Because all the staff have become like family to us.

This review contains two stories: One of them is about jewelry, and the other is about *my*…read morejewelry. Shall we start with my jewelry? Yes, let's do that. My engagement ring has been perched on my hand ~24/7 for the last ~3 years, and OH MY GOD I LOVE IT. I just bloody well love it. This ring is the best insurance my partner ever bought -- even when I am ready to run (not walk!) back to singledom, I think, "But I can't get divorced; I have this absolutely perfect ring pair." (I mean, I'm sure people still wear their wedding+engagement rings after getting unmarried, but it seems like maybe that would be weird?) Todd has a whole process for helping people find an engagement ring, and it's... very chill. Very, very chill. This is not -- not upon NOT -- the kind of thing where you walk into a mall & some person with a Muppet-level fake smile says a bunch of clichéd BS while trying to upsell you some overpriced piece that they swear you can afford on their secretly 30% APR credit card. Nope. Gold'n Treasures is run on *relationships.* This is the most delightful & delightfully human jewelry-buying experience you will ever have. This is like... you walk in. Todd, who clearly loves people (but in a laid-back way that's still comfortable for introverts -- will vouch!), says hello, offers you your choice of beverage, and welcomes you to his back room studio, where he has not one, but several, towers of trays of example rings. And whooo-boy, he's got EVERYTHING. You want classic? Got it. Modern? Got it. Looks like an antique? Yup. Looks like a Calder sculpture? Uh-huh. Simple? Absolutely. Batshit crazy giant grandma rings that take up half your finger? In spades! You weren't looking for diamonds? He's got a whole array of Sharpies for you to recolor the example rings to your liking. And Todd is *not* in a hurry. "Play!" he says. "Have fun!" he encourages. Oh, you brought your toddler with you? She gets a beverage & is also welcome to play with the example rings. This place is magic. I spent a semi-forever going through example rings, & had selected about a dozen candidates... and Todd sent me home with homework! He gave me a URL & said, look through these, let me know what jumps out at you. I clicked & clicked & clicked, & emailed Todd with at least a half-dozen additional candidates. He said he'd order those models, and we set another appointment time. But here's the best & most amazing part: This whole time, I was more-or-less looking for a ring that I liked well enough that my partner also liked. We have *radically* different tastes, and I have a long history of pathological people-pleasing; I guess, on some unconscious level, I felt like the tastes & opinions of the person purchasing the ring were more important than the tastes & opinions of the person who was actually going to wear the ring. I liked something about each of the rings I'd identified for Todd, and also they were all compromise designs. Somehow -- and reader, truly I have no idea how, other than perhaps by being a second- or third-generation jeweler -- Todd sorted through a pile of gold, diamonds, & red herrings to find EXACTLY the right-for-me ring. We're sitting in that bright, sunny showroom, drinking coffee & champagne (respectively), and what we think we're doing is coming to see 18-someodd model rings & color them all in and deliberate all day. Todd says casually, "Oh hey, we just got some new rings in -- I want to show you something." And he comes back with The Ring. It's so absolutely perfect that I don't even bother to contain my enthusiasm. Todd hands me the Sharpies. I doctor up the model. Having now seen this thing, I am done with compromising. And just like that, Todd gets on his computer & finds the right kind of stone in the right color in the right size for my setting, and somehow manages to bring it all in under the $number my partner had quoted for a budget. (And then we bought some wedding bands.) This, finally, is Story #2. There are two ways to run a jewelry business: one is where you take every customer for as much as you can get (because you've got high overhead & you know like 1/3 of them are going to default on those credit cards), and the other is the relationship model -- where you get to know people, and where they keep coming back to you (and bringing their friends & family) because you're just that awesome. Case in point: My family's been buying jewelry from Todd for 35 years, & I didn't live anywhere near the Twin Cities when all of this was happening. There's still nowhere else I would have gone to look for a ring, & nowhere else I would have found *this* ring. And yes, I'll be back. :)

Very fair and willing to work with you no complaints from this place highly recommend it happy…read moretravels people

we got my now wifes engagement ring here. we were looking for a specific brand and they just so…read morehappened to carry it. having never even looked at engagement rings in person yet this experience was great and fun. they were super responsive via email when my wife was asking questions before we went in. when we did finally go in they remembered her and were ready to go with the items we were looking for. they didnt push us to spend above what we wanted or make us change our mind. they made us feel like the decisions we were making were the right ones because they were the ones we wanted to make. they also answered all our questions and follow up questions that we had when we got the ring. they overall made the experience one we will always look back on and have great memories of. the only reason i wouldnt give them a 5 star rating is the box we got with the ring wasnt exactly what we would have liked. it didnt feel as special as we thought we would have got and we werent the biggest fan of the chocolate brown box for the engagement ring. wished we could have had some say in that. other than that though i wouldnt hesitate to go back here and make another purchase.

I had an awesome experience here just walking in off the street. I had just purchased a new Citizen…read morewatch and it was too tight - Sarah immediately made me feel at home and took my new watch in the back to add a link back in for me. Mind you, this jeweler does not even offer Citizen watches. They didn't make me feel "less than", and they were extremely friendly and helpful. Sarah even let me try on a $5,000 Breitling while I waiting for my watch to be adjusted. The icing on the cake was when I asked how much I owed them, and she refused payment and said it was on the house. Incredible service, and I will be going to R.F Moeller once a Breitling is finally within the realm of possibility for me :)

i've had excellent experiences here! obviously everything is BEAUTIFUL and the staff is extremely…read moreknowledgeable. i brought in a ring for a gem ID and repair as well as another ring for repair. my heirlooms were in fantastic hands quite pricey, but that is to be expected considering their quality and expertise. AND you get a ring pop on the way out (in case you didn't find one already)!!!

My Fiance bought me an Engagement Ring from a different Jewelry store & the band is full of…read moreDiamonds but the center stone was a CZ which I knew that when it was purchased. Knowing that we were gonna have to set a 1.00 CT Diamond for it. We went to the Jewelry Exchange in Eagan, MN on March 25 2021 for my Birthday & Joseph the store manager was unbelievably knowledgeable, honest & made sure this was the Diamond I wanted even after it was set in my ring! I recommend this place to everyone & Joseph being your salesman. I've already referred a friend to Joseph at the Jewelry Exchange Eagan, MN! Shannon M. Goettsche

My friend wanted to look at engagement rings and the selection here was pretty small. There were…read morenot many rings on display to look at. The staff was friendly but passive, and were not very helpful in making recommendations and guiding my friend in this process. If you know exactly what you want this would be a great spot to get a custom ring made.

Ron is the real deal. He knows his stuff and his low overhead gets you the best pricing in the…read moreTwin Cities, possibly in all of MN. I've worked with wholesalers in San Francisco and NYC and Ron is much more honest and his pricing is better. As he will tell you, go shopping to understand what you want and then go see him. Make sure to note the price you would pay at other jewelers. You will not be disappointed with the outcome. I look forward to working with him again. Thanks for a great deal, Ron! My wife loved the diamond studs.

excellent workmanship, respectable, and very reasonable. i have all my friends go to him if they…read moreneed work done on their jewelry. Ive been going to Ron since the late 1970's, early 1980's.

What an amazing shop! I came in due to a loose stone on my ring. They were so prompt, kind, and…read moretalented. Their goldsmith is top tier. Thank you so much. What a great experience. I will continue to come here.

I cannot recommend White Bear Lake Jewelers enough, especially their master jeweler, Ben. I wanted…read moreto upgrade my center stone, but because my ring has a unique two-sided tension mount, multiple other jewelers told me it was impossible without destroying the ring. Ben was the only one who found a way. He removed the original tension setting entirely to create a blank canvas, then molded and recreated a brand-new tension setting from scratch specifically designed for my new stone. He managed to do this while keeping the rest of my original ring exactly the same. The result is so seamless that it doesn't look like a modification; it looks like the ring was originally designed this way from day one. Because my ring is over 20 years old with numerous side diamonds, Ben performed a full inspection and caught several issues I hadn't noticed. He secured loose stones and corrected a faulty previous repair, fine-tuning the piece until it was objectively a brand-new ring. Ben was also a great partner in sourcing my diamond. I was very particular about the specific grading specs I wanted, which made it challenging to stay within my budget. He navigated the search and found the perfect stone. If you have a complex vision or a sentimental piece that needs expert care, go see Ben. He exceeded all my expectations.

Gloria's is the best, family owned and 5 star service jewelry store out there. We have had such a…read morewonderful experience with them for years now. My husband purchased my wedding ring and band with Michelle at Gloria's and since then they have been amazing with customer service, quick replies, and providing different options for resizing, cleanings, etc. My ring is gorgeous and I can't imagine a better design. My husband loved his experience of working with Michelle and designing it. It's perfect!

I went in for a simple appraisal this afternoon and potential resizing for sentimental pieces. I am…read morenot one for writing reviews, but my experience today has stuck with me. Walking in, I immediately felt as if I were intruding. The older woman "helping" me begrudgingly took a minimal glance at my pieces and told me they were worthless with no explanation. I truly wasn't expecting anything extraordinary in terms of value and had expressed that. The signs and reviews indicate that Gloria's is an establishment that buys pieces so I assumed that this was a hospitable environment to evaluate things I was curious about. I simply wanted ANY piece of information, and was denied. She told me that she "wasn't going to go over the details," which is suspicious in itself. If that were the case, I would have wished she had told me she couldn't look at them in the first place and saved us both the time. It wasn't a timing issue, my partner and I were the only customers in the store from arrival until departure. I am young and a minority, I was openly uneducated about the jewelry, and I can't help but feel as if that all amounted to her poor treatment of me. She claimed to have decades of experience, but her patience and decorum did not emulate that. Taking myself away, everything else amounted to the feeling of something scammy and cold, which is a shame.

I had two watch batteries replaced, a new watchband put on, and links removed from a bracelet. It…read moreall went well.

They helped me picked out the ring I wanted to propose with and helped expedite setting the stone…read moreso that it was ready for me before I did my surprise proposal. They had affordable options that fit my budget. We had to go back to get it resized and they did a great job of making it a priority and getting it done within an hour as well as polishing it and cleaning it up. I highly recommend them!