Where do I begin? I'm recently engaged and my wonderful fiancé purchased my engagement ring at Guzzetta Jewelers in Roseville, CA. I am not a flashy girl and I personally don't like gotti jewelry, sentimental pieces are my favorite...they mean the most, all of which my fiancé is well aware of. Upon receiving my ring, I was full of joy and felt it was a great representation of me and quickly fell in love. Needless to say, I was unable to wear it because it was two sizes too small. No biggie, it can be resized! After some time of "oohing" & "awwing" over it, I was bummed I couldn't wear my special ring. It was then I quickly noticed the quality of the band. The discoloration and slight bent on the shaft. After careful review, I asked my fiancé how his experience with Guzzetta went and if he knew the size he was given. He proceeds to tell me how he felt as if they intently gave him poor customer service based on his modest budget, and belittled him for his choice of sized diamond. He specifically told the sales lady that he needs a 7.5....my ring size. Before coming to Guzzetta, he went to other places in search of the perfect ring and landed at Guzzetta's.
We then decided we would go to another jeweler to have it looked at, given at the time, Guzzetta was closed. Going in, I wanted to see if they would pick up on what I noticed and telling them I just needed to know the size of the ring and get a rough estimate on sizing. Low and behold...they noticed and gave me their honest opinion without bad mouthing Guzzetta, and actually showing respect of my fiancé's choice of ring!! With the information I recieved, we decided to give Guzzetta the benefit of the doubt, and see if they can fix it.
The following day, we went in and told the gentleman we were given the wrong ring size. Too my shock, no apologies were given. Just a simple "do you have the ring?" & "try this size". I then explained to him that there was a slight bent on the shaft, and he assured me it would be fixed once they size it up free of cost. Ok, great!! It was a quick in and out visit, and handed them my ring and waited for my phone call back for pick up.
They called & I proceeded to drive over to pick up my ring. Upon receiving my newely modified ring, I noticed that it felt a little off on my finger, and had seen the shaft was still bent if not more! I bring it to the sales lady attention, and she tries to explain that it was the design of the ring. I disagreed. She was rude and condescending. She then goes on by saying "if it were a bigger diamond we could fix it". How is the size of the diamond relative to the shaft of the band? Makes no sense, absurd! I respectfully asked her to explain it to me and she couldn't. All she kept saying is that it was a "small diamond" & it was "the design of the band". You can clearly see the shaft angles up to the right. After explaining this to her, she then blames me and says "that maybe you did something to it when you were forcing it on before resizing?" I BEG YOUR PARDON!?! I was clearly upset. So withought causing any attention to myself, I just picked up my ring and left.
As I'm heading out the door, I hear the same lady snickering, laughing and muttering to another lady behind the counter. Clearly she was talking about me, because when I turned around and looked backed at them, they quickly looked the other way. Call me paranoid, but it was obvious given that one other couple were on the opposite side of the store.
We will no longer be doing service with Guzzetta and telling our friends and family of our experience. Regardless of your budget, whether it be spending $25k to $20 on one of their pieces.....do yourself a favor and go somewhere else where they treat you fairly, respectfully and have good work ethics. Their lack of professionalism and good customer service is a huge disappointment!! read more