I always feel a bit awkward walking into a jewellery store. I feel the weight of expectation upon…read moreme, and there's nothing worse than a shop assistant with a sing song greeting, "Soooooo! Shopping for anything SPECIAL?" - as if I'm doing a recce for my dream engagement ring or something. Blergh. But happily, upon strolling into Zamel's - doing a recce for a friend's birthday present - the shop assistant was nothing but friendly and helpful. Not a hint of expectant sing song about her. Instead she helped me with all my many questions, and even took to writing me a list of prices to help me with my comparison shopping. Perhaps it was some sort of reverse psychology at work, but whatever it was, you can consider me grateful.

My boyfriend purchased a ring from here. It was very simple, just 10kt with the tiniest chip, thin…read moreband, and it was $200. However, it was too loose. So they said they'd fix it but it'd cost $50. I paid the $50 and when I got it back it seemed like they did absolutely nothing to the ring. I didn't care to question it and made up my mind I'm never going back there. Honestly, it seemed like they didn't make it the half size smaller At All and just took my $50, laughed about it in the back, and probably spent it at the pub later that day. But basically the stuff there is not impressive either way. I still have the ring, but barely wear it since it's too loose and it's just really overly scratched.