DO NOT USE PETE MFOR ANYTHING!!! I brought my wedding set to him to sell and became suspicious after many months of him saying he had interested buyers but no saleI showed up unannounced at the store on a Saturday to find 1) that the boy working could not even find my ring; 2) the ring was in TERRIBLE condition once Pete showed up to locate the ringThere were five stones missing that he claimed fell out when he was cleaning itHe never mentioned this when we spoke on the phoneI have had this ring cleaned many times at other places (Blakeman's) and never even had a lose stoneHe offered to replace the stones but after that I decided to take it back to Blakeman'sThey said the damage was so extensive they would have to charge me $to repairUpon examination of the five stones MrMgave to me stating that they were the ones that fell out of my ring, Blakeman's determined only TWO actually came from my ring based on the cutThis man is a snakeI have a pending complaint with the Revdex.com that he is not responding toBUYER BEWARE!
This review is about McBee's Jewelry in Fayetteville, AR This will be a long review, I think
For the short version, DO NOT USE this "jeweler"
He is not always bad, but more often than not he is unreliable and doesn't know what he is talking about, and lies about when your piece will be ready Uses several obviously tried and true stories over and over and over and over againTelling you whatever he needs to say to make you go away for another day or week or whatever
I have had three experiences with this establishment I don't like to admit my ignorance, but am willing to do so to save others at best a hassle and at worst lost or ill repaired jewelry
#Had a pair of earrings I wanted remountedI was promised these within the next week After weeks, I paid for the remounting and was happy with the work
#I had a small diamond come out of my wedding band and took it in to be fixed This was also promised within the next week, as he had to order the stone After weeks, I paid for the repair He kept going on and on about he had to "build up" the outside of the small stones on each side "to keep them from falling out again" I kept looking at my ring, something was different Figured it out: The stone he used as a replacement for my lost one was just a little smaller AND to keep this from being too obvious, he replaced the stone on the other side with the smaller version also Thus the repeated "building up" story
Before I figured out the ring thing
#I took in another pair of earrings to be remounted This was a pair similar to what he had done before This was on February 2, The promised date on the receipt was for February 11, Now I know this was before Valentine's Day, so didn't really expect it to be ready, especially given his penchant for always being late
I would stop by the shop usually once a week to check on the repair
Several excuses used: mountings were on backorder, I'll have them for you tomorrow, probably before noon, the prongs weren't long enough, I need to build them up, I'll have them for you tomorrow, probably before noon, I couldn't "build them up right" I'm have another person "laser weld" them (is that even a real thing?), I'll have them for you tomorrow, probably before noon (this is one of his favorites, and he told me this no less than times)
I finally picked them up April 29, after he said "I'll have them for you in a couple hours" I simply said I'd wait And I did I wasn't leaving without them, fixed or not
They were mounted (not very well) but I paid and left And came home to warn everyone else
If you think you want to use this guy: take lots of good pictures of your jewelry, record every conversation with himThat way you have something to back you up should you need it
DO NOT USE PETE MFOR ANYTHING!!! I brought my wedding set to him to sell and became suspicious after many months of him saying he had interested buyers but no saleI showed up unannounced at the store on a Saturday to find 1) that the boy working could not even find my ring; 2) the ring was in TERRIBLE condition once Pete showed up to locate the ringThere were five stones missing that he claimed fell out when he was cleaning itHe never mentioned this when we spoke on the phoneI have had this ring cleaned many times at other places (Blakeman's) and never even had a lose stoneHe offered to replace the stones but after that I decided to take it back to Blakeman'sThey said the damage was so extensive they would have to charge me $to repairUpon examination of the five stones MrMgave to me stating that they were the ones that fell out of my ring, Blakeman's determined only TWO actually came from my ring based on the cutThis man is a snakeI have a pending complaint with the Revdex.com that he is not responding toBUYER BEWARE!
This review is about McBee's Jewelry in Fayetteville, AR This will be a long review, I think
For the short version, DO NOT USE this "jeweler"
He is not always bad, but more often than not he is unreliable and doesn't know what he is talking about, and lies about when your piece will be ready Uses several obviously tried and true stories over and over and over and over againTelling you whatever he needs to say to make you go away for another day or week or whatever
I have had three experiences with this establishment I don't like to admit my ignorance, but am willing to do so to save others at best a hassle and at worst lost or ill repaired jewelry
#Had a pair of earrings I wanted remountedI was promised these within the next week After weeks, I paid for the remounting and was happy with the work
#I had a small diamond come out of my wedding band and took it in to be fixed This was also promised within the next week, as he had to order the stone After weeks, I paid for the repair He kept going on and on about he had to "build up" the outside of the small stones on each side "to keep them from falling out again" I kept looking at my ring, something was different Figured it out: The stone he used as a replacement for my lost one was just a little smaller AND to keep this from being too obvious, he replaced the stone on the other side with the smaller version also Thus the repeated "building up" story
Before I figured out the ring thing
#I took in another pair of earrings to be remounted This was a pair similar to what he had done before This was on February 2, The promised date on the receipt was for February 11, Now I know this was before Valentine's Day, so didn't really expect it to be ready, especially given his penchant for always being late
I would stop by the shop usually once a week to check on the repair
Several excuses used: mountings were on backorder, I'll have them for you tomorrow, probably before noon, the prongs weren't long enough, I need to build them up, I'll have them for you tomorrow, probably before noon, I couldn't "build them up right" I'm have another person "laser weld" them (is that even a real thing?), I'll have them for you tomorrow, probably before noon (this is one of his favorites, and he told me this no less than times)
I finally picked them up April 29, after he said "I'll have them for you in a couple hours" I simply said I'd wait And I did I wasn't leaving without them, fixed or not
They were mounted (not very well) but I paid and left And came home to warn everyone else
If you think you want to use this guy: take lots of good pictures of your jewelry, record every conversation with himThat way you have something to back you up should you need it