Gemological Trading Corporation
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (206) 625-0105
08/07/2007 Posted by thedavises
My fiance and I found Erin (Gem. Trade Corp.) through FindMyJeweler, which are the nicest people to start with! Erin was our personal consultant and we met only with her. After our initial appointment in which she tooks us through how to choose a diamond and the like, we gave her our "demands" for a stone and she said she would have a look through their database. In the meantime, we comparison shopped at EE Robins. While their service was impecable I believe that they have more overhead and as a result the price of the stone (comparable in every aspect except ours was rated by GIA and EE Robins showed us ones rated by EGL) was a couple hundred dollars higher. Erin never pushed us to go higher and even (when I got greedy) advised that we could always trade in for bigger down the line so not to rush now. She even took taxes and the band into account when showing us diamonds so that our final walk-out price wasn't larger than the budget we have given her. After we chose a diamond, my fiance mentioned that he would like the ring in 3 days to show off at a party we were going to. Erin made that happen. She even went out of her way to get my ring resized THAT DAY (day of the party) when it turned out to be a little too small!! Most places make you wait a couple days to do that. The diamonds are all GIA certified and ours came with insurance as well! It was the best experience I could have imagined and I will never go anywhere else in Seattle. Needless to say, all my friends will also shop there.
Pros: Customer service, value, quality, ambience, microscopes!
Cons: Parking, but it's downtown Seattle, what do you expect?
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