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Comment on Spence Diamonds, What are you thinking? by Spence Sucks

Spence Sucks — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:14:58 +0000

Don’t ever deal with a chick named Nicole (Vancouver)….what a skinny cow…she was rude and irritating…perhaps if she ate something she wouldn’t be so grumpy. The whole store are full of snobs…the product is substandard and they suck!!! Go anywhere else to buy your jewellery…Spence will give you the worst experience of your life!!

Comment on Never Gonna Be Alone by Peter Lynn

Peter Lynn — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:49:13 +0000

I’m not sure it’s ever a compliment to say that anyone looks like Bob Dylan, but I’m pretty sure anyone cultivating such a resemblance shouldn’t be going for the Love and Theft version with the Vincent Price mustache. As the Just for Men commercial would say, Chad, your ’stache is trash.

Comment on Spence Diamonds, What are you thinking? by Liane

Liane — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:16:13 +0000

Spence is HORRIBLE, especially the Edmonton location. I was pretty upset when I found out that that was where my now-husband bought my engagement ring, as I vowed to never shop there because of the stupid commercials. Then we went to them to ask about soldering my wedding set and they said it would take a couple of weeks, so my husband told the girl that we would take it somewhere else to get it done. When we got it soldered, we found that the one band was not made properly and has a big gap in it, so when I took it back to Spence, as soon as they found out it was soldered somewhere else, they immediately got ignorant and snotty (eventhough the girl when she first saw my ring said that it didn’t look right). The manager in no way tried to come up with any solution, was totally belligerant, even going as far as saying that the person who soldered it could have ruined the ring. Between their store and the Customer Service, I emailed them 5 times, not getting one single response back. I finally had to go to the Better Business Bureau. In every email I asked why when my husband told the girl we’d be taking it somewhere else she failed to mention to him that in doing so would void our warranty on the ring, and also as to why they never found it important to email me back at any time. Their response? “The customer has voided their warranty and Customer Care has made every attempt to explain this situation to the client with no success - as you can see.” If you’re thinking about buying from them, DON’T!!

Comment on Uh oh, how did that happen? by Pudding

Pudding — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:39:59 +0000

That’s pretty funny, i’m sitting here looking at my blog and I just went through the blogs I was following before I started neglecting it…I loved the Spence post, and this just brings it further glory. Way to Go!

Comment on Spence Diamonds, What are you thinking? by Spence Coals

Spence Coals — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:50:10 +0000

Not only does he have enervating commercials spoken with an irritating voice, he also employs all kinds of annoying gimmicks! Just this summer his commercial featured a helium-voiced elf, and now he’s chatting with a colleague about how big his heart is! He seems to have bought air space on all Corus network radios, so good luck escaping him (he’s on YOUR side)!

Comment on Spence Diamonds, What are you thinking? by Decided to return the deposit the same day

Decided to return the deposit the same day — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:18:37 +0000

Yeah, I foolishly decided to go ahead and put down a deposit on a rock - figuring, it’s ok and I’ll compare it to what I can find elsewhere later - this way I have one picked out. It’ll cost me another trip out to their store to get my deposit back (I’m definitely going to do it in person - especially after hearing about the problems people had trying to get a refund over the phone!).

Well of course I went online, did my searching (BN) and realized Spence was essentially charging a 100% markup. Um, yeah, I’ll just get the stone myself then.

They do employ really good salespeople - you like dealing with them and they do a good job of explaining the technical details - so I was willing to go back to them to get the setting done by them.

I called to find out if the plan of having Spence set the stone would work. “No, we only set it if it’s a “Spence” diamond.”

Uh, what? why?

“It’s our policy.”

Pass then.

I was ironically considering them DESPITE the annoying ads (which I hear on the Edge too), but if they want to overchage me on the rock and don’t want my remaining business I’ll have some going to check out local crafstpeople my friends recommend instead.

Comment on Spence Diamonds, What are you thinking? by Billybdamned

Billybdamned — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:04:30 +0000

Why are you people so hard on Sean? I could just hug him………….until his friggin’ tongue turns black!!!

Comment on Lucky there’s a Family Guy by tupps

tupps — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:33:32 +0000

ahhh…i thought there was something amiss..

well glad to know i’m not the only one who thinks he has Mephistopheles by his side and yeah I can’t wait for Cleveland’s show as well, is it still going to feature the same son though, that one who’s perpetually on ritalin?

Comment on Spence Diamonds, What are you thinking? by Soapbox Preacher

Soapbox Preacher — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:25:11 +0000

Thanks for the spam, Cory!

Comment on Spence Diamonds, What are you thinking? by Cory

Cory — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:14:42 +0000

I was thinking of going to Spence *for the diamond only*.

If you want to go someplace reputable, with a great selection, try X in the X Building (2nd Floor) at X and X in Vancouver. Ask for X.