I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I thought I would be browsing the clear glass display cases of a retail jewelry store with a snobby clerk sneering at my working-class blue jeans. Instead, the man at the other end of the phone was the most friendly, down to earth guy when I met him. Sure, I had to call and make an appointment, but that elminated the blundersome task of perusing an inventory of sub-standard diamonds that would have been inevitable at a standard retail outlet.
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