Did NOT get my ring today....

Otherwise known as 'why I hate pushy goombas that are too stupid to realize not to mess with a sure sale'

We had such a horrible experience at the Zales at Tanger Arches that we actually had to walk out this evening. When we went a few weeks ago we saw a really nice girl who wasn't pushy at all. She wasn't in today, so we had to see another salesman, and we said that we had chosen a ring and would like to purchase it. Upon hearing that it was 'only' 1/4 ct tw, he started pushing and prodding that I should try on the 1/2 ct tw again to make sure, and because I'm a 'tall girl' I can get away with more bling. Whether I'm a tall girl or not has no bearing on the ring I should be wearing!

He pushed and prodded and said that in the future FH will buy me enhancers and wraps and other pieces to dress up my e-ring to wear on my right hand (clearly he does NOT know my FH ) and because of these phantom rings I'll be getting in the future, I MUST get a larger wedding band that can stand its ground on its own alone on my finger. We felt so pressured by the hard sell, that we literally said that we needed to take a walk, and would be back in a few minutes.

The punk did have a point, because the larger ring did look a little nicer by itself, although I liked the smaller one better in tandem with the e-ring, but I didn't appreciate him bringing my physical appearance in to the equation, and the fact that he didn't seem to care that I said that I really didn't want the bigger ring. FH said to get whichever one I wanted, and was being somewhat cool about the whole situation, but then when he brought in a second salesman we felt like we were being tag teamed, and just had to leave.

I am soooooooooooo disappointed that we weren't able to get the ring today. But we weren't going to stand for that kind of treatment either. BS! In trying so hard to make the 'bigger sell', they lost the sure thing sale completely. When we go to Good Old Gold to pick FH's ring, I'm hoping they have a comparable ring in that price point as well, though I'm not holding my breath, because I'd really love to not buy it from them on general principal now