Serious Truth In Advertising... Ok, so I don't usually like commercials and often will change the channel for the really annoying ones... however Brownlee's psuedo jim Cramer-esque campaign made me laugh and stuck in my brain.
My girlfriend had some old jewlery to sell, and so I thought of Brownlee, l looked on Yelp and got some other ideas as well. We went to the store, everyone was very nice and professional, but true to the commercials it was a "low overhead" store.
We stood at the counter watching the jewler examine pieces and scrible numbers on a small pad. After about 30 minutes, and the occasional pacing, a number was given. It was less than she wanted based on a previous "insurance appraisal". Next we went to a big name place in a big name Gold building, in South Park... very swanky setup and really nice stuff... we waited in the lobby until called ... went to a back room full of diplomas and high tech microscopes and such. Very friendly and professional gemologist, the surroundings were so nice .. I half expected a glass of champagne.
I expected the quotes to be off by a small percentage ... maybe $100 or so. In fact Brownlee offered 54% more than the gold building place, which was several thousand$.... needless to say we flew back before they closed ... and yes the check cleared !