Jared Galleria of Jewelry

My partner and I have been together for 17 years, and we are getting married this summer.
We were flying back to Illinois for Christmas to see my family. We thought we would find some nice engagement rings we could give to each other and watch my mom’s eyes smile.
We started at Tiffany’s…and went to several other stores. 2 things we quickly learned.
1. Nobody stocks men’s rings in larger sizes.
2. Many places would modify the rings for an added cost and no real assurance that they would look right when done.
Our last stop was Jared’s… We ran into the same thing… Nothing in-​stock. We were about to leave when the manager came over to see if he could help. I explained the time crunch and not wanting to spend money on a ring that needs to be modified.
He came up with the perfect solution… Jared’s has in house design and repair shop. He said that they could make 2 sterling silver rings from scratch in time for us to travel home.
The rings are simple silver bands, and the manager had them inscribed inside to for no extra charge. They cost us $ 75 each. The manager went above and beyond… He did not have to tell us about this alternative, but because he did; we will upgrade our rings with him before the wedding.
Thank you Jared!

Beautiful jewelry… But what jewelry isn’t beautiful in the right lighting and cases? However, snobbery and ignorance make everything less appealing. Was planning to order a personalized ring and earrings online but it was immediately apparent that an older salesman didn’t consider me worth his time or effort so he immediately shluffed me off to another, who didn’t have any idea what she was talking about.
I was looking for 8 mm studs, which they didn’t carry, so she showed me a pair of 4 mm studs and was told that the 8 mm would be half the size of the 4 mm. What? Since when is 8 mm smaller than 4 mm?
It was obvious to me that my pending purchase was a waste of their time. If this is what their customer service/​knowledge base looks like then I don’t want their product. Looks like I’ll have to go elsewhere.

My husband is not a shopper. Actually, he loathes crass American materialism.
Further he hates jewelry on principal. He won’t even wear a watch.
He calls my silver earrings, rings, and occasional necklace «hardware.»
And not in a nice way.
Still a couple years back when’s I spotted a coworker’s Pandora bracelet and fell for it (my grandma, aunts, mom and I all had charm bracelets) hubby spotted an opportunityto relieve his shopping woes.
So, one fateful Valentine’s Day he went to Jared.
He took Princess for moral support. She loves these outings. Jared probably oughta give her a commission.
And now I have my own Pandora bracelet. I love it. He and Princess go choose special beads. For me for most holidays. (Unless they get me cookware at Williams and Sonoma but that is a different review).
The people are super nice there and they helped him feel comfortable shopping for hardware for me.
Valentine’s is coming up. I smell a bead.
Maybe two!
Awesome.
P. S. I bought bracelets and beads in here for two cousins for their graduations and had a really good experience. The woman helping me was lovely.

I came here to get my watch band adjusted. I must say, I was really impressed with the service they provided. I guess with any jewelry stores, they really need to differentiate themselves with top-​notch service. You get greeted as soon as you enter and was immediately taken care of. It took awhile for them to take off the links of my watch (it’s complicated), so I was able to walk around the store in the meantime. They had a children play room with a 2 TVs, table and small jungle gym type thing. I noticed a man was offered bottled water as he was shopping around and to top it off, they had free umbrellas for customer use. With a note «return it the next time you shop at Jared». I thought it was a nice touch in this rainy city.
After spending at least half an hour getting it just right, the watch adjustment was free of charge. She asked me to donate for St. Jude since they’re doing a drive which I happily did.

Jared’s is the place we go to for all our jewelry needs, always!!!
My mother in laws birthday is around the corner and since we were in the area, why not take advantage of the tax free merchandise and get the gift now:)
I found this location thanks to my Unilocal locator! I didn’t know there was a closer location than the Tigard store we visited last time.
All the stores seem to be set-​up similar which is very smart, you can head to the product you are looking for immediately.
We were welcomed instantly, I LOVE this about Jared’s and they are always on point. The Lady helping us was awesome, very helpful and super friendly. We were able to select the items we were looking for and a bonus that they were even cheaper than the listed price!

Last year, my boyfriend and I went ring shopping so he could get an idea of what I like and where to go. We stopped in a Jared and explained that we were only here to look. We wanted him to pick out the final ring and to do it when he was ready. We met with a man and a woman together to look at rings. I found a perfect setting that I was so excited about as well as a beautiful diamond. That would have been the perfect time to end the appointment and without a doubt, my fiancé would have been back shortly after to purchase that ring. Instead, the salespeople began pressuring us. They said they could have the diamond we picked put in the setting so we could see it together. At first, they said they would do it that day and we could come back to check it out later. We thought that sounded okay, but then they started doing a bunch of paperwork including signing us up for a credit card. They explained that in order for them to put the diamond in the setting, we would actually need to go through the paperwork process first. I stopped them and explained I DO NOT want to be present when my fiancé is making his final decision and doing all of the paperwork. They continued to say it was just policy and we weren’t obligated to buy even after doing everything. I continued to insist that this is not what we wanted to do. The saleswoman pulled me aside and said lets go look at rings for him! I begrudgingly went with her and felt so patronized while I could hear the salesman try to convince my fiancé to complete the process. These two were very unprofessional and had no respect for how we wanted to pick out and buy my ring. They were just looking to make a sale regardless of what we wanted. I was disappointed I had such a bad experience there because I did really love the ring we found. Thankfully, my fiancé ended up going with Kassab and purchased a beautiful ring from respectful, professional staff on his own terms.