When my wife and I were engaged, we were looking for a smaller, neighborhood, family jewlery shop to help us design a custom wedding band for my wife. I had purchased an engagement ring from an on-line retailer. We were trying to avoid the mall and chain jewlery stores. We could not have found a better place than Gold'n Treasures. The vibe there is outstanding as are the employees and the owner Todd. This had been his mom's store. Todd and his employees were very patient and not once tried to sell us anything or up-sell etc. Any future jewelry purchases we make will be from Gold'n Treasures!

We wanted a wedding band that resulted in an emerald being positioned on each side of a round diamond solitaire. Todd listened to what we wanted and got to work. He included us every step of the way. He had several emerald gem stones delivered to his shop so he could pick out the best and most appropriate and then had us come in to review them to make sure we agreed, He told us all about the emerald market, different areas of the world they come from, pros and cons of stones from different regions etc,

Todd had a plastic molding of the band made for us so we could confirm it's what we wanted. He very thoughtfully figured out how to make the band of the wedding ring fit with the band of the engagement ring, which was a knife edge. This was a very subtle but important issue that we would not have known needed to be considered without Todd's involvement. He never assumed anything and included us at the right time in all decisions.

When the finished band and the emeralds were all ready to go, we scheduled a time to pick it up the finished product. When my wife arrived, she was immediately informed that when Andy was putting the emeralds into the settings on band one of the emeralds cracked. How did he know? He microscopically examined the emeralds very carefully after setting them and observed a tiny fracture that was invisible to the naked eye. Andy put the whole transaction on hold, apologized and asked us for our patience as Todd had some more emeralds sent to the store. Once again, Todd had us come in to review the emeralds he selected etc.

In the end, everything worked out great! My wife loves her ring and gets many compliments. Because of the great service and experience here, we bought my wedding ring here, also.

At not one point in the process did Todd ask for a deposit or a payment, even when we inquired about it. Instead, he'd offer us beer and wine! We didn't pay a dime until both rings were finished and ready to go. In the end, I was pleasantly surprised that the cost of my wife's wedding band was less than 1/2 of what we were quoted by another smaller store in White Bear Lake. The estimate from the other shop was really sketchy, too, as we never even met face to face with owner/designer - our specs were just relayed thru some high school kid working the counter.

Gold'n Treasures provided first rate customer service, the staff are knowledgeable and friendly and the atmosphere was fun and relaxed. The owner Todd sets the tone. He really loves his job and strives for his customers to be pleased. He operates very ethically, as evidenced by the issue with the cracked emeralds which we never would have seen. The price for customized design was truly a great value. We will be back!

Thanks Todd, Andy, and gang!.