If you're looking for an honest jeweler in Peoria, Illinois - I can't tell you where to find one. I can, however, tell you where you won't, and that is at Roger G Burke jewelers.
Nick Burke, personally, misrepresented the authenticity of a piece to me.
I sold a piece of vintage jewelry to a woman who used Mr. Burke's assistance in misrepresenting it as fake in order to return the piece through eBay without having to pay.
This ended up costing me over $230 out of my pocket, to pay for the return shipping and to pay to have the piece examined and chemically analyzed (for the second time, since I had it done before I sold it) to determine the piece was real, as I described, and as it had been all along.
Mr. Burke lied about the authenticity of the piece, claiming it was fake when it was indeed real, in order to help his client practice deception and abuse the...
Read more45 years ago, we bought our wedding rings from Rodger. He was just getting started in his business. Recently, my wife lost her diamond when her ring got caught in a fence. She didn’t realize the diamond was missing until the next day. We searched but couldn’t find it. She couldn’t get the ring off her finger and had to have a local jeweler cut it off. My ring was too small as well. We mailed both rings back to Rodger’s son, Nick. We just got them back today and they are absolutely gorgeous! They look brand new! We highly recommend Rodger Burke Jewelers. They have great prices and are very professional. You won’t be...
Read moreNick is an expert jeweler who is honest and fair and extremely pleasant to deal with. During the process of buying a wedding band for my wife he was extremely professional and was not pushy or overbearing. Most importantly, my wife loves her ring. I plan to buy from this...
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