Behringer P E Diamonds

I have dealt with the owner, Chris Pinto, for over 25 years. If you want to buy quality jewelry from someone you can trust, he is the person to see. Period.
— Bob D.

I visited this business a few years ago, after I purchased a sapphire ring online. I wanted to have the ring inspected by a jeweler to ensure that it was worth keeping, and if so, I needed to have it sized.
I went to Behringer’s and was shocked at the treatment I received. When I first approached the owner, he said that it was «people like me [people who buy online] that are putting jewelers like him out of business.»
I asked him to size the ring for me, and he shouted, «You’re going to have to pay for it!» I went into the shop with the expectation that I would pay for the time he spent in looking at the ring, in addition to sizing, and so was surprised by his reaction and his snap judgments as to my character.
I am in my mid-​20s, and it was evident that he thought I didn’t have the money to pay for his services. A woman inside the shop said to me, «Is my husband giving you a hard time?» but she said it in such a way as to convey that she thought it was amusing, as if he always treated customers in this way.
In the end, the jeweler told me that the ring wasn’t worth keeping and I returned it to the seller. But my experience here has scared me off of jewelers, and I’m afraid every time I enter a place of business that history will repeat itself.
Stay away from this jeweler: I think it is his bad attitude (and hostility) that will end up putting him out of business, not this newfangled thing called the Internet.