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MESSAGE BOARD > PAULA MORAN 06.09.2005 |
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I would
like to share my experience of buying jewellery in Marmaris as a
warning to your readers. My fiance bought my diamond engagement ring
from a jewellers called Omar in the Bazaar by the harbour,
recommended to us by our hotel - he paid £1600 for it. We also
purchased a necklace from Omar for which he charged us £400. Later
in the evening we decided to go into another jewellery shop to get
them to test the diamond in the ring, just in case we were being
conned. This jeweller showed me exactly the same necklace, the same
weight, for £125 and almost the same ring for half of the price we
had paid. We then went into several other jewellery shops where we
saw the same necklace for around £100, so obviously we had been
heavily overcharged We returned to Omar jewellers who refused to
give us a refund or even part of our money back and were quite
intimidating in their refusal. I know this was our fault for not
shopping around but we trusted the word of our hotel manager with
whom we had got quite friendly and this is just a warning to anyone
reading this not to trust any recommendations as these people are
obviously getting a cut of your money - shop around. The shop we
went into to get the diamond tested was called Dede Jewellery and is
run by one man on his own and I would like to personally recommend
this jewellers which is on Long Beach, near the police station, as
being extremely helpful and reasonably priced.
Apart from this we had a fantastic holiday in Marmaris, great
people, great weather and we will return again in the next year or
two. We definitely won't be going to Omar jewellers though!
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