Super casual guys...super casual! I'm not nervous...coming from the one with the script...!
Hi Everyone! Welcome back to my channel, this is Bonnie with By Bonnie Jewelry, where I talk about
all things diamonds. So today it's really special because I have actual real clients in store
that have bought from me and I want to interview them because of course they're so beautiful to
look at...I mean come on...like look at her and look at him...they're like supermodels! Let's start with
introducing yourself! Hi! My name is Stephanie, I live in Livermore and we just recently got
engaged back in August! Bring the hand closer...YES! Look at that...Oh my God! Congratulations
on that! So...thank you! and...Taylor for a better half...we're getting married
next year so we came to pick up the ring and we couldn't be more excited! How did you end up
here? Because I know from just talking to you about cars...we were talking about car shopping...
this guy like...he knows stuff and he does this research before he buys anything! Tell us about
like the your shopping experience before you met me and then how we got connected... Yeah so...
Ironically enough found you on YouTube, so luckily Google has figured out that I was looking for an
engagement ring and sent you know...targeted ads my way...and we were actually watching
a YouTube video in bed at night...yours was one of the related videos to it...Oh, together you were
watching it together...yeah we went through the process together....see they can do that...you guys can do stuff
together too...a lot of you the viewers are like..."Oh should I do it by myself? Or should I do it together?"
This day and age guys a lot of people are shopping together! I think it's...
honestly the best way to do it, where I had a rough idea of what she wanted but you know...
getting down to like those final details of like how many millimeters do you want...
Write it down guys...! I think that's where it was really easy to have her there the whole time!
We saw a little video...the little thumbnail of your video... I was like..."That's the perfect ring...right there!"
Ohh...there was a perfect ring...oh okay, I didn't know that. We clicked on that...watched the
video...had no idea who you were at the time and then in your caption it said (650)... we're like
"Oh, that's nearby..." Oka, so looked you up immediately - Awesome! We'd been to probably like 10 jewelers before that
and like you said...I'm a big research guy obviously this is a huge purchase...yeah of course...you know you wanted
to be the right one, it was just a very different experience, when I first spoke to you, where
everyone else I felt like was trying to like you know... sell me a diamond or sell me you know... them or whatever
and and you were just very different on the phone, very straightforward which I
personally like to deal with that way...I'm from New York, so I'm definitely a straightforward person...
Ohh okay...all those New Yorkers are watching because I know you're watching...I have New York clients yeah....
"I'm walking here...I'm walking here..." Thought I knew what I was talking about with like...
you know the GIA stuff and you know the quality and everything and you're like...all of that goes out
the window...like you need to see the stone and I know...I know, when he called me he was like.."Oh
Hey! Like I've been to like 10 different places and this and that...I'm like okay! I mean...that's
fine you know...and I was...I respect his research obviously because everyone's doing research but I
felt like what you were telling me the experience was like...jewelers were some of the people that
you worked with were just like what...like taking screenshots of like stones that they have not seen...
Right...yeah and they were just quoting you that way...Yeah....yeah so basically like the same thing is
if you were to do your own online shopping...like capturing things and be like..."Oh yeah here's what
we can offer... and here's the price..." When I heard that...I was like...Oh my God! That was like...kind of the like bad
experience of that...like we went to one jeweler in San Francisco and drove all the way out there
looked at the stone...it was like terrible immediately and we just spent you know...
3 hours driving driving back and forth and I think it was just because...they wanted us to get in the shop and
and maybe we'd buy something that day...This guy had a list and that list was impressive! When I got his
list...I was okay, let's see what he's gonna say...let's see what's gonna say...because I was
always telling him...I was like...whatever he started telling me...I was like..Okay, like I understood your
point but I always told you like...what the certs says yeah...it's not what the diamond looks like...!
and it was proven to you..! Yeah it was the most true thing you said! You were like...I'm not like...I won't
speak to you until the perfect diamond is here! and like...then you can come in and it was and
that was the one we bought! And now you're just happy! Like how happy are you with this ring?
It's stunning! I...I can't stop looking at it! How many compliments do you get on it? Multiple! Every
single day...whether we're at the grocery store or a restaurant or I'm on zoom at work...and people are
just commenting...! I get compliments too! They're like...they're like..."Oh great job picking it out!"
I'm like...talk to Bonnie... I didn't do anything...
Let's talk about like...you know in my channel I talk about like quality of craftsmanship...
So I helped you out with the diamond selection... so you felt that whatever... you relied on
my expertise pretty much...like that I was telling you...hey whatever it says on the certificate is not it..!
So I showed you something incredible...yeah! and that I curated...so for those of you who don't
understand what curation is...it's basically part of my process I look at tens of diamonds...maybe even
hundreds...to get to that perfect parameter in real life...not just what's on the certificate! Because
the certificate can say...we're about to show the footage of that perfect stone, that you saw by
the way...it was like perfect on the spinning video... I even still...I saved the spinning video because
I was like...has this been photoshopped?! because it had like no bow tie...it was like perfect and
then in real life...it was like a double tuxedo... it was like a double bow tie...just like you were
shocked when you saw it! I was shocked...! Yeah...I was like... oh my God...this guy just drove like...what an hour
and a half there...spent time...an hour and a half back and the jeweler was telling you like..."Oh yeah...
Because what I would tell everyone was like...if you're not going to give this to your wife or
girlfriend or significant other like...I don't want to see it then! Like...right...if it's not good enough
for you...it's definitely not good enough for me! Yeah....and there was basically no filter process...I never felt
like anybody really...it was either like you know just a train...like here's your textbook manual like...
Say this about you know...what's the shape and cut the color...like very robotic...right? Yeah...yeah and
there was no real like someone...really there like curating for you...like..."Hey! I know this is the one...!"
so I'm glad you guys had that experience with me which is good! So for those of you who always ask
me like..."What is the curation? Why is it so special?" Here it is...real life people! Let's talk about the
quality of the craftsmanship...So you've seen rings... so tell me if there's a difference...Did you see a
difference with the quality of the craftsmanship? or you felt like..."oh..it's all the same..." The idea of
having the completely personalized option, exactly what I wanted down to the you know...point...0.1
of a millimeter...is just exactly...the hidden halo and having the same color of diamonds on the pave
that the center stone is...and it all matches! The color clarity matches the color clarity match!
There's so many things to factor in...and it's such a
business that like...not a lot of people...obviously you only buy one of them...you know in theory...
where it's something that a lot of people don't know about it...and one of the things we notice
a lot of the jewelers would do too is...they would outsource...whoever actually made the setting...yeah
so like one jeweler...a local jeweler, we were like try to support local...that we went to
in the beginning...they kept sending...they would like send it out to a company who
obviously was limited because they were just mass producing the same...same setting over and over...
There was no personalization...yeah and there was no way I could have gotten this...from anyone else! Oh that's awesome! Thank you!
To speak to what you guys were saying about the craftsmanship...so that
you guys actually understand how I make my rings right...so each ring that is made...
First we start with the engineering of the ring...we select the center stone, then we start engineering
the ring...making sure that what why is it low profile...why is it flush band...all these things
I talk about in my channel...we think about that in the process of making your ring and we start with
raw...just metal and then every single stone, every single pave we carve it and we set it by hand
and a lot of the settings, that are like you said mass-produced...they're all pre-drilled...pre-done by
machine, so that also affects the weight of the metal right...So when the machine comes out this
way, so there's already half the weight of the metal before you even start stone setting...right!
So that already takes away the heft of the right... yeay...right so that which is like you know...when you
you buy something...it's nice, it's heavy...yeah like a nice pen...right! it's heavy..."It's an amazing pen
to for professionals..." It's nicely made! So that and then plus the color clarity matching...!
Let's talk to my audience about price...because this is one of the things where you know...people are always
like..."Oh...everything's so personalized...it sounds like it's not affordable...like...should I reach
out to her? Should I not?..." Like this is one thing that...guys especially...when they're watching this...
The most important factor...so talk to my audience like...when you walked out of here...Did you feel like whatever
price you paid was something that you thought was right for the product that you received? I think...
I actually got away cheap to be honest...I probably shouldn't talk about that...ahhh I should have charged you more...
Yeah...no it's one of those things, where I think there's good tools out there like...
you know...Rare Carat and stuff like that... that are probably pretty accurate as far as
what something should cost...I don't know if that matches to what the actual quality
is in reality...I think that's where you're different! Where I think you're
you know...right where you need to be price wise but you're getting like...what you should be paying...!
So you got a deal! He is smiling...you see that smirk on his face...he's like trying not to tell
other people...it wasn't just about the price of it though...it's the price for the personalized
ring with looking...having you look at all of those stones and you know...sending us all those options
then being able to customize the band and I really felt like we knew everything in the process as it
was happening...and you were so timely with updates and yeah...I try to do that guys...and tried...it yeah the overall
service...just like you like text and it's just super easy I feel like...I'm just like you know talking to a
friend that just happens to be making the ring for me so...yeah, that's awesome! Everyone's dying to know how
did he propose...Let's...I wanna know like...was going through a bunch of ideas maybe go somewhere
fancy like...Palm Springs and like you know try to do something great...but that's not really us!
Had it worked out, where I sent everything to her parents house...like decorations and everything...
She drove to pick me up at the airport, sent her parents into the house to go decorate...
and you know...Oh wow! So you must have been shocked...! Completely! So completely shocked... because I had left...
the house was how I had left it... First thing we did was walk right up the stairs...
and...there was candles...and rose petals...and champagne...and it was perfect! Yeah...almost
perfect...it took her about five minutes to say yes.... because she was staring at the ring the whole time...
I think the first words that came out of my mouth are..."Oh my God! It's so stunning...!"
Yeah...she was more focused on the ring than me...little pointer for those of
you out there, who are like thinking about proposal...I would say this to every couple...
Try not to complicate things...you know, I've had like guys...try to like climb like...have the girl
climb on top of some mountain...and they're like all sweaty...and they don't want to be
like...captured and yeah....all that stuff and the wind is blowing...your hair is like...
all over...couldn't take a picture...yeah, I did that...I went through like...seven million different
possible, potential ways of doing it...and that was that the...was intimate... the best one! Okay, it was the best one!
It was us...which was the most perfect way! Awesome... awesome! Well thank you for saying through this
like little casual interview... Is there anything else you want to say to my fans, who are watching
and you know...they're thinking about should I contact Bonnie? Like...should I get her expertise...?
Is there something that you want to say to them...for me? Yeah...I mean...I think it's...I think...look at that...
Look at the camera!... He is so nervous...
No, I mean obviously Bonnie is...you're amazing, you're the right person to deal with
we just actually came by to buy our wedding bands now, so we're getting the full...the full set from
you and everybody else we know will be...will be coming here as well so...yeah we're recommending
you to everyone! Oh thank you so much guys...! So if you just click on my referral code...
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