In April, I went to Baxter’s to get my husband’s brand new watch (which I bought elsewhere) engraved as his wedding gift for our September 1st wedding. In May, I was told I could p...ick it up, only to find out that they messed up on the engraving and didn’t think to tell me. They actually thought I wouldn’t say anything. They engraved the watch so the wording was slanted and diagonal instead of straight and center in relation to 12 o’lock, the watch was straight. when you tilted your head to the right. They told me “no one was ever wanted it the way I wanted it and they did it straight based on where the brand name was on the back of the watch”. First of, who in their right minds wants to cock their head to the side to read an engraving? Secondly, who cares what everyone else wants. It is about what I wanted. They should have just admitted they made a mistake. They were not eager to remediate the issue either and instead made me feel like I was unsatisfied for no reason. I demanded they fix it. Be it new watch or new back of the watch, they need to fix this mistake they made on my sentimental wedding gift.
Fast forward to the end of July when the watch was ready after multiple follow-ups on my end regarding the watch’s status and multiple visits to the store, my watch was ready. I spoke directly with the owner. I told him the quality of work and customer service was atrocious and I was not asking for a lot. Had I not been proactive and this happened later in the year, who knows if I would have had the watch done by the wedding date. I told the owner my husband and I gave them a lot of business. My custom designed engagement ring, both mine and my husbands wedding bands, came from Baxter’s. We sent our friends there, who also customized his wife’s engagement ring there and my family as a whole has provided Baxter’s with a lot of business and I was shocked with how unprofessional his staff was. The owner gave me the watch and told me when I need new batteries for the watch to not bring it there. I could not believe this was coming from his mouth, but then again if his employees are going to behave like this, well they say “the tone is set at the top”, so suffice it to say, I can’t be entirely shocked. My husband and I will also never be shopping at Baxter’s ever again.