Getting gold things made
 

Ok so Mrs Spugsy wants a nice birthday present, she wants something like this:

http://www.tiffany.com/shopping/item...rm=&omcid=SGE1



But as you can see it's $2k. Now obviously Tiffany is expensive and she's not that arsed and suggested getting it made over here from one of the Gold Souks.

Has anyone had anything like this done and can anyone give me some advice of where to go and how much I would pay?

Cheers all...

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go to Cara in the G&D park. Workmanship costs will be peanuts - and you can watch them work away in their rabbit warrens if you are really bored.

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Yep, Cara is the place to go. They'll charge you the going rate for gold and not much more. They have a deserved great reputation and I've used them for years.

Take in a photo of what you want, although they may have something similar in stock.

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Is that the place near MOE?

I'll drop in, it's next to my fitness place.

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yes, next to the RTA centre on the other side of the road.

Go to Cara, not Carla which is a shop next door (which I can't help thinking are a rip off). I was there last week - prices are only every-so-slightly negotiable but they are fair. Unlike the rest of the crooks in that place.

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Sounds great, cheers mate.

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I think they are owned by the same guy to be honest with you, he owns a load of stuff in there.

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Kiran, the owner of Cara, also owns Urban Tails 'pet resort'.

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does he? he also owns the Lovelinks Shop and the Pandora one in Gold and Diamond

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I think they are all owned by him and his brother. He's a very switched on chap.

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very and you know he can't read?

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Really? He can manage number all right. I am sure I've seen him write stuff down, so I wonder if we're talking about the same man? Either way, they have good businesses. :)

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No way? I'd better get a good deal then as that's where Santi goes.

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Think you could take video or lots of pics of the craftmanship? I love to watch craftsman, especially old world craftsmanship.

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That sounds all very Ann Summers....so dare I ask? :D

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bob your thinking lovebeads hun!

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Cara's is the only place I would use. We bought our wedding bands there. Also I bought my mrs engagement ring and another ring from there. Anytime I'm passing, I pop in and they will polish my ring for free..fnar. Seriously, the give me a tin of coke while I wait and 15mins later...job done.

On our wedding day, they let my wife borrow over £10K's worth of diamond jewellery. No signing for anything, nothing. 'Yea, just return it before next weekend'..

That kind of service is the reason we go back and we tell our family and visiting friends to go there.

Kiran can't write? Strange, he wrote a draft contract in front of my wife when they wanted her to come and work in cara's...(It was an ongoing joke between them that they would like a scottish girl to work in the shop as half the customers seem to be Scottish)...unless that wasn't him of course. Maybe a writing body double

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It's because you're all tight and won't go to a full price shop.

:rofl:

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I only know of 2 (Marina Mall or down south at Al Kout Mall - the one with the noisy water fountains and the mall is of a souk style)

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The after service is superb. There are many reasons why it's always the busiest shop in there.

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I got my nads plated there in 2008. The shine is wearing off now and there's a younger lad at work with brighter ones. Pfft

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Haven't a clue what all that means! :confused: