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Document Name Description Last Updated
Accounting Sales Repair
Apple Pay Types Not Accepted
Apple Pay Types Not Accepted explains that the store will not accept Apple Pay or other mobile wallet payments because of fraud risk and requires customers to present physical credit cards.Never revised
Sales Repair Accounting SDGL
Appraisal Fees
Appraisal Fees explains how SDGL (Elliot) insurance and non-insurance appraisals are scheduled, charged, and invoiced.31 May 2025
Sales Repair Accounting
Beware Credit Card Scams
How to identify and prevent credit card scams to avoid chargebacks.12 March 2013
Sales Repair
Can I Help You?
How sales staff should approach and engage customers on the sales floor to create sales.Never revised
Repair
Cartier Repairs
How Cartier watch repairs are handled and what customers should be told about timing and third-party handling.08 August 2006
Sales Repair Reception
Central Files Contact Log
How Sales, Repair, and Reception staff must record what happened during customer interactions in the Central Files contact log.17 June 2006
Repair Sales
Cleaning & Polishing Jewelry
How to clean, polish and inspect customers' jewelry safely, including identifying sensitive gemstones, using jeweler equipment, and following safety precautions.03 March 2015
Sales Repair Accounting
Credit Card Chargebacks
How to route and handle credit card chargeback notices, who to notify, required documentation, and response time expectations.11 November 1996
Sales Repair Accounting
Credit Card Chip Must Read
Why the company will require EMV chip verification for credit card transactions to reduce fraud.Never revised
Sales Accounting Repair
Credit Card Procedures – Amex
How to accept American Express payments in-person and by phone, including authorization steps, handling card-not-present orders, and reducing fraud and chargeback risk.22 October 2024
Repair
Custom Work, No Returns
How custom jewelry orders are processed and why completed custom work is not returnable.08 August 2006
Sales Repair
Customers’ Email Addresses
How to record customers' email addresses for e-blasts and which placeholder addresses to use when a customer has none or declines to provide one.Never revised
Repair
Dial Swaps
How and when to perform dial swaps on watches, including required servicing, the step-by-step swap action, and the need to inform customers.08 August 2006
Sales Repair
Dials and Bezels, Sale of
When and how customers are charged if they keep their original watch dials or bezels instead of exchanging them.30 July 2008
Repair Sales
Do Not Send Repairs to Buy Offices to be Delivered
Why repairs should not be sent to buy offices for customer pickup and how exceptions are handled.25 June 2021
Sales Repair Buyers
Employees Create Social Media Posts
How employees should create and submit customer social media posts, who to contact, and the consent requirements for posting customer photos or videos.10 April 2024
Repair Sales
Estimates At The Counter
How staff should obtain pre-approved estimates at the counter for repair jobs to speed the repair process and avoid calling customers.Never revised
Repair
Estimates for Repairs
When and how to record estimates for customer repairs.08 August 2006
Sales Repair
Giving Away Merchandise and Repairs
How salespeople should handle giving away merchandise or repairs, including how to record giveaways and their effect on sales and commissions.12 October 2023
Buyers Sales Repair
Google Reviews
How staff should solicit Google reviews, track them, and the incentives and rules for posting to improve SEO.10 April 2021
Repair
Heads
Heads: responsibilities to ensure appropriate heads are kept in stock for regular, large, and unusual diamonds.08 August 2006
Repair Executive
Inventory Repairs
How Inventory and Repair coordinate to record repair costs, adjust Inventory's cost of goods sold weekly, and transfer funds so Repair can pay repair invoices.Never revised
Repair
Invisible Set Jewelry
When and how invisible set jewelry should (and should not) be worked on, and where to send repairs.Never revised
Repair
Leaks
How to handle a customer complaint that a watch leaked, including steps to inspect, test, and determine responsibility.08 August 2006
Sales Repair
Loaner Watches
How and when employees may provide customers with loaner watches and the required paperwork and inventory logging.Never revised
Buyers Repair
Merchandise, Location and Routing
Where merchandise should be located, how items should be routed between locations, and the rules for handling inventory to protect and control stock.05 January 2007
Repair
Multiple Job Items
How to log and label multiple repair jobs from a single customer so each job is tracked and sent to the correct repair location.08 August 2006
Sales Repair
New Names to the Mailing List
Defines what qualifies as a new name to add to the mailing list and explains how sales and repair staff should treat these customers to encourage future purchases.31 October 2015
Accounting Sales Repair
No Tapping of Credit Cards
Requires customers to sign on the terminal and prohibits tapping or swiping credit cards, requiring chip insertions instead.03 February 2024
Repair
Overdue Repairs
What to do with overdue repairs: timelines for taking possession, customer notification, selling or scrapping unclaimed items, and recordkeeping.Never revised
Sales Repair Buyers
Problem Customers
How to handle problem customers, including when to fix issues, offer remedies, escalate to management, or ban repeat unreasonable customers.Never revised
Buyers Sales Marketing Repair SDGL
QR Code Cards
How and when staff should use QR code business cards to encourage customers to leave Yelp or Google reviews.Never revised
Repair
Quality
Defines what quality means and explains why maintaining a high degree of excellence is important to exceed customer expectations and drive expansion.08 August 2006
Sales Repair
Red Flags to Watch for in the Showroom
How to identify potential fraudulent showroom purchases and what steps to take when red flags appear.Never revised
Sales Repair
Refinishes and Commissions
Which watch refinishes count as salesperson sales and how to obtain commission approval.15 August 2006
Sales Repair
Repair Flag for New Names
How to record a Repair Flag for new-name contacts so they remain attributed to Repair for reporting.30 August 2024
Repair
Repair Missing Jobs
How to find and recover misplaced repair jobs when a customer arrives to pick them up.Never revised
Repair Sales
Repair, Retraining for Errors
How repair intake errors are reported and how retraining for those errors is conducted for staff.Never revised
Sales Repair
Repairs Not Rung Out Properly
Policy outlining disciplinary actions when repairs are delivered to customers without being rung up properly.Never revised
Buyers Sales Repair
Repairs, Back Charges
Requires pre-owned items to go through Repairs before sale and describes charge-back consequences for violations.Never revised
Repair
Repairs, Due Date
How repairs are estimated, priced, scheduled, and handled including due dates, approvals, and rush procedures.29 July 2004
Repair
Repairs, Reporting Costs
Repairs, Reporting Costs explains that staff must note repair costs on receipts and write invoice numbers on repair envelopes so the repair department can verify income and profit.14 August 2006
Inventory Buyers Repair
Repairs, Security of Internal Jobs
How to ensure merchandise transferred to Repair is counted or weighed to prevent loss.Never revised
Repair Inventory Sales
Repairs, Taking Downtown Procedure
How to prepare, transport, and track repairs taken to outside jewelers during downtown runs.Never revised
Repair
Sending Watch Repairs to the Factory
How to send customer watches to manufacturer service centers and request accommodation or dealer discounts when appropriate.Never revised
Repair Logistics
Shipping Repairs to Vendors
States that each repair sent to an external vendor must be mailed separately and not combined in one package.Never revised
Sales Repair Logistics
Shipping to Customers
How to ship merchandise and repairs to customers, specifying approved carriers and requirements based on item value, payment method, verification, alternatives, tracking, and disciplinary consequences.20 April 2024
Repair Sales
Shipping Watches to Customers
How to check and prepare watches for shipment to customers, including verifying functions, setting local date and time, winding, and securing the crown.16 August 2008
Sales Repair
Show and Sell
How sales, sales assistants and repair staff should proactively approach and engage every person in the store to generate sales and capture customer information.05 November 2015
Repair
Taking in and Delivery of Repairs to Customers
How to accept items for repair and when and how to use branded packaging when returning repaired jewelry and watches.Never revised
Repair Sales
Taking in Repairs
How to take in jewelry and watch repairs accurately, document condition and insurance value, and ensure correct authorization and retraining when needed.13 June 2024
Inventory Repair
Warranty Work
When and how warranty repairs are handled for products, who bears the cost, and how vendors and inventory should be managed.08 August 2006
Buyers Repair Sales
Watches, Verifying Authenticity as a Service
How the company verifies watch authenticity, including who is authorized, the fees charged, and step-by-step procedures for showroom, phone, and estate buyer requests.13 June 2024
Sales Repair Accounting
Web Leads :: Response Procedure
How to respond to customer web leads—who dispatches them, how to reply by phone or email, and how to log responses into BusinessMind.28 April 2010
Sales Repair
Who Delivers and Takes in Repairs
How staff should handle taking in and delivering repairs to solve customers' repair issues while creating sales opportunities and ensuring a positive customer experience.08 August 2006
Buyers Sales Repair
Yelp Reviews
How staff should solicit Yelp, Google, and Facebook reviews from customers and the incentive and commission policy associated with posted reviews.10 April 2021