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Big-Box Jewels vs. Your Hometown Jeweler
When purchasing jewelry for yourself or a loved one, you encounter thousands of choices to choose from when finding the perfect piece of jewelry. The most common and most important of choices to make is where to buy your new jewelry from.
Do you go to a big-box store like Kohl’s or go to a small business like Maus Jewelers?
Well, here’s a two tables to consider when deciding to choose Maus Jewelers or the big-box retailers.
Big Box Stores
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| 1) Cheaper initial price | 1) Low Quality |
| 2) Many Different Styles of Jewelry | 2) Outsourced Repairs |
| 3) Other items besides jewelry to buy | 3) Corporate Atmosphere |
| 4) "Sell" you something | |
| 5) Money Oriented |
Maus Jewelers
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| 1) High Quality Jewelry | 1) Higher Initial Jewelry Investment |
| 2) One Year Full Service Guarantee | 2) Smaller Store |
| 3) Shorter Store Hours | |
| 3) Belief that Customers are Friends, not Dollar Signs | |
| 4) In-House Repairs | |
| 5) Happiness Oriented | |
| 6) Smaller Store |
If you have any questions, you can or you can come by the store and we will make sure to answer any and all of your questions. Try that at a Big Box retailer.



