Comments on: Bond Street? No. Hatton Garden? Yes.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 02:41:48 +0000

We actually just turned the programme off. We felt that the presenter was doing more harm to her cause than good and that she was ruining her credibility as a journalist.

That has to be the worst documentaries I’ve seen in a long time. It was supposed to be pro-chav, but the chick made me dislike them, if anything, and I had previously had no opinion at all. :P

By: pfc

pfc — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 01:54:07 +0000

Sky 1 at 9.00pm

now, how did you know I’d know that???

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:06:08 +0000

Maybe it’s just the London Tiffany’s.

Incidentally, there was an interesting blurb in The Economist recently about Tiffany’s and how the brand had been damaged by the recent surge in popularity of the downmarket silver jewelry they’ve been selling. It seems that snobby rich people don’t feel the brand is prestigious enough now that everyone and his brother has a ‘Return to Tiffany’ necklace and bracelet. Which is perhaps part of the reason we weren’t treated with respect? The lady might have thought we should be upstairs with the other less posh people? If that’s the case, it’s bullshit. :)

Further to that, there’s a show on chavs coming up on some channel that looks really interesting. I don’t remember the channel now, though. Doh.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:46:24 +0000

True. We bought ours in Taipei though the store has now moved to the mall in the world’s tallest building Taipei 101.

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:40:11 +0000

I do admit it is possible. Or maybe they’re just nicer to people who are buying wedding bands there (mine is from Tiffany’s too!). Or maybe it was the chick that was ‘helping’ me.

I may well have been mistaken for a tourist, as I was walking around in jeans and a tee-shirt and do have that telling American accent. Though… Tiffany’s is an American company so they should be nice regardless.

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:29:15 +0000

I’d beg to differ on Tiffany’s where they were ever so helpful in getting my wedding band resized at no fee, somehting to do with it being the first time. Maybe the staff were having a bad day, or worse still thought you were a tourist! ;-)