Ugh. I really wanted to like this company…but…
They completely ruined my husband and I’s ring buying experience. This is a long review, but please read, I am not a ranting customer, all of this truly happened. They sent my husband the ring he ordered with a band that was 25% percent smaller than what was advertised online- 25%. At first, they tried to claim that it was a “slight variation” due to the handcrafted nature of the ring. I understand a little variation because it is hand-crafted, but 25%?! We took the ring to a jeweler who measured it, and I suggest if you have bought or do buy jewelry from MiaDonna HAVE IT CHECKED OUT if you have any doubts. We contacted the company and they said I could keep the ring for now and send it back after the wedding. Problem is, I was so worried about messing up the ring I didn’t wear it. Side note that our engagement and wedding were very quick, because my mom was terminally ill. Our engagement lasted 2 weeks and I did not get to wear my ring. We had our wedding and we promptly returned the ring, well wanted to, but didn’t want to pay the return shipping they were asking us to pay. (We were sending back a second ring to be resized in the same box, to be eco-friendly). After a lot of back-and-forth MiaDonna finally said they would pay to have the order THEY messed up on shipped back for them to fix. It took them about a month to complete my correct ring and resize my husband’s and when it was complete, they sent me an invoice. For return shipping. Are you kidding me? We bought a total of 3 rings from this company, spending thousands of dollars, and they were asking us to pay to have my correct ring I ordered, plus one ring in the same box, sent back to us?! They claimed that they cannot afford to pay the shipping on all “repairs” (not mistakes!) because they give 10% of their profits to charity. What do they do with the other 90% of their profits? We are not rich; we are city workers from Chicago. It would have cost us over $50 to ship the ring back. So after more back-and-forth, they agreed to ship us our rings. My “corrected” ring arrived, and again, it was noticeably smaller then advertised and what the home try-on ring looked like. I contacted MiaDonna again, and they claimed that they measured it 3 times and my wedding ring it was stacked with must have been “too big” (it was not, we had it measured), but we would be allowed to return it. Again, we took it to a local jeweler and it measured more than 10% smaller. I sent the photos proving this and only then did they send me a return shipping label. They claimed that they measured it 3 times, but that “calipers differ”. So, if your workshop’s calipers are more than 10% off, what does that mean for everyone else’s jewelry? Now, 2 months after my wedding, I have gotten a refund and will have to start the ring-buying process somewhere else. Because of this whole fiasco, my mom passed away before ever getting to see my actual engagement ring, I feel like that is the worst part of all of this. Do yourself a favor, lots of other places sell lab diamonds and recycled metals, go there. These people claim to care so much about the people that their non-profits help, but what about the hard-working people that buy their jewelry?