It was a Success

Well, our Sale is still going on.  It ends May 15th.  

Saturday was so crazy!  We had nonstop customers from 10am till 5pm.  We tried to get to all the customers as fast as we could but we also did not want them to feel rushed.  I am not sure if anyone walked out or not without being helped and I am truly sorry if anyone did.  

So I had some very understanding customers if the Pandora beads that they wanted happen to be bought up.  Then I had some customers that were clearly upset and almost acted like it was our fault that the bead they were looking for was gone.  I am sorry you did not come in sooner and purchase the bead when we did have it, before our mad rush of last minute Mother's Day shoppers, I truly am.  There are over 600 beads for Pandora, you can pick another one out and if she absolutely does not like it, we will let her exchange it.  I'm just saying.

So we actually got out of here at a decent time also.  We normally close at 5pm on Saturdays but on Mother's Day we have the stragglers that pop in the door 1 min before we close.  I have no problem with that.  They are definitely going to buy.  We just don't get closed up, everything put away, and out of here until about 6-6:15ish.  But this Mother's Day we did not have that last min shopper and we closed at 5:05.  It was nice for a change.  Not that i am complaining, like I said it does not bother me those last min people.  I know they are going to buy and I am happy to have helped someone get what they are looking for.  (I have been there when they tried to rush you out because they want to go home and you are undecided what to get.)  It was just nice this time around not to have to stay longer.  This was only my second mother's day, but my first to actually celebrate, and it was nice to go out to eat with my husband and daughter when it was still early.  


Anyway, the sale so far has been a success and Mother's Day was a success.  Talk to you on the flip side.

Mother's Day Sale

THE SALE HAS BEGUN!!!!!  Don't forget your Mother this Mother's Day!   Doland Jewelers has just the thing that will let her know how much you appreciate her. 

PANDORA is here, PANDORA is here!!!

Just arrived as of Today!!!!  The Spring PANDORA beads have just arrived, just in time for Mother's Day.  Your Mom will not be disappointed if she gets any of these beads.

They are awesome.  I did not know if I would like the new glass beads or not because in the pictures for ordering they looked really light almost pastel.  There are a few that are pastel but there is a really neat orange one, red one and yellow one that are just so vibrant in color.  They are called "Candy Stripes."  Stop on in and while you are looking take a gander at our sale items.

Sorry they are not on sale like the rest of our store. 

MOTHERS DAY SALE

Sorry....It has been a LONG time since the last Blog. 

We are having a Mother's Day Sale.  From April 26th until Mother's day weekend we are going to have select items on sale at our Davenport location.  As of right now we are tagging and tagging and tagging items galore for the sale.  Even though the sale does not officially start until the 26th if you come in and see an item tagged you get it for the sale price.  The sale has some exclusions (don't all sales).  The exclusions are, obviously PANDORA, no special orders (instock items only), no jewelry repairs or watch repairs.  Prices are as marked.

Doesn't your Mother deserve something special?  Stop in and check out all our great bargins.  Up to 50% Off select times. Hurry before there gone! 

Observing

Today I have been observing the goings on here at work.  I have been sitting at my desk doing the dreaded paper work and mundane work that is shoved to the side until one has time to just sit and do it.  I scheduled everyone to work today purposely so that I could sit and get this stuff done.  While I am sitting here I am observing everything and everyone.  Customers after customers are coming in and I am very proud of our staff.  They are not repeating themselves with the same old greeting to everyone and they are making sure that everyone is being cared for.  What I have also noticed is that no one is being rushed.  We sometimes feel like we have to rush customers, but today everyone is being very friendly and just chit-chatting with each other.  I love it when they do that.  You really get to know your customers and the day seems to just ease by.  It really makes for an non-stressful day. Oh and today there are no "difficult" customers ;) which is great!

I made the schedule for next month already.  Man that is an event in itself.  I have to consider what days people want to have off, work, late, early.  The month of April seems to be even worse then normal.  Everyone wants to have the early shift or the weekends off.  Obviously they are not all going to get what they want so I will have some unhappy employees.  We have already talked to one employee because, not that she is purposely doing it, she is basically marking up the calendar and making her own schedule.  Which makes it even harder.  So we did have to tell her it needs to stop, it is not fair to the rest of the employees.  She was okay with it and understood.  I do have to say we have some great employees here (knock on wood).  No one fights, everyone genuinely gets along; we have fun here. 

Anyway, today is a good day here at Doland's.  Everything is great.

Not all work!

So at Doland's we sometimes have a cute little helper.  That little helper has been helping out quite a bit lately.  In order to keep her occupied we have resulted in playing clips of Sesame Street from You Tube.  One in particular she can not get enough of and she is always asking (in sign language because she can talk but only a few words right now) us to play it "more."  I like it a lot also and laugh right along with her during the "na, na, na" part.  See for yourself.

 (Our Little Helper, Nadia)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc20vMz0V7Q

Debbie Brooks

Debbie Brooks bags are coming to Doland 's!!  We already carry Debbie's line in our Dubuque store and now they will be in our Davenport store.  Here is a little sample of what the bags look like.  We will not have her full line of bags but we will be able to get any bag.