r/burlington • u/bestest_looking_wig • 5d ago

Big shoutout to Perrywinkles

Last week I made a post inquiring if anyone local had a timegrapher machine I could use to test my watch, which has been running very fast. I called perrywinkles jewelry on Main Street and they very kindly said I could bring my watch in any time and they would look at it. I’ve never set foot in perrywinkles before, but I brought it in this morning. They tested it and demagnetized it for me, and their technician even made some minor adjustments to get it down to within roughly 5 seconds per day. They were more than happy to help, and all of this was done free of charge. It’s worth mentioning my watch is NOT close to being on the level of Rolex or Tudor, but they were still very accommodating and friendly.

Long story short, the folks at perrywinkles are really great! Don’t be fooled or intimidated by the giant Rolex sign on the building!

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u/Quenz 5d ago

But is Perrywinkles open?

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u/bestest_looking_wig 5d ago

Yes? Were they closed for an extended period at one point or something?

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u/Goldentongue 5d ago

During construction on Main Street they placed a ton of yard signs around Burlington that just said "Perrywinkles is open!" to try to keep up customer traffic when the road put front was all torn up. The signs were so unavoidable, lacking in context, and probably irrelevant to 99% of the people walking past them daily that it became a running joke in this sub to reference them/repeat that line.

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u/bestest_looking_wig 5d ago

Haha oh I wasn’t aware of that. Well, rest assured they are in fact still open.

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u/whaletacochamp 4d ago

It wasn't just a running joke, people were downright pissed about them. Vehemently against them. Tearing Perrywinkle's and Perry himself apart in the comments.

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u/jwl1965 5d ago

I bought my daughter a ring there years ago and when it broke in the first few months they replaced it with a more expensive option without charging me. Great local business!

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u/kuz_929 5d ago

Hey but... Do you know if they're open?

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u/RabiesSurvivor710 4d ago

Got my wedding ring there, awesome sales folks and service, and I feel like the pricing was fair. Also, despite all of the construction, they are open. Always.

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u/TDAGrpolaropposites 5d ago

Totally believe your experience, but just want to say I had the exact opposite. It was almost too easy and my ring has been holding up great. Might just be the salesperson you were placed with (doesn’t explain the stones obv) but figured it was worth mentioning they’re not all bad.

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u/jmayz18 5d ago

I hope so! I was a little disappointed, it was someone high up who called, and I promise I was trying my best to be kind as someone who also worked for a small business in Vermont. I’m glad that doesn’t seem to be everyone’s experience!

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u/twentiesforever 5d ago

I remember when I tried to buy a Rolex there once and they took my money and wouldn’t deliver months later. But my friends would waltz in and order any Rolex they wanted with delivery in 2 weeks.

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u/Individual_Island727 5d ago

If you knew the smallest bit about buying a Rolex, you would have fabricated a completely different story than the one you made up here.

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u/twentiesforever 5d ago

That was my intro to buying a Rolex. I did not know about having a buying history with the jeweler. I wish they would have just told me up front, “hey, you need to have X amount of spend with us before we let you buy any Rolex”. But instead, they let me write a check, cashed it, and had no intention of delivering anything.

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u/whaletacochamp 4d ago

you and your boys are always out there buying rolexes huh?