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My
late
father
took
in
a
valuable
family
heirloom
for
quotation,
and
the
shop
lost
it.
For
context:
my
father
had
inherited
an
original
Rolex
from
my
grandfather,
but
it
required
repair.
So,
he
took
it
into
Schroder
a
few
years
back
for
an
enquiry.
The
cost
of
repair
was
money
he
didnāt
have
at
the
time,
so
Schroder
said
theyād
be
happy
to
hold
onto
it
āwhilst
he
made
up
his
mindā.
It
was
then
forgotten
about
for
a
few
years.
Last
summer,
for
my
fatherās
last
birthday,
my
brother
and
I
followed-up
Schroder
having
learnt
the
location
of
the
watch.
Whilst
we
recognised
from
the
off
that
time
had
gone
by
and
the
difficulty
that
presented,
we
stressed
how
significant
the
sentimental
value
of
the
watch
was
to
our
family.
We
were
willing
to
pay
whatever
the
cost
was
of
repair.
The
shopkeeper
who
served
us
in
the
first
instance
was
rude,
unsympathetic
and
unhelpful
ā
he
cited
we
couldnāt
ādo
anything
without
an
original
receiptā
(which
begs
the
question
as
to
how
things
are
stored/labelled).
Despite
this,
he
insisted
heād
look
into
it
and
let
us
know
within
a
week.
When
following-up
a
fortnight
later,
the
owner
said
he
hadnāt
bothered
to
take
our
number
down
so
they
couldnāt
get
in-touch
with
us.
We
were
told
to
wait
another
week,
and
this
time
theyād
get
back
to
us.
Now
proactively
chasing
a
third
time
via
telephone,
the
owner
couldnāt
give
us
a
definitive
answer
as
to
whether
they
had
to
watch
or
not
(and
if
they
didnāt,
why
that
was).
She
then
insisted
she
had
to
cease
the
conversation
to
āserve
a
customerā;
her
demeanour
as
a
whole
was
very
shady
ā
she
was
bumbling
her
words
and
nervously
laughing
at
the
matter.
Whilst
we
completely
understand
that
we
have
to
take
liability
for
allowing
time
to
go
by,
weāve
been
left
unbelievably
frustrated
by
the
lack
of
answers
and
unsympathetic
attitude
of
the
staff.
With
my
father
now
passed,
weāve
forsaken
any
hope
of
retrieving
something
that
had
profound
meaning
to
all
of
us.
(The
monetary
value
of
the
watch
makes
us
have
our
own
theories
as
to
its
whereabouts.)
Avoid
Schroder
like
the
plague.
Regardless
of
the
complexities
of
our
scenario,
the
entire
ordeal
illustrates
how
shady,
heartless
and
frankly
incompetent
they
are
as
a
business
ā
I
sincerely
hope
thereās
karma.
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