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Balfour has 11 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforBalfour

    Graduation
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    BBB accredited business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.12/5stars

    Average of 77 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    56 complaints closed in last 3 years

    17 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 9/22/1997

    Years in Business: 111

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Products & Services

    Class Rings, Championship Rings, Military Rings, Professional Rings, Graduation Announcements, Diplomas

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Balfour has 11 locations, listed below.

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      Headquarters
      7211 Circle S Rd, Austin, TX 78745-6603
      BBB File Opened:
      1/1/1970
      Years in Business:
      111
      Business Started:
      6/1/1913
      Business Started Locally:
      6/1/1913
      Business Incorporated:
      12/12/1996
      Accredited Since:
      9/22/1997
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • Commemorative Brands, Inc.
      • CB Graduation Announcements
      • Balfour Announcements
      • Keepsake
      • Artcarved Class Rings
      • Balfour Austin
      Business Management
      • Ms. Sherice P. Bench, COO
      • Mr. Donald Percenti, Executive Vice President
      • Mr. Robert Myers, President/CEO
      • Ms. Teresa Gongora, Supervisor
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Robert Myers, President/CEO

      Customer Contact

      • Ms. Teresa Gongora, Supervisor
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (512) 443-5213
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Website Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      56 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      05/15/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      I had met with a Balfour representative at my school and ordered my graduation ring before the deadline. I would call to make my payments and was told the ring would be in on time for my graduation. My mom called about my ring and was told the same thing after processing payment. I called to make my final payment and then was informed it would be another 3 weeks before my ring would even be shipped. I kept being told it would be in on time and now my ring will not be in until 1 month after graduation. I asked why they did not communicate it with me so I would know and not anticipate my ring arriving before graduation and was told they cannot do that.
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      Customer Reviews

      77 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Kolby P

      1 star

      06/27/2024

      If i could give 0 stars i would. Had my college ring in need of resize after a couple years after graduation. Went online and did some research for the process to send back and grab the address. i called to verify my 2000$ ring was going to the right place and that i was understanding the instructions properly. i was connected to probably one of the rudest people i have ever dealt with at any buissness. I was told "if you would just listen i would tell you what you need to know". Finally got the situation taken care of with no help to this lady and got my ring sent off.Months went by and was finally notifed they received my ring. All is good. Another month goes by. Currently at roughly 10 weeks from the time it was sent. I called customer service to make sure i did not need to have a pending payment. I was told they had no way of looking up my ring and had no clue what the current situation of the ring was. I called back a couple weeks after and spoke to another individual and finally convinced them to finally do her job and type my name and address in the system. Surprisingly they were able to locate it was still on site but still had no ETA or completion date. A couple more weeks went by and it showed up finally out of no where.This company is a joke for the amount of money spent with them on rings. The customer services ***** and will not recommend anyone to do business with them. ***** they seem to be the monopoly in the collegiate ring world. I would rather give my money to ******* or a local place to custom build one before i dealt with these clowns again.

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