[Jewelry making - Article 00234] - Re: [Orchid] Emeraldsplaza.com?

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    All, This site fits in exactly with the problems I am facing as a
    gemstones cutter and dealer.  In the United States the tradition
    model of business relied upon a geometric progression of prices from
    mining source, to cutter, to gemstone dealer, to retail jeweler. 
    Everyone along the line upped the price to make a living.  Three or
    four people made a living off of each transaction. This model has
    now been shattered.  Greed at the retail level and direct contact
    with the mining and producing sources has cut out the people in the
    middle.  All the middle profits are being taken by the retailer with
    no change in the pricing structure to the public.  This has left a
    large opening for marketing directly to the public like this site is
    doing.  These prices are what I would expect to pay when buying a
    large lot of emeralds from an emerald dealer.  This dealer has
    decided that he could sell more emeralds one at a time to the public
    in the United States at wholesale prices.  He is cutting out
    everyone.  The prices you see are true prices for emeralds of this
    quality.  By the way, these are not gem grade emeralds.  They are a
    low grade.  Know what you are looking at.  Learn about gemstone
    grading, identification, and value.  These stones are commercial
    grade which most jewelry marketers mount into custom mountings and
    triple the price of the stone.  These prices are real, everyday
    prices in the wholesale market from production house to gemstone
    dealer.  If you want commercial grade stones these are the prices. 
    If you want a stone that has been polished, is symmetrical, has no
    window, see a gemstone cutter. 

Gerry Galarneau  

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