[Jewelry making - Article 00948] - Re: [Orchid] Jobs that you want to run screaming from?

[Kathy Johnson]

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>         i have sometimes gotten those poor people that bring what they
>     think is precious jewellery for me to "fix", only to have me tell
>     them that, sorry, it's only plastic.  the gems too.  sentimentality
>     can go a long way in value, no? 

    I got one of those once. An elderly friend of my father's asked me
    to restring a long string of "hand-knotted black onyx" beads she had
    broken. When I got the thing from her, it turned out to be heavy
    black plastic, molded right onto the string. The string had rotted
    away between two beads. There was no way to restring it, and the
    woman could not be convinced that it wasn't black onyx. I finally
    figured out a way to shatter two of the molded-on beads to get them
    off the cord. That left just enough cord intact that I could knot it
    back together. I felt so bad about the woman being so attached to a
    string of junk plastic beads that I couldn't even bring myself to
    charge her for the repair. 

    Now I follow the advice of the friend whose shop equipment I bought
    last year. "Don't take in ANY repairs unless you made it originally".
    <smile> 

--Kathy Johnson
Feathered Gems Jewelry
http://www.featheredgems.com

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