[Jewelry making - Article 00468] - Re: [Orchid] The cost of holding out

[MillsGem]

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    David, When you say that "consumers wil not allow their work to be
    sent to some third world country" you are flirting with the reality
    that many stores are already doing this and you are ignoring the
    fact that sending your repairs to an urban jewelry center has been a
    standard practice for some for many years. There are also countless
    numbers of American companies who send their labor intensive
    assembly work to maquilas on the U.S. Mexican border. Your
    suggestion that these practices are a figment of peoples
    imaginations tells me that you are hiding from the truth. 

    The practice of sending work to sweat shops in urban centers is, in
    many ways , no more risky than sending it to an American owned
    company that operates just across the border. These shops ,( urban
    sweat shops ) are frequently manned by undocumented jewelers who
    work in abominable conditions for abysmal wages. I certainly don't
    advocate using these shops, but I would not have any objection to
    using a maquila that is properly managed by an American with a home
    base in the 'States....assumng, of course, that the workers are
    being fairly treated. As for customers not allowing their work to be
    sent outside, this is a matter between you and the customer. If you
    tell the customer that in order to get him a fair price you are
    going to send their work to an American owned maquilla and that you
    accept full responsibility for their belongings, then you can be
    sure that most will not mind. Don't get me wrong; I am not
    advocating any alternative. I am just suggesting what options there
    are in the REAL marketplace. That you should suggest that these
    circumstances and options don't exist makes me believe that you may
    not be as well informed as you should be. Open mindedness is
    certainly a key to survival in the marketplace !         Ron at
    Mills Gem, Los Osos, Ca.  


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