[Jewelry making - Article 00064] - Re: [Orchid] Whining Jewelers

[Phil Walker]

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    Hello all Re earlier post about low contracting prices. I cant
    believe there are still fools in the western world willing to work
    for such a low wage .Surely  they are  hurting themselves  as well
    as the whole trade . there is definite benefit in being generous to
    your contracting stone setters and jewellers .A good contracting
    jeweller is like an expensive car, if all you do is put gas in the
    tank and thrash it eventually it will refuse to go any further .You
    have to maintain it,put  oil in it, be nice to it and it will go for
    years. I  charge like a wounded bull and insist my retail customers
    buy me gifts on a regular basis .Last week I told a customer it was
    cold in my workshop and if i got sick and couldn't work where would
    they be, by the next day they bought me a nice oil heater. That's
    maintenance. How can a retailer make any money at all if they cant
    get product made to a good standard by the due date . Sometimes a
    contractor has to work all day and night at busy times while the
    retailer is tucked up in his little bed without a single thought for
    the people wearing their fingers down to the bone. Good contractors
    are an important part of a good jewellery business and should be
    rewarded appropriately. 

Phil Walker
New Zealand



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