[Jewelry making - Article 00249] - Re: [Orchid] Mass produced elsewhere!

[KARAT46]

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    Price for stone setting 

    I am in New York City and sell to the stone setters in The Big
    Apple. This is one of the major Gateways for Imported mountings,
    Castings and Unfinished jewelry & Cut Gem Stones. We see products
    coming from China, Dominican Republic, Equador, Hong Kong, India,
    Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Thailand, & Turkey. We also see that a lot
    of the stone setters are coming from these countries and to them
    0.60 cents a stone is a lot of money. 

    In fact the going rate is far lower and it is alarming that the
    material that comes to New York is now being diverted to a third
    country and the stone setting is being done at rates of 2 cents each
    for example in Equador. 

    We would be glad if we could atleast sell the labels and boxes for
    this finished Jewelry. But with the abundance of Computer and
    software now even the packing and bar code labeling along with the
    mark down sale price for today's American Jewelry giants like
    Kohl's, Target and Walmart & Outlet Centers. A piece of Jewelry with
    genuine gems and precious metal is being mass produced in perhaps
    several countries. 

    We can visualize a scene where-- gold from Africa sold by a Swiss
    giant,--- cast in Dominican Republic to an Italian Designer based in
    USA--- is being set with Afghanistan & Brazilian Stones that were
    polished in Thailand, India & Israel---  shown at trade Fairs in
    Hongkong, Las Vegas & Basel,---- sold on QVC and at Macy's /
    Dillard's or at Duty free shop at the airport in Istanbul Turkey or
    Frankfurt Germany  bought by a successful immigrant that came from
    any one of these countries or an American soldier returning home
    from Iraq for all we are immigrants no matter where we are & when we
    came. 

    That is where I say so what!! Let the market decide what it wants. I
    will end up selling what sells. We will dump the Telex machines &
    Fax machines & jump on the Internet. We will never see another
    Shoemaker because we all end up buying new shoes in a box so just
    like the Shoemaker jewelers will be extinct. Our kids will not work
    for pennies like us. We will have a better life drink Juice from
    Paper Boxes crib about the environment & switch between Low Carb and
    Low Cholesterol diets.  Hey!! that makes me hungry Bye. 

Kenneth Singh
karat46 AT aol.com

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