[Jewelry making - Article 00691] - Re: [Orchid] Friendship Dilemma

[Gerry]

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All,

    Here is the story of the scorpion and the mouse.  It was a very rare
    day in the desert.  Torrential rains had fallen and the poor mouse
    was stranded on a rapidly disappearring piece of land. Every time the
    mouse tried to move towards the water to swim to safety a scorpion
    would crawl out of its hole and threaten the mouse. Scorpions can not
    swim, but a mouse is an excellent swimmer. As the water rose the
    mouse decided to reason with the scorpion. The mouse reached an
    agreement that he would carry the scorpion on his back to safety on
    the dry bank. Half way to the bank tthe scorpion stung the mouse.  As
    the mouse was dying it asked the scorpion why it had stung him. The
    scorpion replied that was his nature. What did the mouse expect. 

    For the past 10 years I have been trying to find a few people to
    work together for the benefit of the group. I have tried 5 different
    ways - training people and paying them, giving people free space in
    my booth. supplying people with custom stones with no charge until
    the stones sold, hiring people to make jewelry for sale using my
    stones, and now working with a rough stone dealer.  The latest
    endevor just ended. 

    My goal with the rough stone dealer was to develop a trust with him
    so that I did not have to search every piece of rough in the lots I
    bought. This lasted for about 1.5 years and I bought about $5,000
    dollars worth of medium to low grade rough from him. I informed him
    three months ago that I now needed some Mexican Agates. Medium grade
    would be fine.  He delivered me 40 pounds of agates which I bought at
    $8 per pound without much looking. When I got aroiund to cutting them
    I found that they were not medium grade at all.  They were best
    suited for cement filler. When I confronted him he said that I should
    have looked closer. I told him that I trusted him. For $320 he left
    me with a bucket of junk. He told me that is not the way this
    business works. Scorpion and the mouse.  Trust no one in this
    business. 

Gerry Galarneau


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