[Jewelry making - Article 01129] - Re: [Orchid] Just blame it on the Jeweler

[kevdan]

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    Hi larry i agree I think that bench jewelers should value thier
    skills and should be compensated for them. Some of my jeweler
    friends here in Tucson have formed a loose sort of union we have
    fixed the price of wax carving and casting to our accounts so that
    they are not shopping around trying to get us to fight for the jobs
    we set the price at a hundred bucks for a basic wax and at first we
    hadd alot of grumbling but they now pay it because we wont go down.
    I dont do repair but the others have been setting the price for ring
    sizing at 15 bucks for a womens small going down and more to go up.
    Their are some jewelers who will work for less but the better stores
    dont use them mostly just the malls and alot of their jewelery isnt
    worth fixing. 

Kevin


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