[Jewelry making - Article 00091] - Re: [Orchid] How Appraisals Work

[Lee]

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>        The best and realistic way to establish the 'correct' price is
>     to ask the customer to show the item  to a few jewellers or
>     jewellery shops and request them to quote their price for
>     supplying/making a similar item. In such instances a realistic
>     appraisal takes place as the jeweller who quotes is committed to
>     supplying at that price. 

    The jewelry business in Sri lanka must be much different than in the
    U.S.. Few if any retail jewelers would spend the time to work up such
    information for a non-paying, non-customer, as it would take just as
    long to do it right as a paying appraisal, without the pay! Most of
    the people who walk into our family run jewelry store who request
    such things are either looking for a free appraisal instead of paying
    for one, or are trying to decide the price to sell the piece for on
    eBay.  Neither is something that I feel is worth the effort to give a
    correct price.  If we were to provide such a free service, I would
    have to spend 8 hours every day providing this free service, with no
    time to actually serve real customers. 

Lee Cornelius
Vegas jewelers
Amherst, Ohio, USA

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