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From: Eric McCafferty
Date: Thu Mar 09 21:10:30 2006
 
     
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    As a friend of mine who owns a retail store just said to me, in
    regards to giving customers platinum quotes, "don't apologize or be
    embarrassed about it". A fair price is a fair price, hell even with
    little diamond melee, the setting charge is almost equal to the
    stone cost. Just because it is a cz doesn't mean your time is any
    less valuable. If you normally charge (and I am just adding any
    number) $5 to set a 4mm diamond into a bezel, would you change that
    price if the stone you were setting was an amethyst that only cost
    $2? Personally if the work is good, take pride in it and don't
    justify the cost to yourself, as for the customer, well they should
    see the value in your labor, even though most don't, but still, just
    because they are using less expensive materials it doesn't justify
    you being less expensive. 

Eric McCafferty
Eric AT studio311.com

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