[Jewelry making - Article 00939] - Re: [Orchid] Bead setting prices

[Jim Zimmerman]

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Hi Gerry,

>     I have been reading your email, again and again. I went to an
>     artsy designer and asked for a measly $27.00 hour. He's still
>     calling me back, after 3 months. He even showed me some of his
>     very-mediocre Just my many thoughts and observations on this
>     dwindling trade of ours, up here in Toronto. In the past three
>     weeks four of five companies went "toes up", or moved south to
>     Mexico. Creating over 400-500 workers to hit the streets and be
>     Type Three's. 

    I would think everyone's path in this trade is a little different.
    Myself living out here in the hinter lands of Ontario is not
    standard. What I do as a success strategy is going to be different
    from Toronto, New York, or Chicago. 

    The business model required to serve the public is changing.
    Unfortunenately being able to specialize in one aspect of the
    industry is getting harder to do all the time. The strictly a
    "setters" days are numbered. In custom work, the customer wants to
    come to someone that can get all done and in a timely manner. Sort of
    a Wal-Mart model for jewellers. We have everything you want, with
    great quality, at fair prices for the turn around time. If you can do
    the above three you don't have to be the cheapest guy on the block. 

    I started as just a bench jeweller. I was a bench jeweller that could
    also set Diamonds. I was a setter that could also do jewellery custom
    order work. I was an Engraver, that could also set Diamonds and do
    jewellery custom work. 

    I will be an Engraver, that can set, do custom jewellery work, and
    produce CAD/CAM models. Plus advertise by taking my own picture and
    using my computer produce my own adds. 

    Since I have no overhead this should scare the heck out of guys that
    have bricks and mortar jewellery stores. I can charge less as standard
    pricing. 

Jim
Jim Zimmerman
Alpine Custom Jewellers & Repair
http://www.handengravingcanada.com
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