[Jewelry making - Article 00207] - [Orchid] [Source] Screw-on earring parts

[Lisa Winne-Clark]

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To whomever may be able to help me with this:

    I have a business, where I make and sell bridal jewelry, as well as
    doing calligraphy on wedding invitations. Approximately a year or so
    ago, I bid on and won screw-on earring findings (as I receive several
    requests -- mainly from older women) in three different types of
    metal from three separate eBay vendors. The first two lots I received
    within the next 3 days after, in stainless steel and vermeil,
    respectively. The third lot was the largest, in Sterling silver and
    contained 100 pieces, but I was dismayed to find that only the screws
    and hinges to the findings, were all I received (contrary to the
    picture shown on the web page, at the time). I immediately e-mailed
    the vendor to ask him why the findings were not complete, only for
    him to e-mail back, informing me that he had one lot of the "U"
    shaped parts (or the parts that the cabachons are glued onto) that he
    placed up for bid. So I bid on them, but eventually (within the next
    5 days) someone else had bid over me and won the only lot he was
    selling, so now I am stuck with 100 pieces (enough for 50 pairs of
    earrings), without the "U" part and would like to know if there is
    anywhere I can purchase some online. It seems that I have looked high
    and low for these pieces, but it may be such an obscure request, that
    either no one is able to refer me to where I need to purchase them --
    or that they just don not exist ( I would rather believe it is the
    former!). I would appreciate any assistance in this matter. 

Thank you...
Lisa Winne-Clark
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