[Jewelry making - Article 00006] - Re: [Orchid] Customer Discounts

[Daniel R. Spirer]

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>     but do people ask for and really get discounts at places like
>     Derco's, Tiffany's, DeBeers or even Kay's ??? 

    People ask for discounts everywhere they go. Unfortunately we have
    only ourselves to blame for making pricing the most important buying
    issue instead of quality. I don't know about all of the higher end
    places (or places like Kay's), but I do know that both Cartier and
    Tiffany's will "negotiate" prices on very high end merchandise. They
    don't call it discounting, usually they are dealing with goods that
    cost what some houses do, and it's done in private settings. I have
    had a number of customers who have "negotiated" price with them.
    However I'm sure if someone walked in off the street and wanted some
    $200 silver piece at Tiffany's discounted they would just get noses
    turned up at them. 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
www.spirerjewelers.com
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