[Jewelry making - Article 00850] - Re: [Orchid] Setting customer stones

[leonid surpin]

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>     Unless you act with negligence or recklessness, you would not be
>     held accountable for the loss. You are getting a small sum for your
>     work and you are, simply, NOT accountable barring negligence. 

    While this statement technically correct, the legal semantics of
    "negligence" are tricky. It is not difficult to make a case that any
    damage to a gemstone can only happen as a result of the negligence on
    the part of the jeweler. 

    The better strategy is simply do whatever it takes to insure
    gemstone safety. Sometimes it takes only a few extra minutes,
    sometimes it could mean that a lot of time needs to be spent 
carefully
    fitting the stone. Each case is different and amount charged would be
    different also. If you feel that you cannot charge proper amount for
    the job performed in the safe manner, simply refuse the job. 

    If we compare butcher and surgeon, they all do the same thing. Both
    work with knifes and both cut meat. However, one is paid a few
    dollars an hour, but another gets many thousands per procedure. Do 
you
    think that patient survival has something to do with that ? 

    It is up to every jeweler to decide whether he wants to be a butcher
    or a surgeon. 

Leonid Surpin.
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