Re: A wasted day
- From: JohnH <jherring1@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:37:51 -0500
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 03:18:32 GMT, "Bill McKee" <bmckeespam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>"Harry Krause" <harry.krause@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Bill McKee wrote:
>>> <chuckgould.chuck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> dbohara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>> I said I'd go sailin' and I should have. It was a wasted day at work.
>>>>> Damned employees have screwed up. If'n ya ever go inta business, rely
>>>>> only on yourself, dont hire anybody and you'll be happier.
>>>> The staff at my Canadian publisher's got the 23, 24, 25, and 26 off for
>>>> the holiday. The 23rd and 26th were both paid, "stat" (legal) holidays.
>>>> Ebeneezer Scrooge would have been apoplectic, with Bob Cratchitt
>>>> picking his pocket *twice*! :-)
>>>>
>>>> Back to business as usual tomorrow. All the stores will be hyping "only
>>>> 363 days until next Christmas!"
>>>>
>>>> I read an interesting theory about how Christmas giving actually has a
>>>> negative impact on the economy. The theorist postulated that while
>>>> there is no doubt that a lot more money is spent during the Holiday
>>>> season, the nature of the items purchased is frequently of much lower
>>>> actual worth or intrinsic value. We tend to pay far more, for far less,
>>>> when we shop for gifts and there is some negative impact associated
>>>> with the distortion from the normal price/value relationships that we
>>>> adhere to when we shop during the rest of the year. How many of us
>>>> would spend $75 for six oranges, three apples, a half dozen mediocre
>>>> chocolates, a cardboard box, and some fancy paper 11 months out of the
>>>> year? Not many, I'm sure, but tens of millions of these "gift boxes"
>>>> and similar values are sold every December.
>>>>
>>>
>>> And the huge discounts. Bought the wife her anniversery gift before
>>> Christmas. 70% of on a diamond bracelet. Normally you would only find a
>>> 50% sale during the year.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'm sure you are happy with your purchase, but...
>>
>> There's really no such thing as a retail price on most jewelry, especially
>> manufactured jewelry, such as earrings, pins, bracelets, et cetera. The
>> store is still making its profit whether you buy at "50%" off or "70%"
>> off.
>>
>> Jewelry is fairly unique in this regard. There's very little relationship
>> between what a store pays and what you pay.
>>
>> Now, if you want to buy a unique piece, head to NYC and buy some certified
>> stones at "wholesale"* from one of the Hasidic houses, and then take those
>> stones to a jewelry artist who will make up a nice piece for you and your
>> wife. If you know your stuff, you'll end up with something truly yours for
>> no more than you'd pay a local jeweler.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> * this is not the real wholesale wholesale, but the best you as someone
>> not in the biz will be able to do.
>
>I actually have connections at the jewelry wholesale house in San Francisco,
>but for a nice tennis bracelet, a major store can get a good deal, and then
>70% makes it very close to wholesale, and I do not have to go to SF and go
>shopping. For really special jewelry gifts, I use a local jeweler who is a
>manufacturer of custom works that are fantastic. A long time ago, I use to
>make really nice jewelry as a hobby.
>
Sounds like a good idea, Bill. Which store did you use? I ask because you sound as
though you may know something about it.
--
John H
**** May your Christmas be Spectacular!****
*****...and your New Year even Better!*****
.
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