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[-] shuzuko@midwest.social 17 points 2 months ago

Jfc

So, my husband is a jeweler. We recently started our own business (mostly repairs right now). These things are largely poorly designed and way overpriced for what they are. Plus, there's a lot of bullshit like "14k black gold", which isn't a thing. It's possibly 14k white or yellow gold with black rhodium plating, which will wear off in about 2 years and need replating. And there's one with a 1.5ish carat diamond and a few melee marquis, with no other detailing or anything particularly interesting other than the "14k black gold" bullshit, and they're trying to sell it for over $10,000 usd. Fucking LOL. This site is trash.

[-] yuri@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

whenever someone brings something to our store with worn off black rodium, we’ll do the regular clean/check/polish and then just use an industrial black marker to fill it in. we don’t charge for it, and it’ll actually last a long time if it doesn’t see heavy wear!

the alternative is spending at least $400 for something you’ll use like 4 times a year. PLUS you’ll have to charge for it, and no one wants to pay for a full rhodium just to replace what is most likely a single tiny accent of their jewelry hahahah

keep at it with the repair work, that’s the lifeblood of a good jewelry store. people like the store they bought their trendy new ring at, but they LOVE the store that made their old ring new again.

this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2024
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