How to Buy Jewelry Wholesale [Paperback]

Frank J. Adler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 8, 1998

SAVE UP TO 75 PERCENT ON PURCHASES OF FINE JEWELRY!

Most people who buy diamonds and fine gold jewelry pay a huge markup, as much as 400 percent --even when the items are on sale. But if you're wholesale savvy, you can get the piece--and the price--you want. Read this one-of-a-kind sourcebook and get that special gift at a very special price.

How to Buy Jewelry Wholesale covers a variety of treasures--diamonds, gold, silver, and platinum jewelry--and explains, step-by-easy-step, how to get the best price, often a 75 percent savings over the retail price. Learn how to determine the exact quality of the jewelry you wish to purchase, where to go to buy it wholesale, and how to properly document an insurance appraisal. Filled with charts, photos, line drawings, and a complete glossary of terms, How to Buy Jewelry Wholesale will teach you how to shop for jewelry like a professional.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

I suggest this book to everyone I know who wants to buy fine jewelry, from an engagement ring to a commemorative gold charm to a gold chain to whatever. It's so easy to overpay when shopping -- and it frightens me that people I know seem to buy blind so often, whether from a TV shopping network or the jewelry store at the mall. Frank Adler is a true consumer advocate -- and a real gentleman as well. When I got married ten years ago I didn't get an engagement ring -- it seemed like a frivolous expense, since all the rings we saw were SO expensive. Of course, if I had had HOW TO BUY JEWELRY WHOLESALE, we would have realized that I could have a ring and eat as well. I'm divorced now -- no, not because I never got that darn ring -- but if I ever marry again, I'll hand a copy of HOW TO BUY JEWELRY WHOLESALE to my fiance!

-- Randy Ladenheim-Gil, Editor, House of Collectibles

From the Inside Flap

SAVE UP TO 75 PERCENT ON PURCHASES OF FINE JEWELRY!

Most people who buy diamonds and fine gold jewelry pay a huge markup, as much as 400 percent --even when the items are on sale. But if you're wholesale savvy, you can get the piece--and the price--you want. Read this one-of-a-kind sourcebook and get that special gift at a very special price.

How to Buy Jewelry Wholesale covers a variety of treasures--diamonds, gold, silver, and platinum jewelry--and explains, step-by-easy-step, how to get the best price, often a 75 percent savings over the retail price. Learn how to determine the exact quality of the jewelry you wish to purchase, where to go to buy it wholesale, and how to properly document an insurance appraisal. Filled with charts, photos, line drawings, and a complete glossary of terms, How to Buy Jewelry Wholesale will teach you how to shop for jewelry like a professional.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 211 pages
• Publisher: House of Collectibles; 1 edition (September 8, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067660126X
• ISBN-13: 978-0676601268
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,131,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars how to buy jewelry wholesale, July 3, 2000

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"farrcorners" - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Buy Jewelry Wholesale (Paperback)

This book is a must, you will never buy jewelry in a retail store again, I learned how to value and get the best price for jewelry. What an insight!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The title is misleading, July 26, 2001

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David J. Gering "davegering" (Phoenix, Arizona USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Buy Jewelry Wholesale (Paperback)

Although the title of this book encompasses "jewelry," in the introduction, the author states that he has limited the scope of the book to diamonds and jewelry that contains diamonds, gold, platinum or silver. He omits colored stones because "they do not enjoy the stability and liquidity of a structured market." Unfortunately, my interest is colored stones, and had I known that this book was limited to diamonds I would never have bought it. Having said that, if your interest is diamonds and/or gold, then the book can be recommended.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars how to buy jewelry wholesale, July 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Buy Jewelry Wholesale (Paperback)

very basic information, full of obvious suggestions.buy only if intereted in an elementary explanation of the jewelry industry