Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Easter and I'm all Egged Out..!

Groucho Marx once said - "Thanks for Coming - Thanks for Going" and I have to say I feel exactly the same about Easter.

Sure it's full of fun and the Chocolate is Great - But there's a downside....

People get presents for Easter and Jewelry is part of that. Do you know how hard it is to handle all the Valuation Appraisals around the family at this time? Horrendous....

Great Aunts we haven't seen since Christmas suddenly appear with "Look what your Uncle Henry bought me this year..." and then lower their voices to a whisper..." What do you think it's Worth?"

I spend the better part of the long weekend Vacation measuring, weighing, pressing my eyeglass to the cheek bone, deciphering Hallmarks and writing long lists of features and formulas and calculations onto scraps of paper all over my kitchen.

Don't these people know they can go ONLINE and do a Jewelry Appraisal in less than 15 minutes themselves? It's safe - it's easy - it even writes the description for you, and all for less than the price of an average chocolate egg!

"Thanks for coming.... Thanks for Going... See you for Mother's Day!"

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Jewelry Valuation Appraisal Problem

I recently received an email from a client with regard valuing an Antique 18ct Watch Chain, and it made me realize that people don't understand the difference between NEW jewelry and OLD jewelry when it comes to an Appraisal.

At the Valuations Online Database there is a built in formula to calculate these differences, but the basics remain that ALL Valuation Appraisals stem from a single MASTER price based on the REPLACEMENT FOR INSURANCE price.

An Antique, Secondhand, Vintage or Estate item is simply a proportion of this original MASTER valuation. No more - no less.

A visit to the only online appraisal system in the world not only explains this difference, but allows anyone to do their own Valuation Appraisal and Print their Certificate right there on the Desktop at Home or Work.

Can't be any easier than that...

Saturday, April 08, 2006

You say Jewellery - I say Jewelry

One of the major problems with running a company for International clients is the wording of the English language.

Apart from the two examples in the title of this post, there is also the problems with the words 'JEWELRY APPRAISALS' and 'JEWELLERY VALUATION' which basically mean the same thing - but to different parts of the world.

Another classic for the Jewelry Trade is 'CARAT' vs 'KARAT' and the mixup up between the quality of gold and the weight of gemstones.

Phew! Why do we bother?

Well the good news is at the Valuation Appraisal Center the online software program which anyone can use, takes all these things into account depending on which country you are from, and then prints out a Certificate in your currency (choice of seven) with all this little spellings taken into account. How cool is that?

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

New Update for Jewelry Trade

For the past four hectic days we have been updating the Jewelry Appraisal Center, and in particular, the Jewelry Trade Business section.

Power Users now have more functionality available and the Bulk Purchase price of Valuation Certificates have also been incorporated into the Sales - Order - Purchase process.

If yesterday was anything to go by - it's going to be a busy time for Jewelry Appraisals over the coming months.

If you haven't tried it yet, remember the Jewelry Industry has an opportunity to a FREE complimentary Trial. How can you loose?

Saturday, April 01, 2006

New Month - New Jewelry Goals

My Grandfather was born on the 1st April 1885 (so he'd be quite old if her were alive today).
But in a way, maybe he still is...

He was always the 'Action' type in that he would be doing SOMETHING.

So I take that generic trait and do the same on the Internet.

We have been working steadily on bringing a new interface for the Jewelry Appraisal Center
which is 99.9 % complete, plus we have been working on access to the Valuation Manager Interface for the Casual Users of the program. They will find a HUGE difference on handling their jewelry appraisals or renewing the Certificates.

Stay tuned - it should be online in just a couple of days - And that's NO April Fool...!