Have a price in mind and just bid on online auctions, the prices are lower to begin with anyway and you will never need to overspend.
The pawn shop is a great place to buy jewelry because they have too much inventory right now as no one is able to get them back without cash. If you have the dough, talk to them to get some jewelry on the cheap.
Ask around. Not many of your friends will know but one of two of them will probably be jewelry experts. They can tell you the cheapest place to buy, and the place that will give you the best service too.
Don’t forget about servicing the jewelry afterward. Even paying slightly more may be worth it if the store will service (clean, adjust, etc) for you lifetime for free.
If you know a thing or two about jewelry, you may want to go to the flea markets and yard sales to find the true gems at incredible prices.
Go to fairs and jewelry conferences to get wholesale discounts without buying wholesale quantities. To top it off, the dealers are usually very honest about their product too.
Jewelry merchants who rely on advertising are usually the ones that make high margins. Those who are low key will have good quality, cheap prices and awesome service, which is what you need.
Buying jewelry on TV or at the mall is a sure way to pay top prices for mediocre quality. The advertising are so expensive that they have to make their money back somehow.
Gold can come in the form of composite as well as pure gold. They are all priced differently obviously so make sure you know what you are buying and comparing apples to apples before you pay.
Please help your family and use the Expedia coupons that are available everywhere. Just check these out for example. The savings are huge.
You must log in to post a comment.