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Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2016
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Does Sako of cicada have a website ?
His items on Instagram don't have a price ? (sorry never used their website before ) .
He is easy enough to DM and he responds, however, I could not get him to quote me prices for what I was looking for
like he was waiting for you to offer a price first? Or they weren’t really for sale?
Weird.
Like he wanted to make the setting too, when I said I had already sourced the setting but he insisted on seeing what setting I had in mind. When I sent it to him he said he can't compete with David Klass' pricing. All I wanted from him were the stones but he never quoted me a price on a 5 stone suite. The 2 things I asked about on his page were sold already but he said he had more like it. He kept asking what prices I had already been quoted and said he can't beat David Klass but his craftsmanship is much better and it was up to me.
Like he wanted to make the setting too, when I said I had already sourced the setting but he insisted on seeing what setting I had in mind. When I sent it to him he said he can't compete with David Klass' pricing. All I wanted from him were the stones but he never quoted me a price on a 5 stone suite. The 2 things I asked about on his page were sold already but he said he had more like it. He kept asking what prices I had already been quoted and said he can't beat David Klass but his craftsmanship is much better and it was up to me.
I guess he can create the niche he wants to cater to. Nothing wrong with that.
But not sure how I would feel about wanting to spend money with a vendor that was so concerned firstly about what my quotes were from other vendors?
your stones will pop up! Somewhere!
I think he wants to get sure his pricing isn't out of line. They do a ton of work for vendors as the bench and creating pieces that we have seen here. I think they are trying to find footing with what they should charge for a direct project at times.
@dreamer_dachsie I would not dream of piecing together two pairs +1
I get that.
He worked on a ring of mine I got thru TGP/DK.
If benches choose to work direct to consumers and thru jewelers - If they don’t have their boundaries/policies set, it could get sticky with what they say about and what they charge between direct consumers and jewelers.