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Ideal_Rock
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So…would any others of you like to join me in downtown DC this summer for a get together, where we could maybe learn a bit from each other about how to judge a good looking diamond (or other gem), to boot? Or…maybe also, learn what not to buy?
Here’s the proposal in 3 pieces:
1) The appetizer: Get together, clearing ½ day, say…from 11 – 3, on Saturday, August 20, (edited to update...we are now planning to meet on Sunday August 21, 11 - 4) and spend about an hour and 1/2 at the annual Gem & Jewelry show, checking out the booths…and maybe finding some things that look good or look deceptively bad. Then, after lunch, we can share with each other what we’ve found, showing what looks good or bad to us (but if it looks bad, remember to be kind).
2) The main course: Get together for lunch at 12:30; I have one place in mind, but there actually seems to be a number of options; others may have a suggestion. Per Sevens One other recent rendezvous…we might keep the location tbd on the QT.
3) The dessert: get a shirt…it will have a Pricescope logo on it. Leonid…you’re going to have to pony up for the logo, but if others come (and you know, you can provide this, once set up, to anybody, anytime) for $100 for setting that up at Lands End, that will get you a bunch of free advertising worth untold…well, it would be a nice good will gesture, anyway (Then, too, we can go into our favorite B&M, with our Pricescope logo on our shirt, and the shopkeeper – whether he’s frowning or smiling – that may tell us a lot!). Each of us would pop for our own shirt, paying Land’s End directly, (once the logo is set up by Leonid), approx $30 (but selecting our own, range is $25 – 50, with logo included). Try this, too: (contemplating ASET colors)…us prosumers get a green shirt (call it for contrast), other vendors local to the area who might visit with us, (Young papa, w/ DCD, Capital Bill w/ Ice Mine)…you pick a red shirt and we hope you’ll come to mix it up, and then appraisers in the area (they could be invited, none log on I know of) can wear blue…also, if they’ll do a stand-up eval, for even a modest charge, they should be able to make a bundle there.
Anyway, I’m planning on going, and unless there’s a coordination issue…Saturday is suggested. Other details, only suggested above, tbd.
What do ya think?
Here’s the proposal in 3 pieces:
1) The appetizer: Get together, clearing ½ day, say…from 11 – 3, on Saturday, August 20, (edited to update...we are now planning to meet on Sunday August 21, 11 - 4) and spend about an hour and 1/2 at the annual Gem & Jewelry show, checking out the booths…and maybe finding some things that look good or look deceptively bad. Then, after lunch, we can share with each other what we’ve found, showing what looks good or bad to us (but if it looks bad, remember to be kind).
2) The main course: Get together for lunch at 12:30; I have one place in mind, but there actually seems to be a number of options; others may have a suggestion. Per Sevens One other recent rendezvous…we might keep the location tbd on the QT.
3) The dessert: get a shirt…it will have a Pricescope logo on it. Leonid…you’re going to have to pony up for the logo, but if others come (and you know, you can provide this, once set up, to anybody, anytime) for $100 for setting that up at Lands End, that will get you a bunch of free advertising worth untold…well, it would be a nice good will gesture, anyway (Then, too, we can go into our favorite B&M, with our Pricescope logo on our shirt, and the shopkeeper – whether he’s frowning or smiling – that may tell us a lot!). Each of us would pop for our own shirt, paying Land’s End directly, (once the logo is set up by Leonid), approx $30 (but selecting our own, range is $25 – 50, with logo included). Try this, too: (contemplating ASET colors)…us prosumers get a green shirt (call it for contrast), other vendors local to the area who might visit with us, (Young papa, w/ DCD, Capital Bill w/ Ice Mine)…you pick a red shirt and we hope you’ll come to mix it up, and then appraisers in the area (they could be invited, none log on I know of) can wear blue…also, if they’ll do a stand-up eval, for even a modest charge, they should be able to make a bundle there.
Anyway, I’m planning on going, and unless there’s a coordination issue…Saturday is suggested. Other details, only suggested above, tbd.
What do ya think?
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