Brian Marshall
~ Elite 1000 Member ~
And of course - your client has signed an agreement that the risk of setting the stone is theirs NOT yours?
After seeing another trade shop bench jeweler get sued and have to take out a second mortgage on his house to pay for a "$20,000" stone that broke on him - that is my standard procedure.
(This job belonged to a well known chain - since bankrupt - and I would bet the stone wasn't worth more than 5 grand, but they told the judge that that was how much losing the sale cost them and he awarded it)
Whoever the retailer is is making a few thousand, why should I take ALL the risk for a few hundred?
Life is too short. Sign the agreement or take the job elsewhere...
Brian
After seeing another trade shop bench jeweler get sued and have to take out a second mortgage on his house to pay for a "$20,000" stone that broke on him - that is my standard procedure.
(This job belonged to a well known chain - since bankrupt - and I would bet the stone wasn't worth more than 5 grand, but they told the judge that that was how much losing the sale cost them and he awarded it)
Whoever the retailer is is making a few thousand, why should I take ALL the risk for a few hundred?
Life is too short. Sign the agreement or take the job elsewhere...
Brian
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