moe200069
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- May 15, 2005
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your mom knows what she's talking about
smart lady
if you dont mind me asking what did you pay per gram and are you located in nyc
24k is the best when it comes to jewelry a few jewelers now make western style chains such as fully Miami Cubans
I'm located in the SF Bay Area in CA (plenty of Asian jewelry shops out here). i picked it up on tuesday and the jeweler had it priced at $63/gram. they charged $150 for labor for the chain. they were gonna charge $200 for labor on the pendant but i was able to bargain that down to $150. i felt like they were getting over on me on the "labor" part since they could tell I didn't know what industry standard was. but man, after going to 7 different local shops + Zales, that pendant was exactly what I was looking for and I couldn't find one designed similarly so I just bit the bullet.
i saw a 24k franco piece that was absolute FIRE. but that joint was >65 grams and would've stretched my budget a little too much. but damn yall, I see how folks become enamored with chains/jewelry.