The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-05-23
some Hints About Buying Jewelry
and Silverware.
Editor American Jeweler !:

Editor American Jeweler
The hue and cry that Is now going on IN re-.
General stores is simply absurd. AS whole
saler I claim the right 70 sell TO any man
who pays his bills promptly, no matter What
business he may be connected With. The re-
tail ieweler can only blame himself for the
present predicament in which he finds him.
self. AS a rule the retail jeweler is not as de-
sirable customer as the general storekeeper.
He Is more exacting as TO quality; packing
and shipping, prices and terms OF payments.
He expects the gross rate on an order Tor one
or two chains or charms. AS q rule II Is very
slow pay, and In many cases is not Wortny
OF credit at all. claim the right 10 sell 10
those whom find from practical experience
are the easiest TO do business with and VINO
pay their bills and take their cash discounts
promptly, and buy In the largest qnantitiee.
No business man in any other line OF trade
would refuse O sell to desirable customer
in any line Of business. Why should the
Wholesale jeweler be an exc option TO the
gen eral rule? do not seek the trade OF per.
sons Cuisine of the jewelry field, but do not
refuse 10 sci, 70 such persons where the trade
comes TO rae unsolicited. AS rule, nrms 90
not buy goods Of the better quality, ana the
retail jeWeler who handles nrstcla goous
need not fear his competition. A Joober.
This letter from jobber 10 the Ameri can
Jeweler is a very Interesting document We
cannot deny the charge made against some
retail jewellers as not being worthy OF credit
But such man Is always known In hls1eoIn
munity, and does not DO extensive Duslhess
on that account.
However, let US see, what about the outside
customer In different language from tina,
Of the jobbers we can put 1t this way: The
general store will take all sorts OF plundei
and pay me prices for good goods. not know
| ing any better, but the honest retail JeWelel
who knows his business wants good goods a.
| reasonable prices and II try 10 cheat MIN
| sends back the goods or threatens not TO pay
for them and therefore don't want his trade
This will teach buyers where TO buy thelI
goods, and they may know what class o
| floods they are getting when ordering from
soma pseado Wholesale house, who sell 81
| per cent cheaper than any one else
Some time after xmas the retail jewelers. W
north complained TO the manufacturers thai
some some Department stores could sell ster
| ling goods cheaper than they could buy them
and demanded an explanation. The goods
were assayed and found TO be about 4UtlOO'
fine, In other words only 10 contain ~ pei
cent instead of go 1-2 OF pure silver. The stores
are sorry they sold the goods for sterling sc
they say, and claim they knew not ou
what they were OK.
A Eli has been introduced into the Legis
lature of r. I. TO prohibit the stamping o
silver sterling unless IL be S25-l0OO fine. Some
manufacturers oppose this just law, because
| they say, they have 10 make plated good
and stamp them sterling for certain trade
and.th otherwise they would have TO CLOS
their factories.
| favor of this bill, in fact have introduced
and we hope will become law.
so the public may see from above facts
that 1t is only safe TO buy goods from mel
who know this particular business, and ar
willing 10 do the square thing.
More-anon.