Cartier Love Bracelet - Gold price v/s Retail for anyone who's interested! :)

[tbbbjb]

Adjusting from 24kt to 18kt, the price would be $1064.25. But, remember besides the name etc, that is just raw material. You would still need to pay for the labor and the casting for someone to turn it into a bracelet. So, that should be taken into consideration as well.

 

[lubird217]

Adjusting from 24kt to 18kt, the price would be $1064.25. But, remember besides the name etc, that is just raw material. You would still need to pay for the labor and the casting for someone to turn it into a bracelet. So, that should be taken into consideration as well.

exactly! i wonder what the markup is for NON-name bangles? maybe not 200% but still a lot?

we here at tpf can definitely find a way to justify this...

 

[lubird217]

oof i just found this

http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-the-Value-of-Scrap-Gold

and then I did the math (i *think* correctly)

I found out (for example) that this bracelet is listed for less than 1/3 of its "scrap" value -

http://www.bluenile.com/gold-bracelet-bead_10058

that hurts! i mean i know there's labor involved but jeez!