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[sbelle]

This would be a brand new 20 motif....from a jeweler in Greenwich, CT

i guess i have to pay more because mine are used and the trade would be for a new one....they don't have any second hand

It does make sense to me, after running through the numbers.

1) The current retail of a 20 motif white mop is $14,800
2) They are offering you $11,300 for your two 10 motifs ($14,800 current retail less $3,500 trade in)
3) $11,300 is 76% of the current retail ($14,800)
4) They will have to sell your items as "estate items" and hence won't be able to charge full retail for them. The 24% differene between what you are being paid and the current retail price allows them some room for profit.

At first I was wondering if you'd do better consigning the pieces at someplace like AFF (since they seem to be selling VCA fairly often). But Ann's will typically price the item at a little bit under retail and you get 75% of that. So in this case, I think you are doing better trading in.

I guess you have to decide how much you want a 20 motif (and factor in how long you've had your 10 motifs -- maybe you bought them several price increases ago and you didn't pay $7,400 apiece for them.)


I LOVE this new editing timeframe, it makes it so much easier to go back and add something. I did want to make sure that I clarified that AFF gives you 75% of selling price for your VCA sold, but the shared percentage is different for other items.

 

[texasgirliegirl]

Must be Betteridge Jewelers.
If I were you, I would just buy a new 10 motif and attach it to the old one...and keep the onyx unless that is cost prohibitive.
If this is not an option, the deal they are offering you sounds pretty good.

This would be a brand new 20 motif....from a jeweler in Greenwich, CT

 

[pants]

It does make sense to me, after running through the numbers.

1) The current retail of a 20 motif white mop is $14,800
2) They are offering you $11,300 for your two 10 motifs ($14,800 current retail less $3,500 trade in)
3) $11,300 is 76% of the current retail ($14,800)
4) They will have to sell your items as "estate items" and hence won't be able to charge full retail for them. The 24% differene between what you are being paid and the current retail price allows them some room for profit.

At first I was wondering if you'd do better consigning the pieces at someplace like AFF (since they seem to be selling VCA fairly often). But Ann's will typically price the item at a little bit under retail and you get 75% of that. So in this case, I think you are doing better trading in.

I guess you have to decide how much you want a 20 motif (and factor in how long you've had your 10 motifs -- maybe you bought them several price increases ago and you didn't pay $7,400 apiece for them.)


I LOVE this new editing timeframe, it makes it so much easier to go back and add something. I did want to make sure that I clarified that AFF gives you 75% of selling price for your VCA sold, but the shared percentage is different for other items.

Wow!! Thanks for that breakdown!!! Which do you think looks better?? I always wear my mop and onyx together...not sure what to do!!!! I did buy both necklaces several years ago.

 

[pants]

what is aff???

 

[sbelle]

Wow!! Thanks for that breakdown!!! Which do you think looks better?? I always wear my mop and onyx together...not sure what to do!!!! I did buy both necklaces several years ago.

It is such a personal decision that it is hard to say what's the best to do.

If it were me though, I would have a hard time letting go of the onyx 10 motif. I think I'd hang on to it. Then I think I'd wait until I could afford another 10 motif white mop to combine with the first 10 motif mop, making a 20 motif necklace. But that's me. I love the onyx necklace.

what is aff???

Ann's Fabulous Finds - a reseller. Pre-owned VCA pieces pop up there fairly often.

 

[Junkenpo]

I love the onyx just a bit more than mop, but if I already had 10 motifs in either or both, I'd save up a bit longer & purchase another 10 to link for a 20 rather than give either up!

What found when I googled gemstone meanings.

Onyx is known to separate. It can help release negative emotions such as sorrow and grief. It is used to end unhappy or bothersome relationships.

Onyx guards against negativity
Onyx jewelry is worn to defend against negativity that is directed at you. Black stones have protective energies in the sense that black is the absence of light, and therefore, can be used to create invisibility.

Fortifies self confidence and responsibility
Sharpens your senses
Encourages a healthy egotism

 

[texasgirliegirl]

It is such a personal decision that it is hard to say what's the best to do.

If it were me though, I would have a hard time letting go of the onyx 10 motif. I think I'd hang on to it. Then I think I'd wait until I could afford another 10 motif white mop to combine with the first 10 motif mop, making a 20 motif necklace. But that's me. I love the onyx necklace.




Ann's Fabulous Finds - a reseller. Pre-owned VCA pieces pop up there fairly often.

I agree with Sbelle.

 

[texasgirliegirl]

I love the onyx just a bit more than mop, but if I already had 10 motifs in either or both, I'd save up a bit longer & purchase another 10 to link for a 20 rather than give either up!

What found when I googled gemstone meanings.

Fun!!
OK..now please tell us what the rest of them stand for...MOP, carnelian, turquoise, tigers eye....

 

[LVoeletters]

Fun!!
OK..now please tell us what the rest of them stand for...MOP, carnelian, turquoise, tigers eye....

Just google 'meaning of.....' whichever stone. Mop is virtue and innocence, I love lapis it has to do with energy and protection and enervation of the mind, intelligence and so foeth

 

[LVoeletters]

Does the one motif alhambra ring all have the diamond in the middle? Can you buy it without? Would you buy this ring or no?


Would you choose the sweet pendant or the ring?

 

[babielovah]

Thank you ladies for your help!

If you're looking to get a turquoise pendant- get the turquoise pendant! There is no substitute for the beauty of VCA turquoise! I recently got my first VCA piece and it was the turquoise pendant- I absolutely love it & the turquoise is stunning!

The price tag was hard for me to swallow, especially compared to the MOP, but for me, turquoise was what I really wanted! I have zero regrets!

Do you mind show a photo of the turquoise? Thanks much!

 

[kimber418]

Here is mine! Just happened to be wearing it tonight!! You can do a search of the turquoise VCA and there is so much more!

 

[kimber418]

oops! have not post a photo in awhile.......sort of messed it up! Sorry!

 

[dialv]

Can't get enough of this pendant. I love mine to bits. VCA turquoise is tdf!!!

 

[Junkenpo]

ahhh! i never get tired of seeing yg/turq. If VCA comes out with a sweet bracelet in yg/turq I would snatch it up in a heartbeat. I'd love a pendent, too, but I always want bracelets first as that way I can layer/stare at it all day.