http://blog.tiffanycollector.com Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:22:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Its Thursday night and I am happily watching the funny shows I spend all week looking forward to. Before I know whats happening, Jane Seymore is is the mirror pitching new "Open Heart" necklace from Kay Jewelers. It looks so much like Picasso's Double Heart pieces, its not funny. So, ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2008/11/06/the-tacky-kay-jeweler-coinsidenceon-myname-is-earlwhat-the-heck/ I know the word marriage is a scary one. It is also a very important one. For couples who love each other and want to be married, it means the world. Marriage is not only an emotional commitment and sentiment reserved for those who meet criteria (other than age of ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2008/10/26/one-little-wordmarriage/ Posted below is a copy of an email I sent to eBay in response to the changes they've recently made to the seller's payment options. Soon, sellers will no longer be able to accept checks and money orders. This seems to me a very bad idea and I explain why ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2008/08/20/response-to-ebays-payment-option-changes/ The big topic all afternoon has been the French court ruling against ebay. What seems like a lot of money to us is really a very slight slap on the wrist for the all powerful ebay. For the past five years, I have been telling anyone who would listen that ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2008/06/30/trouble-at-ebayahhthe-french/ I am trying to wrap my mind around whats going on with paypal these days. Since December, I have had 5 payments reversed after having shipped the pieces. The latest three of which are items I shipped back in November! Now, if paypal wants to charge fees, issue credit cards, ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2008/02/27/the-price-of-fraud/ This is a guest post from Diane's son Marc. From what I understand, regular blog readers are familiar with my work photographing some of the jewelry Diane sells. I thought it might be of interest to those who are looking for Tiffany & Co. pieces on eBay to see exactly how ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2008/02/09/beware-counterfeit-forgeries/ I never imagined that my first job would do so much to prepare me for the world of business. Not in that "sell anything to anybody" way that so many people seem to think is something to be proud of, but for giving me a sense of ethical business. My ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2008/02/04/feedback-or-else/ First of all, I'd like to wish everyone a warm and wonderful new year! Its been busy here and of course, we had a huge storm that took out the power, but was really very exciting.I usually go off on unscrupulous sellers but I this time I have a few ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2008/01/14/seller-beware/ Ah the holidays are here. What's better than the diamond-like twinkle of holiday lights lining houses throughout the neighborhood and, of course, Tiffany's seasonal displays full of real diamonds, white-gold, sapphire and platinum? It's amazing to think that it was this time last year I started this blog and my TiffanyCollector.com website. ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2007/12/05/bidders-beware/ Michael came home from Southern California with a bad cough. Breathing that smoke for over a week was really bad for him. He saw a doctor and is on medication. Marc was drinking coffee, sitting on a rail when a strong wind came up and blew him off. He came ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2007/11/07/a-bumpy-week/