http://blog.tiffanycollector.com Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:51:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lately, a lot of our friends and kind customers have been finding other sellers listing Tiffany items which seem identical to ours. There is a reason for this: apparently, it's easy to copy and paste pictures from other listings on eBay. So a malitious seller can use our photos, copy ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2010/02/26/is-a-picture-worth-a-thousand-words-maybe/ It's funny...just two weeks ago I was musing that it's been a while since eBay summary banned me for selling real Tiffany (as they used to like to do). Then I got a notice from eBay that they're getting rid of their PowerSeller ranking. But...for a decade we've been working ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2010/02/12/blue-ribbon-blues/ eBay is encouraging sellers to offer free shipping and best offers. I can see their point in both of these idea. eBay doesn't make a dime off shipping, so why should the sellers? Forget the fact that we all pay money to ship everything, even a post card, much less ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2009/09/22/best-offer-etiquette/ As many of you know, my son Marc has been in charge of my ebay store and website for the last month. Vito and I met Michael in Rome and traveled by train north to The Netherlands. It was a spectacular holiday and we filled every minute with adventure. I was ... http://blog.tiffanycollector.com/2009/08/29/my-european-adventure-2009/ 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/