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SDJB Sees Growing Trends in Gold & Handbags
According to San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB), increasing numbers of San Diegans are purchasing pre-owned designer handbags and gold jewelry. “On the surface, this might appear strange considering the current economic conditions,” says SDJB.
“For one thing, many people are no longer letting their second-hand luxury items like gold jewelry and luxury handbags (which they no longer wear or use anymore) gather dust in their drawers and closets. Instead, they are taking them to a trusted business such as San Diego Jewelry Buyers to receive cash on the spot for these assets.”
According to SDJB, consumer selling of pre-owned handbags and gold benefits other shoppers, some of whom previously couldn’t afford gold jewelry or a high branded handbag. “It just makes perfect sense to our customers from a financial standpoint. They are purchasing more gold due to the fact that they are worried about inflation and it’s a secure way to store wealth, and they are purchasing pre-owned luxury items like designer handbags, because they can last for decades versus mass market merchandise which often wears out in a year or less.”
“This philosophy of purchasing pre-owned gold jewelry as an investment and choosing second-hand luxury items over new, but more cheaply made, products is something that I’ve frequently observed in my travels throughout Asia,” adds SDJB. “It is also something we’ve long seen from our clients who come from the Asian communities of Kearny Mesa, Mira Mesa, Claremont, Linda Vista, and other areas of San Diego County. Indeed, a lot of the gold we buy these days and have in our safes is investment grade 23K Thai gold, 24K Taiwanese gold, and 24K Hong Kong gold chains and jewelry, since many of our customers from San Diego’s Asian communities travel back and forth from Asia or have friends and family who purchase gold there.”
San Diego Jewelry Buyers has recently opened a new showroom and office suite at 907 6th Avenue, on the NE Corner of 6th Avenue and E Street, in the Gaslamp District of downtown San Diego. In addition to being one of California’s most recognized buyers of pre-owned gold and designer handbags, SDJB is a pre-eminent buyer of large carat diamonds, prestige watches, platinum, and silver.
Customers can contact them at 800-557-9413 for a free consultation or to arrange a confidential appointment. For more information, visit or contact:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers
907 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-9603 – (800) 557-9413
www.sandiegojewelrybuyers.com
Located in the gas-lamp quarter of downtown San Diego, SDJB leverages over 30 years of industry experience and fine jewelry expertise to make certain that customers receive the fairest cash offers and loans for their diamond/gemstone jewelry and premiere brand watches. Serving Kearny Mesa, Mira Mesa, Claremont, Linda Vista and other surrounding communities.
San Diego Estate Buyer: Credentials & Reputation
San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB), the A+ BBB estate jewelry buyer in San Diego County, has issued a public statement regarding the exceptional qualifications, credentials, and experience of its diamond appraisers and antique jewelry buyers. “Our company is well known for its outstanding buying offers and customer service,” says Carl Blackburn, owner of San Diego Jewelry Buyers, “and we felt that its time that we explained more thoroughly why our staff has the special reputation that it does among our customers.”
According to Blackburn, all of his estate diamond buyers must be Graduate Gemologists from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), which is the foremost gemological accreditation school in the world. Furthermore, some of his antique jewelry buyers and diamond jewelry appraisers have additional certification as bench jewelers or jewelry designers.
In addition to their formal training, all estate buyers and jewelry appraisers at SDJB undergo a thorough on-the-job training program that involves how to assess the real worth of heirloom jewelry, important jewels, high grade Swiss watches, and large rare diamonds. Leading this training program is Carl Blackburn, an internationally-recognized fine jewelry designer with 25 years experience. Blackburn began his career in his early 20s selling fine antique and estate jewelry that his father (an antique jewelry and estate buyer) gave him to sell on the road as the company’s first national sales rep.
“In my early twenties I had some of my best experiences with fine antique jewelry that I could ever hope for. At that time I was traveling throughout the US for 36 weeks out of the year selling fine antique and estate jewelry to the best high street antique and estate jewelry stores throughout the United States. On the weekends I visited the most important antique shows throughout the country, selling my Dad’s jewelry to the collectors and dealers who were exhibiting at those shows. I could not have imagined a better education in this aspect of the business, and I’m grateful now that I can pass on what I learned to my employees here at SDJB.” Blackburn’s father currently serves as a consultant to the company when it is purchasing exceptional estate jewelry collections.
Another important figure in the SDJB training program is partner and co-owner Peter Harvey. Harvey’s 30-year track record as a watch collector, diamond buyer, and elite pawnbroker has earned him hall of fame status in the trade. His many years as one of the country’s most prominent jewelry buyers and estate liquidators is chock full of stories involving million-dollar fancy colored diamonds, collectible watches auctioned for six and seven figures, and rare discoveries of extraordinary jewels. As an active partner in the business, Harvey fills the role of senior buyer, as well as mentor to the entire staff.
San Diego Jewelry Buyers’ rigorous apprentice system is what enables its impressive buying offers for large diamonds and fine jewelry from the Art Deco, Edwardian, and Victorian periods, from classic brands such as Cartier and Tiffany, and from today’s most popular jewelry designers. However, the company’s reputation does not rest only on its large cash payments. Customer service is an important part of SDJB’s success. “Everything hinges on customer service,” says Blackburn. “Just because we deal mostly in large-ticket items, doesn’t mean we have to act like prima donnas. I try to instill in my staff every day the same principles I work by: treat every customer like they are royalty. Treat them like they’ve just arrived for their presidential suite at the Ritz-Carlton. Whether they have a dollar in their pocket, or ten million dollars in their bank account, we roll out the red carpet for every customer who walks in our store. Respect is something we do not put a price tag on…”
In return for this emphasis on attentive customer service and deep professional knowledge, customers have rewarded San Diego Jewelry Buyers’ with dozens of five star reviews and an expanding word of mouth campaign that has made the company not only the leading buyer of estate jewelry, collectable watches, and large diamonds in San Diego County, but one of the top buyers of luxury assets in the country. In addition, as one of the most trusted and respected gold buyers in California, SDJB was featured by KUSI TV in its investigative report on how to sell gold jewelry safely.
To learn more about San Diego Jewelry Buyers and the luxury assets that it buys and on which it provides instant, no credit check, collateral loans, please visit or contact:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers
907 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-9603 – (800) 557-9413
San Diego Handbag Buyer Offers Tips to Sellers
San Diego Jewelry Buyers, California’s most prominent used designer handbag buyer, has announced the publication of a new consumer guide. The article of tips (titled “Is My Designer Handbag Authentic or a Knockoff?”) is for women seeking to sell pre-owned luxury purses made by Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Chanel, Prada, Hermes, and other top brands.
“We often have customers call us wondering how they can tell for sure if their designer handbag is authentic,” says an SDJB spokesperson. “While it often requires a professional handbag buyer or authorized dealer to fully authenticate a luxury purse, there are a few basic things that all people can do to check whether their ladies handbag is the genuine article or a fake.”
A couple of tips which handbag sellers can find in “Is My Designer Handbag Authentic or a Knockoff?” are:
— Check the stitching. One reason high-end handbags from brands like Hermes and Prada cost so much is that they are very carefully made by highly trained craftspeople. Check the stitching in spots not easy to see and look for sloppiness, unraveling, and/or inconsistency. The color of the stitching should be the same everywhere. Also check the overall complexity of the stitching pattern. If your handbag looks stitched together in a very simple pattern, then it is likely a knockoff.
— Check the materials. While some knockoffs are made from real leather, the quality of the leather is not equal to that of a designer bag from say Fendi or Louis Vuitton. The leather of a faux designer purse tends to be stiffer, slicker, and/or shinier. It will often also show discoloration and have an uneven look or texture. If you see crackles in the “leather” of your wallet or purse, that’s a bad sign. If your handbag feels rather light, that’s not a good sign either, as this means it likely has been made with plastic.
To read the full list of tips for handbag and purse sellers, please go to: Is My Designer Handbag Authentic or a Knockoff? in the Knowledge area of www.SanDiegoJewelryBuyers.com. The guide is just one of the many knowledge building articles that the company provides on products such as gold, diamonds, timepieces, fine jewelry, and designer handbags, so that consumers can get the most money for these luxury assets.
To schedule an appointment for a free appraisal and immediate cash off on your designer handbag or other luxury product, please call San Diego Jewelry Buyers toll free at: 800-557-9413.
The company also offers quick and confidential collateral loans on all qualified items from their downtown office in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego. For more information on all the luxury assets which the company buys, please visit or contact:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers
907 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-9603 – (800) 557-9413
San Diego Trends: Sell Used Handbags for Cash
San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB) is reporting that its new buying service for used luxury handbags, purses, and wallets is exceeding expectations. “The daily purchases and collateral loans that we make on pre-owned designer purses and handbags has been steadily increasing every week thanks to the word of mouth advertising of our customers,” says an SDJB spokesperson.
Launched in April, San Diego Jewelry Buyers’ pre-owned purse buying service is attracting sellers from around the San Diego area, including the communities of La Jolla, Rancho Santa Fe, Solana Beach, and Carlsbad. SDJB was initially buying ladies handbags from only a couple of premium brands, but they are now purchasing luxury purses and wallets from Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Hermes, Chanel, Prada, Gucci, and Fendi.
“Essentially, we buy designer handbags if they come from a highly sought-after luxury brand, are in good condition, and their authenticity can be verified,” says SDJB. Potential sellers who are unsure if SDJB might be interested in buying their high-end purses or wallets are encouraged to email or call the company toll free.
Once interviewed by KUSI news for a special report on how to sell gold without getting scammed, San Diego Jewelry Buyers has long been recognized as one of San Diego’s most trusted and respected buyers of pre-owned gold jewelry, diamonds, watches, and sterling silver flatware. Its new designer handbag buying service is thus a logical extension of its business in buying and providing collateral loans on luxury assets.
“In the past, women frequently overlooked the hundreds or sometimes thousands of dollars that are sitting on their closet shelves in the form of un-utilized designer handbags or purses,” says SDJB. “But this is changing. Our clients now realize that by selling these items which they are no longer using for quick cash, they can raise instant money that can be put to a better purpose, whether it be to buy a new trendy handbag they’ve had their eye on, or just socking it away for a rainy day. The point is that good money could be going to waste in the form of stagnant assets. It’s just good housekeeping to clean house and don’t let those assets go to waste.”
San Diego Jewelry Buyers’ success in attracting so many people who want to sell their luxury handbags is its 30 year track record of making fair and immediate cash offers on estate jewelry, used gold, loose diamonds, and pre-owned timepieces–a track record of satisfied customers that is demonstrated by the dozens of 5 star customer reviews that the company has received on sites such as Google Reviews, Yahoo Local, and Insiderpages.
In addition, SDJB is the only company in the San Diego area that is providing immediate cash for ladies handbags. The only other option available to women who want to sell their high-end purses is to try to sell them to an online handbag buyer or via an online classifieds site such as Craigslist. But due to issues related to fraud and security, women are finding that San Diego Jewelry Buyers is the better place to go. Not only does SDJB offer a fast free appraisal and instant cash payment in a safe environment, they provide other conveniences and services, such as attentive staff, free parking directly in front of its Gaslamp (downtown San Diego) store, and other items for sale that customers can browse in its showroom, which include designer sunglasses, vintage handbags, used luggage, fine jewelry, diamonds and luxury watches.
For more information on selling your pre-owned luxury handbag, purse, or wallet, please visit or contact them at:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers
907 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-9603 – (800) 557-9413
How San Diego Jewelry Shoppers Can Go Green
In its latest knowledge building article for buyers and sellers of fine jewelry, timepieces, and other luxury goods, San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB) offers eco-friendly tips to jewelry shoppers. Titled “Going Green: What Jewelry Shoppers Can Do,” the article is in keeping with SDJB’s commitment to promoting actions that protect the environment and the health of local communities.
A strong supporter of socially conscious groups and practices such as the Ethical Metalsmiths, NoDirtyGold campaign, and Fair Trade Gems, SDJB has long said that the recycling gold, diamonds, and fine jewelry is one small way that everyone can work toward reducing the need for increased diamond and precious metal mining. In its new article, SDJB offers additional advice on how jewelry shoppers can be environmentally friendly. For example:
1) When considering buying fine jewelry from a particular designer or jewelry brand, check online what statements they have made regarding where they source their gold and gemstones, and what (if any) recycling measures they take. Also research where their jewelry is made and what steps they have taken to ensure fair labor practices. Or ask your jeweler for this information. If you can’t find anything out, choose a different designer or brand.
2) Support local fine jewelry artisans who manufacture their own jewelry and can better control the process of fine jewelry making and the sourcing of their materials.
3) Have your engagement ring set with an estate diamond rather than a new diamond. A diamond, after all, is forever, and will have not lost its beauty and luster. Be sure though to purchase such diamonds from a reputable and established diamond buyer who can ensure the authenticity and quality of the diamond.
To read more eco-friendly tips from San Diego Jewelry Buyers, please go to “Going Green: What Jewelry Shoppers Can Do.”
Consumers can also get advice on such subjects as understanding a diamond grading report, how to tell the difference between a real and fake Rolex watch, and how to sell estate jewelry, by visiting the Knowledge area of SanDiegoJewelryBuyers.com.
For more info, please visit or contact them at:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers
907 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-9603 – (800) 557-9413
San Diego: We Buy Handbags from Louis Vuitton
San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB) has announced that customers can now sell handbags and purses from Louis Vuitton with the company. The buying of authentic Vuitton bags is a new exclusive service that SDJB is offering clients, who in the past have benefited from the company’s substantial buying offers and collateral loans on used fine jewelry, gold, diamonds, and prestige timepieces.
“In San Diego the public has only limited options for converting their used designer handbags to cash,” says an SDJB spokesperson. “After receiving hundreds or thousands of dollars for their old gold jewelry, many of our female clients have told us lately that they wish they could sell designer handbags to us too.”
“This was something we hadn’t thought of before,” adds SDJB. “But it made perfect sense. There is a demand for pre-owned designer handbags, especially Louis Vuitton bags, just as there is a demand for vintage fine jewelry. So now we are offering clients instant cash for those beautiful bags rather than having them gather dust in a closet.”
At the moment, San Diego Jewelry Buyers is only buying Louis Vuitton handbags and purses from customers, but within the next six months hopes to expand its estate buying service to include other premium brands such as Chanel, Ferragamo, and Bottega Veneta.
To sell handbags from Louis Vuitton, customers follow five simple steps:
1. Call or email SDJB to set up an appointment.
2. Bring in your Louis Vuitton handbags.
3. SDJB staff will meet you in their parking lot, validate your parking, and escort you into their private buying offices
4. Their expert handbag buyers will appraise your handbags in front of you.
5. You will receive cash on the spot against the value of your used handbags.
As when selling pre-owned gold or diamond jewelry, customers should not expect a buying offer that approaches the retail price of a Louis Vuitton handbag, but a fair offer based on the current resale market for designer handbags. This price varies depending on the style of handbag and the handbag’s current condition.
San Diego Jewelry Buyers is located at 907 Sixth Avenue, on the ground floor of the Beaumanor Building in the historic Gaslamp Quarter of downtown San Diego. They can be reached toll free at: 800-557-9413.
To learn more about SDJB’s 30+ year history of being one of San Diego’s most trusted luxury buyers, please visitor contact them at:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers
907 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-9603 – (800) 557-9413
San Diego’s Favorite Gold Jewelry Buyer Moves
San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB) has announced that it has moved to a new location across from the San Diego Jewelers Exchange building. SDJB’s new address is 907 6th Ave. The new showroom and offices take up the entire NE corner of 6th and E Street.
“Our philosophy has always been to keep our overhead low, so we can offer customers more cash and bigger loans for their gold, jewelry, loose diamonds, and used watches,” says an SDJB spokesperson. “In the past, this meant we operated out of a small office at The Jewelers Exchange Building. Now we are able to serve San Diegans from our new larger location, and it is less than half the price, per square foot, of our old place. In other words, this will not affect our ability to pay the best and fairest prices when we buy gold jewelry, used diamonds, and other estate assets.”
San Diego Jewelry Buyers’ new location has increased visibility, with floor to ceiling windows covering the entire NE corner of 6th and E Street. It also provides customers with greater privacy and comfort. There is a showroom, coffee lounge, back office rooms including kitchen and pantry, and 6 separate individual offices, including private buying/consultation rooms and a small workshop for in-house jewelry repairs and custom work.
Since the new office suite is less than 100 feet from the San Diego Jewelers Exchange and its wide variety of specialist craftsmen, customers who buy estate diamonds and precious gemstones from SDJB at wholesale prices can still have them easily set into custom-made fine jewelry crafted by the Exchange’s jewelry artisans. The company often advises diamond jewelry shoppers, especially future newlyweds, on how to best design a gold or platinum ring around an affordable estate diamond purchased at SDJB.
SDJB is also a recognized for ethical business practices among jewelry and gold buyers, having last year been interviewed by Sasha Foo of KUSI TV News. Ms. Foo, a former CNN anchor, sought SDJB’s advice on how San Diegans can avoid getting scammed when they sell scrap gold and gold jewelry. Consumers seeking further advice can find it on the SanDiegoJewelryBuyers.com website, which is filled with helpful articles such as Tips on Selling a Used Rolex, How to Sell a Used Diamond, 7 Quick Questions to Ask a Gold Buyer, and Appraisal Tips for Jewelry Sellers.
To set up an appointment at their new offices and discuss any precious asset you wish to sell or receive a collateral loan on, please visit or contact them at:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers
907 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-9603 – (800) 557-9413
San Diego Gold Buyers Teaches About Gold Scams
San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB) has just published a consumer tips article for people who are selling their old gold but worried about being caught in a gold scam. “Selling gold items is now a popular way for people to get quick cash,” explains an SDJB spokesperson, “but unfortunately some fly-by-night gold buying operations have popped that take advantage of consumers and buy their gold at prices far below what a reputable gold buyer would pay them.”
Recognized in San Diego as a trusted buyer of gold, diamonds, fine jewelry, and watches, SDJB was interviewed several months ago by former CNN anchor Sasha Foo for a KUSI News special report titled: Selling Your Gold? Don’t Get Scammed! “We still meet San Diegans every day who talk about that news report, asking me for more advice on how to get the most money for their gold while avoiding getting ripped off,” says SDJB. “So we wrote down a list of top ten tips.”
San Diego Jewelry Buyers’ tips for avoiding gold scams and finding a good gold buyer is published along with many other articles on the “Knowledge” section of SDJB’s website SanDiegoJewelryBuyers.com–articles that provide useful information on such topics as how to sell estate jewelry, how to sell a used Rolex, and how to sell used diamonds. The following are several tips from SDJB’s latest article on how to avoid gold scams:
**Beware of gold buyers who “lowball” the customer first, then when the customer declines, offers a slightly higher amount of money. Ethical gold buyers offer you their best price right from the start.
** Beware of gold buyers whose ranking with the Better Business Bureau is lower than a B. Learn more about the company by reading any BBB complaints that have been filed and examine their online customer reviews via Google.
** Beware of gold buyers that don’t have a bricks and mortar office and exist solely online, as well as gold buyers who have no track record in the gold buying and jewelry buying business.
**Beware of gold buyers who say they are the best place to sell gold because they are a gold refinery and eliminate the middle man. Some “gold refinery” gold buyers have been found by investigative journalists to pay among the lowest prices for gold. Research the gold buyer (be they a gold refinery or not) before doing business with them.
To read San Diego Jewelry Buyers’ full list of tips for gold sellers, please click on the following link: How to Spot Gold Scams.
For more info, please visit or contact them at:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers
907 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-9603 – (800) 557-9413
San Diego’s Gold Buyer Talks About His Business
In a new media interview posted on San Diego Jewelry Buyers’ website, owner discusses various aspects of his company’s business, including the impact that its gold, jewelry, and diamond buying service has on the San Diego economy. A veteran jewelry designer, as well as a buyer of pre-owned luxury items, he sees San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB) as making a positive contribution to both individual San Diegans, as well as the local economy as a whole. Well-known in California, SDJB’s owner also was interviewed recently by KUSI TV’s Sasha Foo for his advice on how to sell gold jewelry.
The new interview appears in the “Knowledge” section of the SDJB website, an area which is dedicated to providing consumers with useful information about how to sell smartly precious assets such as silver, gold, fine jewelry, and watches. The following is an excerpt from the interview:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers has been in the gold, jewelry, and watch buying business for some thirty years. In these difficult financial times, what role do you see your company fulfilling with regard to the larger San Diego economy?
CB: Every day, San Diegans bring me items which have been lying around in a dresser or safe deposit box, and trade it in for cash. Yesterday a woman in her 80s traded in her scraps of old gold for about $1800, and said she was going straight to Best Buy to get a brand new flat screen TV and home theatre for her apartment. All things considered, I think she’ll get a lot more enjoyment from that TV entertainment center, than she was getting from some old broken gold jewelry that had been lying around in her dresser drawer for 30-40 years. I joked with her that if someone ever breaks into her apartment, the gold would have been a lot easier to make off with than the new giant flat screen TV mounted to her wall!
So you are saying that San Diego Jewelry Buyers helps customers realize wealth they might otherwise have forgotten about?
CB: In many cases, yes. But it also is more than that. When people find out that they have un-tapped wealth sitting in their drawers and cabinets, wealth that can be transferred into quick discretionary income, this feeds the local economy. Money is moved, circulated, spent, and re-generated through all the businesses that the customers patronize with their sudden “windfall”. In addition, taxes are paid on all of these new transactions, thus supporting local, state, and federal government services.
For more info, please visit or contact them at:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers
907 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-9603 – (800) 557-9413
www.sandiegojewelrybuyers.com
San Diego Platinum & Silver Buyer Buying More
Over the past year, pawn shops and jewelry buyers across the country have seen a gold rush, with cash-strapped consumers looking to capitalize on the high price of gold by selling their scrap gold and outdated gold jewelry. Luxury pawnbroker San Diego Jewelry Buyers (SDJB) now reports that an increasing number of men and women are coming to SDJB to sell or pawn silver and platinum jewelry, watches, coins, and other items fashioned from these precious white metals.
“Gold gets all the publicity, because the price has skyrocketed and so many people have gold tucked away in their drawers and jewelry boxes,” says an SDJB spokes. “But for those who have products made from silver, platinum, or its sister metal palladium, now is an excellent time to be selling these items, as well.”
According to SDJB, platinum prices have been hovering around $1,500 per ounce for the past sixty days, a level which provides an excellent return when they sell platinum rings, necklaces, and earrings. Meanwhile palladium, platinum’s cheaper sister metal, which is used not only to make fine jewelry but also the catalytic converters found in car engines, has seen its price rise above $400 per ounce, double the price it was commanding last January (’09).
SDJB says that even customers sell silver at the current price range of $16 per ounce (which is double what it was five years ago) can put hundreds of dollars in a customer’s pocket if they have enough sterling silver, or if the silver item is a branded product from a well-known designer such as Georg Jensen, Gorham, David Yurman, or John Hardy.
“When it comes to used silver, remember that sterling silver flatware and dinnerware sets usually bring in the most money because they end up weighing so much,” says SDJB. Weight though is not the only factor that San Diego Jewelry Buyers uses to determine the price of sterling silver flatware. Other factors include the make, year, design, and whether the silverware set is a complete one or not. Customers also should note that the total value of the pre-owned silver they are selling must be at least $50 for SDJB to make a buying offer.
San Diego Jewelry Buyers encourages those who have valuable silver, platinum, or palladium to call the company toll free at 800-557-9413 to schedule an appointment and receive a free consultation. For more information about SDJB, please visit or contact them at:
San Diego Jewelry Buyers
907 6th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-9603 – (800) 557-9413
