One would think that after doing bookkeeping for 30+ years, I would take better care of my small jewelry business. But for some reason I seem to just let dealing with the galleries nice enough to show my jewelry get past me and not keep up with what is going on.
Example - I have a wonderful gallery just 10 minutes from my home. I haven't been there for a couple of years. Yea, you read that right! A few days ago I got a phone call from someone there saying they found a bag with my jewelry in it, they cleaned the pieces up and put them back out on display. They asked if I would come by and be sure that the pieces were priced right.
So, today I went out, took my pricing materials with me and repriced to today's metal prices. Now here comes the good part. I had originally taken pictures of all pieces, typed descriptions and set prices. I had a copy of each page for the items left at this gallery. When I had taken the jewelry out there, I made sure the gallery manager had a copy of the pictures and she signed and dated the pages showing she accepted the pieces. This is one of the smartest things I have ever done!
We couldn't find some pieces and since we had visual documentation of what pieces were left at the gallery - they marked the missing pieces "SOLD" and cut me a check. Ya gotta love Payday!
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