Help!
i have been in the jewelry industry for 20 years since the age of 14
and all i dreamed of was to have my own studio and design jewelry
for the retail public. well after working my … off for the
past 15 years i got my dream only one problem. to much business. i
spend 8 eight a day talking with 10 to 20 clients about repairs,
redesinging, ect. they all place an order or leave a repair. but the
only problem is i can work durning the light hours.
my days are composed of taking my 3 kids to school then going to all
the suppliers and dealers to get parts. then i open my studio at
10:30 the door never stops opening and the phone will not stop. ( i
know some of you are saying wa wa so your have a little too much
business) i usally leav at 6:00 to go home eat dinner as a family,
read books to my kids and put them to be (which i feel is very
important to them ) after that i do what my wife calls temporary
dropping dead for 10 minutes. then after i am revived with “dont you
have to go back tonight” i some how manage to get back into my car
and drive to the studio and work from 8:30 to 1:00 at night. thank
god for Ambien.
i have a couple of ideas please help me chose one. here are my
current hours.
tuesday - wednesday - friday 10:30 - 5:00
thursday 2:00 - 8:00
saturday 11:30 - 4:00
closed sunday and monday
monday i work from 7:30 am to 6:00 then 8:30 to 1:30 thats my
short day.
thought#1
close on sunday monday and tuesday
thought#2
all normal hours except my wife would come in on tuesday and wait on
all the repair customers and tell the custom customers they need and
appointment.
thought#3
do appointment only on tuesday
thought#4
close my store move to Jamaca and goto work for someone else for 1/4
the salary i make now.
most people tell me hire another jeweler or farm out your setting
and wax carving. i do farm out my casting, but i have never had any
consitancy with diamond setters, or wax carvers, and besides the
reason i got into this business is because DA i love making jewelry,
not spending 8 hours getting “brain drain” from the customers, you
all know what i am talking about.
Matthew Gross
mhgjewelry.com