what are the best companies to purchase sterling, bali, and thai silver findings and beads from? I've checked out fire mountain gems, you and me silver, and sweet creek. But the problem is I don't really know what to compare all the pricing to. What is a reasonable wholesale price for findings like jump rings, headpins, and crimp beads?
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jesse
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Re: sterling, bali, and thai silver findings
Sun, May 1, 2005 - 12:30 PMI have ordered from Accents Beads online many times and they have always been wonderful. Their website is www.accentsbeadshop-md.com. I like their selection of bali beads and sterling silver findings, as well as lots of gemstones in a variety of shapes and sizes. They also sell the bali beads by weight, which can take a little time to figure out prices, but you can combine any number of types in one order.
I've also ordered from Auntie's Beads, www.auntiesbeads.com, and they are constantly expanding their selection, it just seems more expensive than some. Good quality though.
good luck!
jules
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Re: sterling, bali, and thai silver findings
Mon, May 2, 2005 - 12:36 AMIf you the time - what I recommend is doing a little comparison shopping at shows:
Oakland for Bead Bazaar next Sat 5/7
www.norcalbeadsociety.org/beadb...r.html
or San Mateo for the Intergem Show 6/10 - 6/12
www.intergem.net/ps-shows-main.html
or San Francisco for the Whole Bead 7/22 - 7/24
www.wholebead.com/calendar.html
or back to Oakalnd for the BABE 2005 11/4 - 11/6
www.beadextravaganza.com/index.html
Hope this helps. ^_^
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Re: sterling, bali, and thai silver findings
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Re: sterling, bali, and thai silver findings
Fri, October 19, 2007 - 6:13 AMHi there! I'm new to Tribe, so please excuse me if I don't get these links to work.
I'm a lampwork bead maker, and make small beads in my garage, most of which I give away to friends.
For Bali and Thai tribe beads, I like www.ninadesigns.com and www.artbeads.com. Both of them have really good quality, but they are a little expensive. I just buy the small beads from them for spacers. Hope this helps.
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Re: sterling, bali, and thai silver findings
Wed, January 25, 2006 - 11:41 PMgenbead.com has quite a nice selection of thai, turkish, bali findings. Plus they have a wholesale discount to the public which is even nicer. If you can go to the SF store, its fabulous, but if not they have a website: www.genbead.com
kiki
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Sun, November 12, 2006 - 2:55 PM
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Re: sterling, bali, and thai silver findings
Thu, June 21, 2007 - 10:04 AMcheck out www.stonesandfindings.com they offer a great selection of silver and gold findings as well as stones and pearls. They offer wholesale prices on orders over $150.00Cnd. and also ship to the U.S. They run biweekly special and I've seen the silver go as low as$1
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Re: sterling, bali, and thai silver findings
Tue, June 26, 2007 - 11:52 AMOne way to judge prices and whether they are fair is to look at the daily silver gram price - then compare. Some sites, like Fire Mountain, vary their prices according to the silver market price. It can pay to check out the market price and compare it to the gram price you find on the sites. It will almost always be higher because of the work involved - you're obviously paying for the work as well as the metal, but the prices shouldn't be hugely higher than the gram price. What I have found is that taking a standard piece - 6mm ball or spacer and then pricing it across several sites usually gives me an idea whose average prices are better.
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