An informative guide written by an appraiser that shows customers step by step how to buy diamonds. Starting from shopping stores, the initial purchase, jewelry care and maintenance, to obtaining an appraisal and insurance. This book shows what really goes on behind the scenes in the jewelry industry, including jewelers tricks of the trade, and protection against fraud. TOC Introduction Chapter 1 -- Diamonds Chapter 2 - The 4 C's Chapter 3 - Diamond Cuts Chapter 4 - Choosing a Diamond Chapter 5 - What Type of Customer Are You Chapter 6 - Price Lists Chapter 7 - Remount Shows and Special Events Chapter 8 - Retail vs. Wholesale Chapter 9 - Retail Structures Available To the Public Chapter 10 - Buying under Carat Chapter 11 - Common Tricks of the Trade Chapter 12 -Enhanced Diamonds Chapter 13 - Synthetic Diamonds Chapter 14 - Diamond Imitations Chapter 15 - Diamond Grading Report Chapter 16 - Protecting Yourself From Fraud Chapter 17 - Appraisals Chapter 18 - Precious Metals Chapter 19 - Methods of Construction Chapter 20 - Settings Chapter 21 - Choosing a Mounting Chapter 22 - Jewelry Care Chapter 23 - Jewelry Repair Chapter 24 - Finding the Right Jeweler Chapter 25 - Finding a Good Appraiser Chapter 26 - Insuring Your Jewelry Chapter 27 - The Bill of Sale Chapter 28 - Selling Jewelry Chapter 29 - Diamond Investing 11 Secrets to Save Money on Jewelry Afterthoughts

The Secrets to Buying Diamonds

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Rogers, Michael A.

Consumer Guides

Dakota Pub

Buying that special diamond can be a frustrating ordeal. One has to deal with dishonest jewelers, unknowledgeable salespeople, and the fear of having their diamond switched.  The Secrets to Buying Diamonds will help people who have either gone down that confusing road before, or plan to buy that first special diamond.  This second edition will teach you everything from dealing with jewelers, choosing a diamond, diamond certificates, appraisals and insurance, to jewelry care. This book separates itself from all others by giving views from an appraiser that actually deals with a variety of retail and wholesale structures to the public.  Included are steps you should take from the initial purchase to upgrading to your next diamond. Revised and updated, this second edition includes illustrations of various mountings, information on the newest diamond cuts, diamond checklists to aid readers in making the right diamond buying choices, and colored photos of inclusions, enhanced and synthetic diamonds, as well as the newest diamond look-alike out on the market - moissanite.   The book also covers what the author encountered while shopping for a diamond with Gail Stewart of KFMB channel 8 news investigative team in San Diego.  Using a hidden camera, they traveled to various jewelry stores exposing an array of problems stemming from jewelers refusing to accept returned merchandise, confusing exchange policies, to inexperienced salespeople giving out misinformation. Michael A. Rogers G.G. has witnessed all types of potential customers, from engaged couples buying their first set of wedding rings, single men who are shopping for that engagement ring to surprise their fiancés, to married couples looking for that 25th anniversary ring. Unfortunately, they were all more concerned about not getting ripped off than enjoying the experience of purchasing that special diamond.

The Secrets to Buying Diamonds (2nd Edition)

Through the Eyes of Insignificance is the story of my immediate family. However, it is not the whole story. It is simply my perspective on a period of about eight years. My perspective is shaped by life events, some of which came long before this portion of our story began. In my life I have been a youth pastor, a music teacher at a public school, an administrative assistant at a charter school, and a private counselor. I have worked as a driver of flat beds for a hardware company and a barista for a coffee house. Currently I am an elementary school counselor. Course work in pastoral ministry and music theory and composition and a masters degree in counseling round out my education. These varied educational opportunities, as well as my life events, shape my perspective on our story. Read the story of my family’s suffering and triumph. Enter into our trials and victories. Taste the despair, and follow it up with a drink of hope. Listen to the dismissive voices, but hear the heart of God. Feel the pain of my wife and son, and then feel the warm arms of our loving creator. Smell the stale scent of apathy and unbelief, and inhale the sweet scent of victory found in Jesus. Look at the world through our eyes, the eyes of insignificant people looking for help, crying in pain, and being shown how truly insignificant we are in a world full of apathy. And then, turn your gaze to the loving eyes of the almighty creator, and find in them true significance.

Through the Eyes of Insignificance: Lessons From the Insignificant Man

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Leaders & Notable People

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Inmillennialism: Redefining the Last Days

Are we living in the last days? Church history is divided on this important Christian doctrine. The existing prophetic models for the last days and second coming of Christ do not provide adequate explanations for biblical passages stating Jesus would return within the first century. This inadequacy results from the piecemeal development of these models. This sporadic development has created models that demand erroneous assumptions and unbiblical corrective devices in their interpretation of key passages and terms. Michael A. Rogers consults volumes of Scripture, literature, historical sources, and lines of reasoning to develop a new, better model of biblical prophecy. The end result is a prophetic model capable of explaining these problematic passages while respecting both the Bible's teaching and the orthodox doctrine of the historical Church. FINALIST: 2021 Southern Christian Writers' Conference (SCWC) Notable Book Award- Nonfiction What People Are Saying "This book must take an important place in the literature concerning the kingdom of God, the manner of Christ's coming at the 'end of the age, ' and the nature of the blessed hope." Tom J. Nettles, PhD. Former Professor, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary "I came away from reading Inmillennialism with a fresh sense of God's providence, the power of God's grace in the Person and work of Jesus Christ, and a deeper understanding that this world is headed toward that time when the Prince of Peace reigns in the hearts of all men and rules over all the nations." Wade Burleson. Pastor, Historian, Author "This book belongs on the shelf of every pastor and student of eschatology." Woodie Turner, MDiv. Minister to Families, First Baptist Church Gadsden, AL "Inmillennialism is an eschatological tour de force. Mike takes seriously the abundant New Testament teaching about the nearness of Christ's coming and the inauguration of the Kingdom of God, consistently compares scripture with scripture, and gives no quarter to the hermeneutical gymnastics employed to defend the existing systems." Andy White. Pastor, Southampton Baptist Church, Southampton, PA "Inmillennialism is superior to the existing prophetic systems because it rests on simple contextual analyses and is more complete." Doug Albertson. Executive Director, African Canadian Continuing Education Society

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

McGahan Publishing House

Are we living in the last days?Church history is divided on this important Christian doctrine. The existing prophetic models for the last days and second coming of Christ do not provide adequate explanations for biblical passages stating Jesus would return within the first century. This inadequacy results from the piecemeal development of these models. This sporadic development has created models that demand erroneous assumptions and unbiblical corrective devices in their interpretation of key passages and terms. Michael A. Rogers corrects these assumptions and systematically develops a comprehensive prophetic model capable of explaining these problematic passages, resulting in a model that respects both the Bible's teaching and the orthodox doctrine of the historical Church.

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The Secrets to Buying Diamonds

The Secrets to Buying Diamonds (2nd Edition)

Through the Eyes of Insignificance: Lessons From the Insignificant Man

Inmillennialism: Redefining the Last Days

Inmillennialism: Redefining the Last Days