Snyder Jeweler's Blog

Welcome to the Snyder Jeweler's Blog. This space will be used to post random thoughts regarding the jewelry industry, diamonds, jewelry repairs and other items of interest. Updates may be daily, weekly or monthly, so check back often. If you would like a question answered and posted on the blog please e-mail us at blog@snyderjeweler.com , and your question will be answered as quickly as possible. Please realize all questions posted to our "blog" e-mail will be our property and can be posted at our discretion. If you have a question you would like to remain "private" please use our info@snyderjeweler.com address. Enjoy!

7/29/10

We have been back from vacation for 2 weeks and have returned to our normal business hours. We have been stocking up for Christmas and have showcases full of new items in diamonds, sterling silver, beads and colored gemstones. Stop by any day Tuesday through Saturday!!!!

6/10/10

We will be closed for our annula summer vacation from Saturday, June 26 until Monday, July 12 2010. We will re-open on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 and resume our normal business hours.

5/13/10

OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW & SATURDAY!!!!! Stop by for a snack and say hello in our new location (89 Pleasant Street, across from South SHore Savings Bank).

4/21/10

Mother's Day is May 9. We are now fully stocked with great ideas for Mom. We have items from $20 - $2000. Mom's Love Jewelry!!!!

3/15/10

Tomorrow we re-open in our new location at 89 Pleasant Street (directly across from the South Shore Bank in Columbian Square). We will resume our normal business hours. Our telephone number, email addresses and website address will all remain the same.

We are very excited for you to see our new store!!!!

3/6/2010

Today we closed our doors for the last time at 12 Columbian St. The end of an era!

We are glad that a new era will start on March 16, when we re-open in our new location at 89 Pleasant St. (just around the corner).

Here's a picture of our last official customers at 12 Columbian St.

2/24/10

Yesterday our new doors & windows were installed on our new building. We also have firm a moving schedule for mid-March. Read all about it here.

Door and window openings being cut out on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010

new window frame being installed. Feb 23, 2010.

The new look (with plywood in place of the glass sidelights, which were the wrong size).

2/16/2010

TODAY KICKS OFF OUR MOVING SALE!!!!!!

20%-50% every item in the store until February 27, 2010.

2/4/10

Drywall went up today!!!!! Things are moving along quite well. Our early March moving date is looking good right now. Obviously we will post a Grand Opening date once we get closer. We are still open all of our normal business hours in our current location Tuesday through Saturday.

2/2/2010

WE ARE OPEN DURING THE RENOVATION OF OUR NEW BUILDING!!!!!!! Many people are concerend that we are closed durting construction, but we are open. We will remain open until we move, which is scheduled for early March at this point.

Here are some construction photos of our new space:

The exterior, soon to have all new glass windows and doors.

The inside front wall. This is framed and prepped for the new windows and doors.

The break room.

The bosses office.

The real "jewel" we found after opening up the drop ceiliing. This is a "waffle" designed concrete ceiling. According to our architect it is designed to support and absurd amount of weight. When we found it, it was grey concrete, covered in soot.

1/26/10

We are proud to announce that we have purchased a new building and will be moving into it in late February or early March (date to be announced). We have purchased the Old Fire Station (89 Pleasant St.) in Columbian Square only steps from our current location. The new store will feature much more space than we have now, as well as new lighting, seating, rest rooms and much more.

After 18 years here at 12 Columbain Street, this will be a very big move for us and we are extremely excited. We will post our Grand Opening Event date once our renovations are a little further along. For now we will be open all of our normal hours in our original location.

1/14/2010

Happy New Year!!! We have returned from vacation and are back to our normal business hours.

12/9/09

We are now open 7 days per week until Christmas Eve. Click here to see our entire Holiday Schedule.

12/9/09

This weekend we hosted our Live Ice Sculpture event along with the Columbian Square Christmas Celebration. Despite the poor weather Saturday, the event was a huge success, with a fantastic turn out. Thanks to everyone who made it a success and to my team for working late on a cold & rainy night!!

11/25/09

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Friday and Saturday we are having our Black Friday & Saturday Sale!!!!!

Everything in the store is 25% OFF!!!

Open Friday 9:30am-6pm and Saturday 9:30am - 4pm

11/14/09

We are proud to bring back the Live Ice Sculpture Display. Read all about the dates and times in our current November Newsletter.

11/10/09

We will be CLOSED all day on November 11 to honor our nations veteran's. We will re-open on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 9:30am.

11/5/09

Our apologies! Apparently our website may have been malfunctioning for many folks over the past week or so. We just became aware of the problem. Hopefully it is solved now. If you have any further issues visiting our site please email us at info@snyderjeweler.com

10/30/09

Today is the start of our 2 day Beachcomber /Expression sale!

We also added several new designs to our Silver Gallery. There are new Earrings, Pendants and bracelets to see.

Finally, we'd like to wish everyone a safe Halloween!

9/24/09

We just added two new diamonds to our inventory!!

1.52ct Princess Cut with EGL Cert SI2 clarity / H color

1.24ct Round Brilliant with GIA Cert Si1 clarity / I Color / Excellent cut grade

Either of these will fit into almost any of our diamond mountings or look spectacular in simple solitaire mounting.

9/11/09

Today we pause to remember the September 11 tragedy.

8/28/09

This week we delivered several custom made items to very happy customers. Below are pictures of several of those items with brief descriptions of the work we did.

please realize, that next weekend we will be closed for a long Labor Day. We will close at 3pm on Friday, Sept. 4 and re-open on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Have a Safe Weekend!

This customer had a 3-stone ring she was not happy with. She works in the medical field and wears gloves every day. We remounted her 3 diamonds into this twist setting with a lower profile and no prongs. We then used the diamonds from her wedding bands to create this lovely channel band that fits perfectly around the new 3-stone ring.

Our customer wanted to re-mount her diamond into a setting that did not look as much like and engagement ring. We made her this 14k yellow gold "fashion" mounting and set her diamond into it.

Our customer recieved all of these diamonds from a family member and asked us to created her a 3-row channel band. She has children and wanted something she could wear without worrying about prongs or loose diamonds.

Our customer got her ring and finger caught in a heavy door (photo on left), which bent and damaged her ring severely. Due to the nature of the baguettes and their setting style, this ring could not be "bent" back into shape. We created her a replica mounting (with 18k shank & platinum top) and reset all of her diamonds into it. Some baguettes were replaced due to damage.

An engagement ring we made for a young couple. She wanted a "high" setting with side diamonds, and he wanted a high quality diamond.

We made this 3-stone ring for a customer who had 2 "extra" diamonds. We burnished them into the wide shank of this ring we made for her.

7/31/09

Our most recent newsletter is now available here . Inside you will find our Summer Sale on Beachcomber Jewelry and the new Zable Bead jewelry that is all the rage right now.

Gold is climbing yet again. It is over $950 per ounce today. if you have been waiting to collect your old unwanted items up and sell them, now is the time!

7/16/09

We are back from our annual 2 week vacation. Our normal business hours are back in effect until Labor Day Weekend (when we will be closed for a long weekend).

6/12/09

Next Sunday (June 21) is Father's Day! We have a large selection of Citizen watches that will make Dad smile this year. Remember Dad's may not wear a lot of jewelry, but most love a good watch.

Vacation Dates are set. We will be closed for our annual summer vacation from June 27 - July13 this year. Please plan you shopping accordingly and feel free to call on us for any special arrangements or appointments before we close.

5/26/09

We were just notified by Community Newspaper that we were voted Best Jeweler in Weymouth for the 4th year in a row and Silver Award winner for Best Jeweler on the South Shore 2nd year in a row!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you to all who voted for us & have supported us over the years.

Mark Snyder

5/21/09

We will close today at 8pm for Memorial Day Weekend. We will re-open on Tuesday, May 26 at 9:30 and resume our normal business hours.

We wish you a Happy & Safe weekend!!!!

5/16/09

We just purchased two new spectacular tanzanite rings in 18k yellow gold with diamonds. The quality & depth of color of these tanzanite is exceptional. The pictures don't do them justice. Feel free to come by and see them in person anytime.

Please note that we will be closed for Memorial Day weekend - CLosed May 22-May 25. Re-open Tuesday May 26 @ 9:30am. Have a great weekend!

5/5/09

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!! More importantly for most of us is Mother's Day THIS Sunday! We are open all week to assist you in choosing Mom the perfect gift.

DON'T FORGET YOU MOM!

Click here to read our newsletter and get a bunch of great gift ideas for Mom this year.

3/26/09

Due to a scheduling conflict we will close at 4pm on Friday, March 27, 2009. We will re-open on Saturday at 9:30am.

3/19/09

Gold is shooting up again. Currently it is trading at $956 per ounce. Gold usually moves in the opposite direction of the US Dollar. It is definitely doing that today.

On another note...we are often reporting on the gold commodity market but we are actually in the jewelry business. The store has been quite busy with engagement rings and wedding bands for Spring weddings. We also added several desigs of diamond crosses this week for upcoming confirmations and First Communions. We have crosses in sterling silver at moderate (under $50) pricing and diamond crosses from $100 - $800.

3/7/09

Despite the economic gloom and doom, we seem to be very busy here at Snyder Jewelers. Right now our focus seems to be on engagement rings, wedding bands & re-designing people's older jewelry. Apparently fixing or re-designing the jewelry customers already own seems to be the order of the day.

We have also introduced a new Mother's Band that is extremely popular here at Snyder Jewelers. We cannot take credit for the idea, one of our customers introduced us to it and it has become and instant favorite. One band for each child, with birthstones encircling the entire finger. These are available in many variations, including white or yellow gold, 3mm (as shown) or wider (4mm and 5mm options). We can also vary how many birthstones are used or if they totally encircle the ring or just cover the top half. The variation shown is $450 at current gold prices and can be adjusted accordingly for a wider design or using less birthstones. Unfortunately, folks with an April brithday (diamond are slightly more for all designs).

We have more photos and samples on hand at the store. Our new Mother's Bands are custom made for each family and finger size and take 1-3 weeks to create.

2/20/09 8:49am

Well the overnight market in gold is simply crazy. Right now in London trading it is over $996 per ounce and is pushing upward. I expect it will breach over the heralded $1000 per ounce mark today. A move like this tends to mean bad things for the financial markets, but positive things for anyone holding gold or anyone who wants to sell any gold they have. Needless to say I will be keeping an eye on this all day.

2/17/09

I just finished editing the prices in our "Engagement Diamond" gallery to reflect the LOWER diamond prices in the market. The diamond market took two significant price drops in 2008. This is the first time diamond prices have fallen in my entire career in the jewelry business. They always go up or stay the same. This is a very big opportunity for anyone looking to purchase a diamond in the next few months. Feel free to browse our Dimaond Gallery and see what we have available right now. You may never see better deals in diamonds again!!!

We are still buying gold from our customers and the public. Gold shot up to $967 per ounce overnight. If you ave old gold to get rid of, now is the time!!! As always we pay the highest prices around for old gold.

2/11/09

We are open extended hours this week for Valentine's Day shopping. We will be open from 9:30-8pm on Thursday (2/12) & Friday (2/13). We will be open 9:30-5pm on Saturday (2/14).

We have gifts from $20 to $2000 in stock and gift wrapping is complimentary.

Earleir today gold took another big leap upward. Gold is now trading in the $940 per ounce range. We are still buying old, unwanted gold if you have items you'd like ot get rid of. For more information visit our "Gold Buying" page.

1/30/09

January is coming to a close with gold skyrocketing again. As of this morning gold was trading at $922 per ounce. If you still have old gold you'd like to get rid of, we will buy it from you and pay the highest prices around. Click here to go to our gold buying page and read more about it.

1/14/09

We are back from vacation/remodeling and open our normal Tuesday through Saturday business hours. Even if you don't need any jewelry right now or jewelry repair, you really should stop in and see our new look!!! Our new carpet and custom made showcases were put in place over the weekend and I am proud to say the store looks fantastic right now.

Hopefully we will see you soon. Happy New Year!!!!!!

12/24/08

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS, WHO MADE ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SEASON AND 2008 A SUCCESS. ALSO, THANK YOU TO MY GREAT STAFF (MEG MAUREEN & ROBIN), FOR ALL THEY DO ALL YEAR, AS WELL AS THE FABULOUS WORK THEY DID THIS SEASON.

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

MARK SNYDER

12/23/08

Tomorrow we will be open 9am-1pm for all the last minute shoppers.

Merry Christmas to all!!!!!!!!

We will be open 9:30am-6pm on Fiday 12/26, and 9:30am-4pm on Saturday 12/27.

12/19/08 @ 5:30pm

We are closing early tonight due to worsening conditions. We will be open tomorrow (Sund, Dec. 21) from 10am - 5pm. Click here to see all of our remaining Holiday Hours.

12/19/08

We are OPEN!!!!!!! Currently Weymouth has a lot of snow and the roads are not great in Columbian Square, but we are open until 7pm tonight.

If you are not leaving the house today then here is a list of our Extended Holiday Hours for the remainder of the week. We will be open tomorrow (Sunday, Dec. 21) from 10am until 5pm, regardless of the weather.

12/18/08 SNOW ALERT!!!!!

We will plan to be open all of our posted Extended Holiday Hours regardless of snow amounts. Mark Snyder has made arrangements to stay ovenight in the vicinity of Columbian Square, so we have every intention of being open. We will only be CLOSED if the area enters a "State of Emergency" type snowfall, which is not predicted. Feel free to call and double check if we are open at any time at 781 331-0725.

12/7/08

Our Holiday shopping season is in full swing already. We had a very busy "Black" weekend, and then this past week we were quite active with holiday shoppers. What's most popular right now?

Diamond studs are selling very quickly, and many of our customers are taking advantage of our trade-up policy. Fancy diamond pendants have also been quite popular. Many customers are purchasing jewelry from our Sterling Silver department to purchase more affordable gifts under $100. Our Beachcomber/Expresssion bracelets and clasps are our absolute best selling item right now.

Fear not! Even though we are busy, we have plenty more inventory to get us through until Dec. 24

Need details on Holiday business hours or exchange polcy?

Click here to see our Extended Holiday Hours.

Click here to see our Holiday Exchange Policy.

11/19/08

Click here to see our Extended Holiday Hours.

Click here to see our Holiday Exchange Policy.

11/23/08

On Tuesday of this week, I was priviledged to be able to view a multi-million dollar diamond "tender" from one of our biggest suppliers. This supplier purchased a major diamond manufacturers entire inventory, including finished goods and loose diamonds. I had already seen & shopped most of the finished goods at the NY jewelry show, but they were still processing the loose diamonds at that time and they were unavailable. My sales rep for the company called me last week and asked if I would like to see the loose diamond tender. Of course I said "yes" and we set up an appointment.

I was honored when they told me I would be only the second dealer to view the "tender". The first was a major buyer from Chicago that they were flying in that same day. I feel I was granted this advantage due to our great relationship with this supplier as well as our stellar reputation in the industry for being a high quality "buyer". We also hold an exceptional credit rating for our prompt payment history.

I was able to purchase some wonderful new diamonds for our inventory, at exceptional low prices. The package I bought included:

*a parcel of quality 1/2 ct diamonds

*a .98ct princess cut GIA VS1/I diamond

*a .70ct cushion cut diamond vs2/H

*a large parcel of matched cushion cut .25ct diamonds(watch for our new ring with the .70ct cushion & these cushions as side diamonds soon!)

*a parcel of .40ct fancy cut, high quality round diamonds

* several pairs of matched .92ct total weight round diamonds.

All in all, I purchasd some great new inventory for our store, had quite a learning experience in looking at a major tender of this nature, and continued and strenghtened an already good relationship with a major player in the industry.

Thanks to Meg & Robin who covered the store while I was out of the store that day on very short notice.