| Original Message: Friends don't advise friends to become bead dealers. |
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With bad judgement -or taste-
If you have enough time and money, buying for resale is a quick way to learn; you'll learn faster from reward conditioning and rejection. With good judgement -or taste- Even if you can resell your beads at a good profit, you must make a professional effort to reach a willing buyer. And once again, this will take time and money. If you're starting out with the intention of collecting beads for profit, forget it. This is not a business; it is an expensive hobby. But, if you start young and are good at it, you may eventually find yourself with an incredible pile of beautiful beads. If you can not afford to keep the best beads you find, you can minimally benefit by acquiring a wonderful education and experiences to think about in your old age. I have learned much about geography and anthropology through having survived as an on again, off again, full time/part time bead dealer for more than forty years. So my purchase advice is: Buy it because you love it. And if you look at your collection carefully -and continue to ask questions concerning connoisseurship- the beads themselves will teach you what you need to know. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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