Jewelry

[Group 5 minus 1]

Leaving your jewelery to "heirs". If you want to do this,fine. But many people don't want or don't care for the products.I think it is just a way to sell,sell, sell!

[kitcat51]

good grief.

[Group 5 minus 1]

Yes,I do want to spell correctly. Thank you for being my friend.

[deeva]

It's a shopping channel, it's their job to sell. 
The things some people complain about are truly ridiculous. 

[Puppy Lips]

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@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:

Leaving your jewelery to "heirs". If you want to do this,fine. But many people don't want or don't care for the products.I think it is just a way to sell,sell, sell!

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@Group 5 minus 1 Well that technique does not work on me.  In fact, it has the opposite affect.  After cleaning out several homes of our parents, the last thing I want to do is burden our kids with all the cr@p I bought.  If I am considering my heirs, my inclination is to NOT buy whatever they are selling.  My kids don't want it and I don't want to burden them with the "sell or give away or donate" dilemma with a bunch of STUFF.

[smoochy]

My daughter told me a long time ago not to buy jewelry with the idea of passing it to her. She only wears two pieces- her white gold cross pendant and her pearl stud earrings, 24/7. She's a minimalist when it comes to accessories. Haha how did I let that happen 😬

[NanaFrost]

Leaving a piece of jewelry for my children or grandchildren is not the driving force in my purchase decision, but I have to say that I have 2 pieces of jewelry that I dearly treasure because they were treasured pieces of my parents.  It is a valid thought.  I buy because it speaks to me and if when I die, it speaks to my heirs and reminds them with fondness of me, then that's a good thing IMHO

[Puppy Lips]

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@NanaFrost wrote:

Leaving a piece of jewelry for my children or grandchildren is not the driving force in my purchase decision, but I have to say that I have 2 pieces of jewelry that I dearly treasure because they were treasured pieces of my parents.  It is a valid thought.  I buy because it speaks to me and if when I die, it speaks to my heirs and reminds them with fondness of me, then that's a good thing IMHO

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@NanaFrost So true.  But you have two pieces.  I suspect most women already have treasured pieces to pass down.  We don't need a ton of jewelry to pass down.  Less is more in this instance.  

My Mom passed away last year.  She was an avid jewelry collector.  I kept about half of it (which was a lot) and wear the stuff I like the best.  The rest of it is sitting in my garage waiting for me to have a garage sale.  I have to go through what I kept again, because I just cannot wear all of it, and as time has passed, I think I can give more of it up.  I am thankful that she never got pierced ears because it is easy to get rid of all her clip earrings,lol.

BUT I will say that I am keeping some things for my own granddaughters (one so far).  I think it would be really cool to have something to wear that my Great Grandma wore, so I am thinking I will give them some of her things, as she was their Great Grandma.

[smoochy]

I have only one truly precious piece of jewelry, in terms of monetary value and sentiment. My grandma's engagement ring from the mid 1920s. It is very small and dainty. A high quality Diamond set in platinum. About 1/3 carat. The sides have tiny carved orange blossoms which was a popular motif in bridal jewelry and wedding dresses in the twenties and thirties. I often wear it on my right ring finger. My daughter knows she will receive this when I die. Although I never give gifts with strings attached, I made an exception in this case. I asked her to keep it always, not to sell it. I wouldn't even mind if she had the diamond removed and mounted into a pendant. 

[millieshops]

I have no direct heirs and do not expect anyone in the larger family to want what I have, so I do not defend the hosts on that selling line; however, I do know any number of people who do plan to pass on some things they own and I can already think of many who have already passed and passed on their jewelry as well, so I do not criticize the host speak.

I do wonder why anyone tunes into a shopping channel and then complains when someone tries to sell them something.  Maybe it's because my family owned retail way before the Great Depression and went back to it after losing it all that I appreciate how difficult it can be to please everyone and still sell.