GOING GREEN
"Going green" is a popular phrase being thrown about these days. But what does going green mean? In essence, it refers to using various everyday methods to help save the world and its environment. Living a green lifestyle - or going green - can begin in small, easy to manage ways.
e-Appraisal Services offers a paperless, environmentally friendly alternative to managing jewellery appraisals.
WHAT IS AN APPRAISAL?
Appraisals come in many different formats; jewellery appraisals, antique appraisals, collector's appraisals and house content appraisals to mention a few. An appraisal is an opinion to the authenticity, quality, design and value of a piece or product. Since it is an opinion, backed and supported by training, equipment and experience, it is important to understand that there can be honest variations between competent appraisers.
Having your appraisals updated yearly with e-Appraisal Services can eliminated alot of these honest variations.
LATEST STATISTICS - NUMBERS DON'T LIE
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Out of 300 jewellery claims done by my company in the last six months, about 80% of the claims were
not supported by proper appraisal documentation or valuations of any form.
The lack of proper documentation often results in inaccurate payout
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amounts or monetary loss to the customer.
Garry McLellan
CEO/President
www.jewelleryinsuranceclaims.com
E-Appraisal Services - How It Works
Savings does not always necessarily mean the price you pay for services. The cost of convenience, security and peace of mind sometimes has a greater value attached than monetary value alone.
e-Appraisal Services offers a cost effective online storage solution that maintains accurate replacement values on your jewellery items while providing an accurate insurance premium.
For the sake of comparison let us assume that you are having four pieces appraised for insurance purposes, using the traditional methods through a local appraiser or jeweller. At a cost of $55.00 per appraisal you would pay $220.00 for your four appraisals and you would have to have the pieces reappraised every two years (guidelines set out by most insurance carriers and jewellery appraisers) at the same cost plus appropriate inflation.
The problem with the traditional methods is the time and inconvenience it takes to get your appraisals updated every two years and the probability that you are going to lose or misplace some of the original appraisal documentation is very high. These lost or misplaced appraisals are usually not re-appraised until the following year or in most cases never at all, leaving you with valuable pieces that are not accurately appraised. Even if you did have the pieces re-appraised again, that would add to the amount you have already paid.
With e-Appraisal Services you would pay less on the same four initial appraisals, your appraisals are automatically re-appraised once a year without you having to leave the comfort of your own home with the added benefit of substantial savings and peace of mind and in the event of a claim, e-Appraisal Services will update your appraisal free of charge before you submit your claim, making sure you get the actual market value of your misplaced pieces.
All your documents are securely backed up using state of the art technology and can be retrieved at anytime from anywhere in the world.