Message From the Board of Directors
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Diamond Club Entry via Key Cards
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Dear Members,
We are pleased to announce we have finally started issuing the new card entry system to our members. Entry cards will be distributed
firstly to the Resident Members
and thereafter to all other members
All door locks will eventually be changed which will prevent unauthorized entry.
A non refundable fee of
$30.00 per card
will be charged to each member. Any replacement card will be billed at $30.00 each. All misplaced or lost cards will immediately be deactivated.
Cards can NOT be shared and will be revoked if misused.
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Membership Special Ends this Month
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As a show of goodwill, the Board of Directors have decided to
offer a
20% discount
to all full time and resident members
for their 2020 dues
(April 2020- March 2021).
We request all members to continue supporting the club and
please pay your dues by
July 31, 2020
.
If you have already paid your full yearly dues($650), ‘$130’ credit will be applied to your 2021-2022 membership
.
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Diamond Club Membership Plaques
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Any new member who has been current for two (2) years or longer qualifies for a ‘
state of the art’ Members Plaque
.
Due to current restrictions we were unable to distribute these plaques in a timely manner, but the good news is that our printer has re-opened his business and plaques for new members will be completed within the month.
If you qualify for a Members Plaque please contact us asap at
In order to receive your plaque, please ensure your membership fees for 2020-2021 are paid.
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Friends and Family Membership Special
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Now more than ever are the benefits of club membership evident. There has never been a better time to have a ‘friend’ in your corner
Here are just a few benefits that you can enjoy by taking on membership.
- Free weekly shipping to GIA via Malca-Amit
- Discount on your insurance via Jewelers Mutual
- Weekly updates related to the industry
- Strategic Advertising for your customers
- Trading sessions with members and outside groups
- A long list of members with whom you can start a business relationship
- Mediation and Arbitration services
- Monthly lunches (once the COVID-19 issue subsides)
And much, much more
For a limited time only, we are having a
A 25% discount off the current regular rate
of $1,000.00 until July 31st.
New Full membership fee $750.00
Prospective members must submit their application
by
July 31, 2020
to avail the promotion.
We urge each and every one of our members to share with a friend the
importance of DCWC membership.
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Scroll Down to Read 'Letter to the Editor'
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Diamond Club Advertisements
gets Global Recognition
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Diamond Club Advertisements get shared globally to spread the message to
invest in
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During this unstable period most of us have cut back on promoting and advertising, therefore the DCWC has taken it upon themselves to design advertisements that can easily be shared to your website, Facebook, Instagram, etc.
at no charge to you.
Please use these three strategically designed advertisements campaigns on your social media to spread the message:
- Post Quarantine = Buy Jewelry!
- Share them with all of your clients - wholesale and retail
- Share it with consumers across the world
- The more consumers see these ads, the more business it will drive to your retailers, and the more business it will drive to wholesalers
- We want to steer more dollars into the Jewelry Industry via our customers and customer's customers
- Don't be shy, SHARE SHARE SHARE!
- Add your business logo to the ads
- Have your clients add their logo to the ads
Let us be the catalyst for success in the Jewelry Industry during this time!
Instructions on how to Share these Ads:
- Click here to download the high resolution pictures.
- Share it in your emails and social media channels to spread the message.
- You can also share these ads on your story or wall by sharing it from Diamond Club's Social Media Platform(Instagram or Facebook)
- Don’t Forget to Like and Follow our New Facebook Page as we prepare for more exciting news there.
If you wish to add your logo before sharing it with your customers,
please contact DCWC's graphic designer,
RJ of MulTriMedia at 213-590-7101
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To download a high resolution copy to share on your
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Letter to the Editor
MOVE OUT!
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Why is our jewelry district so heavily dependent on mainly two buildings? For years we’ve been in a “cornered” position as tenants of landlords who have always put their profits ahead of the good of their tenants. Tenants are constantly complaining that their landlords haven’t done enough to maintain their respective buildings. Rent has constantly increased at approximately 5% year over year, but when a recession arrives they “can’t afford to give any discounts.”
Every time a lease renewal comes around, we nervously meet with building management in hopes that they don’t increase rent more than the usual 3-5%. We are constantly in fear of our landlords rather than work with them. In the span of 10 years, many of us have seen our lease payments double, yet how many of us have seen our income double in the past 10 years?
New tenants are constantly getting great lease incentives but loyal tenants who have spent decades in the same office space haven’t been given any breaks when they needed it most. These are unprecedented times. Yes, most of us have experienced recession at one point or another but this recession is truly unchartered territory. While we go through a global pandemic, effectively a global recession, our landlords responses have been “it’s not our fault.” Our income has been slashed, our ability to collect from clients have been extremely difficult, and all we asked from our Landlords was a little understanding, perhaps some compassion that maybe we can all share this burden together so that we all come out of this stronger. But “COVID-19 is not their fault,” perhaps it's our fault. They’re absolutely right, it is OUR fault that we have relied so heavily on one or two buildings that we believed are the best locations for our business.
We have given so much power to a 1 block radius that we eliminated our biggest asset in business, our ability to compete and force others to compete for our business. Why should our landlords give us any discounts when we have given them this power. They watched us sign, renewal after renewal, until we couldn’t afford it anymore and had no choice but to move. If 9 out of 10 tenants continue to keep paying increases in their leases every renewal, they don’t care about losing 1 tenant, regardless of how long they’ve been great tenants. To add salt to that wound, they almost always will give the new incoming tenant a heavy discount from the rate the outgoing tenant was paying. And so the cycle continues.
This is all our fault, we allowed this to keep happening rather than MOVE OUT.
We have the option to find another office and get a better deal from a Landlord who hopefully appreciates our business and will work with us in the future so that we both succeed. The time has come to take action and show our Landlords why they should care about their tenants, why they should incentivise loyalty, and why they should feel the same pain we have felt, by MOVING OUT and letting them enjoy their vacancies.
-Frustrated Tenant
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by citing people who don't cover their face in public.
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Get-Diamonds Members
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- 10% discount on the international rate sheet.
- 20% discount on the first domestic Express shipment (for new customers only, up to $10,000).
- 10% discount on Storage Services.
- 10% discount on Ultra-Vault Services.
- 10% discount on inspection services.
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. The nonprofit trading platform’s tagline is “by the industry, for the industry,” and its
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