Nordstroms sold out of $85 pet rocks

[Drummond Island Rocks]

money.cnn.com/2016/12/07/news/companies/nordstrom-rock-sold-out/index.html

Chuck

[spiceman]

Just like a pet rock but in a pouch. What a good idea.
A money maker.
Dale

[Garage Rocker]

Glad I already bought all I needed. I'd hate to be stuck without.

[jakesrocks]

Hmmmmmm, I've got 2 half hides & lots of rocks out in the field. Wonder if I could get $45.00 each for them ?

[150FromFundy]

For $85, I could find some pretty amazing shelf specimens to put on display. This nonsense gives legitimate collectors a bad name.

Maybe I should sell a bunch of crap to idiots to fund my rock collection. Hmmm!

Darryl.

[Jugglerguy]

Just imagine what they'd go for if they had metaphysical powers.

[ziggy]

Dec 7, 2016 17:34:48 GMT -5 jakesrocks said:

Hmmmmmm, I've got 2 half hides & lots of rocks out in the field. Wonder if I could get $45.00 each for them ?

Well, if Nordstrom is anything like Levian (with their formerly only sold to industry as low cost abrasive "chocolate diamonds") they already have it patended, trademarked on the name, and copyrighted on all promotional materials regarding to said leather wrapped rocks.

[wigglinrocks]

Very interesting . Think I will quit tumbling , get a dump truck load of rock brought over and make a fortune . I will do something different though , maybe make little bags from a fresh deer hide , give it a more natural look . Toss a rock in and claim it will cure anything from a stubbed toe to a broken finger nail , maybe even hair loss . Then I can say that its natural for a slight odor to occur , all natural again . Or I could call it a sex stone , probably should put two in the bag for that . Could charge more for those . Well if anyone has any more brilliant ideas , they have to be brilliant , they want to share with me just fire away . Oh , if anyone already has a patent on my ideas , too bad , I'm on my way to fame and fortune . Sure hope I can sell some soon so can buy some rios from Mel .

But seriously , $85 for a non tumbled rock in a silly little leather bag , come on .

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Dec 7, 2016 21:18:34 GMT -5 ziggy said:

Dec 7, 2016 17:34:48 GMT -5 jakesrocks said:

Hmmmmmm, I've got 2 half hides & lots of rocks out in the field. Wonder if I could get $45.00 each for them ?

Well, if Nordstrom is anything like Levian (with their formerly only sold to industry as low cost abrasive "chocolate diamonds") they already have it patended, trademarked on the name, and copyrighted on all promotional materials regarding to said leather wrapped rocks.

They did a brilliant bit of putting a brand new business together, don't you think?

They bought an exclusive for the entire supply of previously garbage rough stones, repackaged them as "chocolate" and almost certainly made a true fortune.

I absolutely love that!

[dottyt]

I think black and brown diamonds are very pretty, better looking than clear. Too bad they aren't less expensive though. I have a black diamond eternity ring, it is very wearable and almost impossible to damage. The over-all effect is nice, but the stones are very poorly cut. Very shiny too although not at all transparent. The jeweler (who set the stones himself as this was before this sort of thing was popular) said he got them from India and no one was going to spend a lot of time shaping such cheap stones. My ring was way less than what a ring with quality diamonds would be, but maybe still overpriced. How well cut were the Levian diamonds?

[ziggy]

Dec 7, 2016 23:06:43 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

Dec 7, 2016 21:18:34 GMT -5 ziggy said:

Well, if Nordstrom is anything like Levian (with their formerly only sold to industry as low cost abrasive "chocolate diamonds") they already have it patended, trademarked on the name, and copyrighted on all promotional materials regarding to said leather wrapped rocks.

They did a brilliant bit of putting a brand new business together, don't you think?

They bought an exclusive for the entire supply of previously garbage rough stones, repackaged them as "chocolate" and almost certainly made a true fortune.

I absolutely love that!

I think they are scum. Selling scum. The entire diamond industry is a scam. I'll call it my favorite scum scam. The whole industry is a farce. I can go and pay $1,500 for a diamond. The fact that I can't turn around and sell the next day without a huge loss tells me the entire thing is a scam. I mean, you just can't re sell any diamond these days for what you bought it for. Turns out that in reality diamonds aren't all that rare (until De Beers makes them that way.) The thing that I really hate about chocolate diamonds is the fact that they facet them as if that helps them in some way. There is still no fire or brilliance when you see them which is supposedly the (regular) diamonds entire mystique. Anyone with any common sense will see their lack of value as something to look at and especially buy.
My hubby bought a stone for me when we were young. Paid $800.00 for it. It was supposedly flawless and of the higher end in clarity. When I tried to pawn it to borrow some money, the pawn shop would only loan the price of the gold in the band. They said the diamond is worthless to them.

Sorry, I'll try not to get so far off subject (leather wrapped rocks) next time.

[greig]

I metal detect and find a little bit of jewelry. The last time my wife tried to sell some rings, they popped off the white diamonds and returned them in an envelope. They were only interested in gold and platinum. I still like finding diamonds, but am starting to stack them up. LOL

As for the Nordstrom rock, all I can say is what a waste of leather, shipping and of course $$.

[Drummond Island Rocks]

$85 is higher then any piece of rock jewelry I have on my Etsy site and I am still not selling anything. Where is the justice in that.

Chuck

[inbtb]

Instead of the leather pouch on the bottom how about a leather cap on top.

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Anybody like to eat lobsters?

Here in Cali we have a law on the books (perhaps a county law) that makes it illegal to feed lobster to prisoners more than 3 days a week.

You might ask why?

Because in the late 1800 and early 1900 the commercial fisherman would have their nets clogged with lobster while fishing for halibut and other desirable fish. So many lobsters they were 'junk'.

Fast forward to when someone saw the opportunity and rebranded lobster from trash to gourmet. Same bug on the ocean floor, new marketing.

I bet you are happy about that too!

Yogurt? Soured milk!

Dry aged beef? Yep, it's just carefully rotted.

Now we can add leather wrapped pet rocks and chocolate diamonds to the list of rebranded goods.

Regular diamonds is also brilliant. Think of the publicity and marketing it took to get men to pay three months salary for a diamond for their new wife. All for a relatively common hunk of carbon.

Do you wear prescription glasses? One Italian company runs that biz. I buy good quality cheaters at Costco for about $6 ea. But go to a luxottica branded optometrist and they can be $1000. Depends on style popularity and brand. Certainly the cheapest frames you will get are $80 or so. For injection moulded plastic screwed together with special hinges!!!

They are all a ripoff born of brilliant marketing and salesmanship.

[ziggy]

Dec 8, 2016 11:40:06 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

Anybody like to eat lobsters?

Here in Cali we have a law on the books (perhaps a county law) that makes it illegal to feed lobster to prisoners more than 3 days a week.

You might ask why?

Because in the late 1800 and early 1900 the commercial fisherman would have their nets clogged with lobster while fishing for halibut and other desirable fish. So many lobsters they were 'junk'.

Fast forward to when someone saw the opportunity and rebranded lobster from trash to gourmet. Same bug on the ocean floor, new marketing.

I bet you are happy about that too!

Yogurt? Soured milk!

Dry aged beef? Yep, it's just carefully rotted.

Now we can add leather wrapped pet rocks and chocolate diamonds to the list of rebranded goods.

Regular diamonds is also brilliant. Think of the publicity and marketing it took to get men to pay three months salary for a diamond for their new wife. All for a relatively common hunk of carbon.

Do you wear prescription glasses? One Italian company runs that biz. I buy good quality cheaters at Costco for about $6 ea. But go to a luxottica branded optometrist and they can be $1000. Depends on style popularity and brand. Certainly the cheapest frames you will get are $80 or so. For injection moulded plastic screwed together with special hinges!!!

They are all a ripoff born of brilliant marketing and salesmanship.

Amen, and very well said.

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Dec 8, 2016 14:49:48 GMT -5 ziggy said:

Dec 8, 2016 11:40:06 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

Anybody like to eat lobsters?

Here in Cali we have a law on the books (perhaps a county law) that makes it illegal to feed lobster to prisoners more than 3 days a week.

You might ask why?

Because in the late 1800 and early 1900 the commercial fisherman would have their nets clogged with lobster while fishing for halibut and other desirable fish. So many lobsters they were 'junk'.

Fast forward to when someone saw the opportunity and rebranded lobster from trash to gourmet. Same bug on the ocean floor, new marketing.

I bet you are happy about that too!

Yogurt? Soured milk!

Dry aged beef? Yep, it's just carefully rotted.

Now we can add leather wrapped pet rocks and chocolate diamonds to the list of rebranded goods.

Regular diamonds is also brilliant. Think of the publicity and marketing it took to get men to pay three months salary for a diamond for their new wife. All for a relatively common hunk of carbon.

Do you wear prescription glasses? One Italian company runs that biz. I buy good quality cheaters at Costco for about $6 ea. But go to a luxottica branded optometrist and they can be $1000. Depends on style popularity and brand. Certainly the cheapest frames you will get are $80 or so. For injection moulded plastic screwed together with special hinges!!!

They are all a ripoff born of brilliant marketing and salesmanship.

Amen, and very well said.

Hi Ziggy;

So. In which of those products do you indulge?

[ziggy]

Dec 8, 2016 15:46:46 GMT -5 @shotgunner said:

Dec 8, 2016 14:49:48 GMT -5 ziggy said:

Amen, and very well said.

Hi Ziggy;

So. In which of those products do you indulge?

Had lobster once and didn't like it. Never eat yogurt. Tastes gross. I think all the beef I buy is fresh from the local Miejer's supermarket. As previously stated I hate the Chocolate Diamond concept. I got one diamond ring back in the 1970's when we got married so I'm guilty of the diamond thing I guess. We were both young and stupid with expendable income for crying out loud.  The only glasses I wear are dollar store reading glasses. Never cared about the latest fashion and hubby likes that.
So, going by the nearest definition of indulge, I have indulged in one diamond ring (that was given to me) out of everything on your list.

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ziggy! You cannot be taken by scams. I love that about you!

And the one diamond? It was also a romantic gesture by your hubby. No harm no foul!

[quartz]

I figured out the leather pocketed crap rock thing this morning. It's an expensive reminder to people who have cut up toes/feet by sticking them under rotary lawnmowers. The leather represents the persons shoe toe, and the rock represents the rocks in the head of the careless person that got cut up.