on my love for authentic vintage jewelry and what to expect from 'the opulent hippo'!

 

i love vintage jewelry and i feel that it's worth cultivating a good habit of re-using old stuff that still has plenty of life in them.

it is no secret that many vintage items are of high quality (compared to necklaces that rust and tarnish so easily nowadays) and beautiful pieces deserve to be properly loved again!
also, it doesn't hurt that you may be the only one in the world left with that awesomely unique piece!

:D

which is why i have decided to extend my passion into a shop that specializes on vintage items, with plenty of vintage jewelry, of course!

note to readers: all photos shown here are some of the pieces i will be offering in my vintage blog shop (the opulent hippo) soon!

here's a mini run-through on the stock-purchasing process which i'm currently doing for the opulent hippo!

• search for the items i'm looking for
• save pages that i consider bid/purchase-worthy
• write down the list of those i'm planning on bidding and the total price including postage
• divide total with the amount of pieces to get the cost of each individual piece
• re-evaluate the lots; delete unwanted lots
• arrange desired lots by level of importance
• calculate the maximum bids
• place bids accordingly
• watch and protect ongoing bids (the MOST frustrating part!)
• win bids (and dance for joy!)
• receive parcels from u.s.a. or u.k. (yes, this is where most of the stock is coming from!)
• sort items to be sold (and my *cough* personal collection... BWAHAHAHA)
• take photos of items to be sold
• upload photos and write witty but informative descriptions on product
• wait for interested customers
• keep customers happy!
• repeat whole cycle

LOL sounds like i'm talking to myself (which i do, actually).

but as you can see from the grueling process, i obviously take this business very seriously!

i believe that one should never sacrifice quality for price; so most of the items will be going for less than rm100!
unless they are marked EXCLUSIVE, which means it is of excellent quality and cost a bomb to get it!