Gem Junkies

Parle Team Member - Marty Burns


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Getting to know you, getting to know all about Parle. We sit town with another Parle team member, Marty Burns, who is one of our traveling sales consultants. As a child panning for gold in the Merced River, Marty was destined to be involved in the jewelry industry. We sit down and learning about his early beginnings in the jewelry industry and even tornadoes.
00:00:00 Story-time
01:01:50 Puzzles
02:22:00 Parle Team Member – Marty Burns
03:08:00 Tell us about your start in the jewelry industry
08:41:00 How did you get to Oklahoma?
11:59:00 So what you do for us is sales
12:30:00 What was the most interesting thing you’ve appraised?
14:14:50 How do you determine the value of a piece?
15:25:00 Did you ever have to go to court?
16:11:00 Insurance replacement value vs. cost/actual value
18:25:00 What does your day look like?
20:39:00 What is your earliest memory of a gemstone or piece of jewelry?
21:33:00 What’s your favorite gemstone?
23:19:00 (Down a rabbit hole) Let’s talk about tornadoes
30:59:00 Upcoming events with Marty
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