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Diamond Banc, Tampa

Director - Jodi Hudson, GIA Graduate Gemologist

Leveraging the Value of Your Jewelry

The solution is here in your neighborhood.

A client-driven approach to leveraging the value of your jewelry.

Diamond Banc offers an innovative and customer driven approach when it comes to selling or leveraging the value of your jewelry. They provide a variety of financial solutions and collaborate with you to determine the optimal solution.

What if I told you that there’s a state-of-the-art approach when it comes to selling and borrowing against what your jewelry is worth? Throughout our lives, we buy, receive and retain jewelry that ends up sitting in a drawer or safe for years, never to be worn. However, what if there was another way? Diamond Banc offers innovative and creative ways when it comes to selling or leveraging the value of your jewelry. Here is how.

Founded in 2007, Diamond Banc opened their upscale endeavor as a way to help clientele sell their most valued high-end jewelry, luxury watches and much more. During the process, Diamond Banc became one of the nation’s finest jewelry equity loan providers by providing the highest loan amounts, lowest cost of funds, and unmatched repayment options. Originally launched as a small operation in Columbia, Missouri, they opened several locations nationwide and found their elite business right here in Tampa, FL! Diamond Banc is a unique business due to their dedication for delivering top-notch customer service. Along with the best customer service, they have also staked their reputation on employing the best and most knowledgeable jewelry experts in the nation. Diamond Banc has a large network of jewelry dealers, retail partners and industry connections. For example, if a client brings in a piece from the early 1900s, they consult with a specialist to ensure the client is getting the maximum amount they can for that specific piece.

For those who are ready to part with their items and value being paid immediately, Diamond Banc will make an unparalleled purchase offer for your fine jewelry, luxury watches, and diamonds. They are known for funding transactions on the spot after providing you with the highest quality liquid value assessment.

There are several liquidity options Diamond Banc makes available to best assist you. Clients can select one option or use them all depending on their situation and goals.

Immediate Payment For Your Jewelry & Watches This option may suit those who are looking for an immediate transaction. Diamond Banc will provide an industry leading purchase

offer for your diamonds, jewelry and luxury watches and issue payment on the spot.

Effective Consignment For those who prefer a higher return over immediate funding, this option is for you. Your item(s) are marketed to thousands of jewelry dealers, retailers and wholesalers. Diamond Banc pays you a preferred return as soon as your item(s) sell. Take note that this is for Items that will sell for $10,000+.

Maximize Your Return by Making Diamond Banc Your Agent For those with the primary objective of maximizing their return, the Seller’s Agent Service option is for you. Diamond Banc serves as their clients’ fiduciary, ensuring that their interests are aligned and the highest return is achieved. Your most treasured and highest valued items are marketed to a variety of platforms nationwide with the goal of selling back to the end consumer. Diamond Banc charges a transparent, fixed percentage commission. Items that will sell for $35,000+ are eligible.

Get Money For Your Jewelry & Retain Ownership Have you ever considered getting a loan against your items instead of selling? When you choose the jewelry equity loan option you can leverage the equity value of your jewelry by borrowing against it. When borrowing against your items, you can get the best of both worlds. You get immediate access to the funds you need, and you get to maintain ownership since the jewelry is returned to you once the loan is repaid. It’s a win, win! As soon as your maximum loan value is determined, you can draw funds up and down like a traditional line of credit. This process is quick, safe, confidential, and has zero effect on your credit score.

Demand Is Key Being knowledgeable of the current market demand is imperative for receiving the maximum offer. This is what Diamond Banc’s elite staff are experts in. For example, in the early 2000s, everyone wanted trendy princess-cut or square-cut diamonds. Since there was such high demand for them and everyone bought one, the market is now flooded with them, resulting in much lower demand now. So then one would ask, what types of items are currently in demand? Round brilliant cut diamonds are almost always a top seller and likely always will be due to their timelessness. Other items in high demand are: Rolex sports model watches, fine designer jewelry from designers such as Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, etc. Designers known globally are always in high demand.

Diamond Banc is Tampa’s leading resource for clients seeking a buyer for their jewelry, diamonds or luxury watches. They are the distinguished destination to sell or obtain a loan in an upscale, luxury environment. They specialize in buying diamonds, designer jewelry, gold jewelry, luxury watches and so much more. Diamond Banc willingly purchases single items to entire estates and provides ultra flexible, consumer friendly loan terms for those who wish to borrow money against their jewelry.

Whether you’re seeking immediate funding or just merely exploring your options, Diamond Banc is available for a zero pressure, zero obligation, zero cost evaluation of your items to strategize the solution that best suits your needs. Start the process online at DiamondBanc.com or give them a call at (813) 609-4331 to schedule an appointment today at 3401 Henderson Blvd Suite E, Tampa, FL 33609. Mills Menser, Owner

Jodi Hudson, Market Director jodi@diamondbanc.com Get your free quote today!

3401 Henderson Blvd Suite E, Tampa, Florida 33609 813-609-4331

SHIRLEY SIMMONS Beautiful Otherness

By Courtney Caggiano

“The things that I would dare to do, I made sure that Kennedy did all of that, and she did some crazy things.”

Although she may seem like an author with years of published work to her name, Simmons is more of a wunderkind—Orlando’s very own literary prodigy. From Simmons’ emotive prose to her profound perceptiveness as a writer, many readers will be surprised to learn that Simmons is a first-time novelist. With her captivating new novel, Beautiful Otherness, Simmons shatters expectations in both the literary world and her own life as she tells the story of a woman understanding the power and beauty of her true identity.

Well before Simmons began crafting her groundbreaking debut novel, she experienced a moment of what can only be called divine inspiration. “25 years ago, a mentor told me I would be writing this book, so it was like a prophecy, to be honest,” Simmons shares. “There was a time in my life when I was going through a transition and I was having a wonderful time, a great social life, doing everything I wanted to do, but I felt like I should be doing something more. So, when I thought about what she told me, I said, let me start to develop a character. And that’s what I did.”

This sudden fulfillment of calling placed upon her decades ago is what brought to life Kennedy Davenport—the electric and enticing leading lady of Beautiful Otherness. “I wanted her to be intriguing, I wanted her to be exciting, I wanted her to be funny, adventurous, and sometimes frustrating,” Simmons shares about her main character. As Kennedy Davenport comes face to face with her unpleasant past, she begins a transforming journey of discovering the beauty in the story that has shaped the woman of honor and impact that she has become.

However fictional Davenport may be, within her character are very real echoes of Simmons’ own traits and passions. “It was more like an alter ego,” Simmons shares about Kennedy’s character. “The things that I would dare to do, I made sure that Kennedy did all of that, and she did some crazy things.”

While Davenport and Simmons share certain aspects of life— calling the pristine lakes of Windermere home, maintaining an active social life, and dedicating much of their time to notable causes—Simmons has brilliantly crafted her lead character in such a way that her personality, experiences, and lessons learned along the road of life will resonate with an endless variety of readers. “I think that every reader will find a Kennedy Davenport within themselves. I think that they will be able to relate to something that she has done or some type of interesting adventure that she has gone on.”

It is Simmons’ desire that her readers take the universal truths within Beautiful Otherness to heart—a desire that transforms this book from merely a novel to a testament of a life redefined by a fresh perspective of self. “I want my readers to know that no matter what they go through in life, I don’t care how devastating, how embarrassing, how shameful it may be, they can always come out on the other side and be beautiful and shine and be who they are naturally.”

“Most importantly, the book is about helping people going through different things. Whatever your otherness is, peel back the layers and go through that otherness, because once you get through the otherness, you will see the beautiful side of yourself,” she states. “That’s why the book is named Beautiful Otherness, because everybody has otherness; they don’t always have time within their busy lives to deal with the otherness.”

Simmons is thrilled to finally be sharing Kennedy Davenport’s story with readers everywhere…and she means literally everywhere. “It started out just being on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, but I was so excited because I received an email that now the book is being carried in Target and so many other stores. It’s in Canada, it’s in Europe…when I was looking at some of the places where the book was going to be sold, I couldn’t even read what they were saying because it wasn’t in English…so I’m really excited.”

Thankfully for her readers all over the world, Beautiful Otherness is only the beginning of Simmons’ career. “I’m super excited about what I’m seeing as of now, for me to be a first-time published author, and I’ve already started on my second novel,” Simmons explains. “It’s going to be in a sense a sequel, but I’m going to do a different turn, a different spin. It will still talk about Kennedy, because Kennedy has a lot to be said about her and everyone needs to know, ‘Who is Kennedy Davenport?’”

Simmons plans to write at least three books, a feat that her mentor who served as her inspiration told her she would accomplish. She also plans to travel and tour, taking the moral of Kennedy Davenport’s story into the hearts and lives of readers worldwide.

“I plan to make people feel comfortable with who they are so that they’re not embarrassed about whatever they may have gone through within their childhood, within their life. I want them to be free, and that’s what this book is about; it’s about the beautiful otherness. I want everyone to deal with their otherness and expose it for what it is so they can be free and be who they are as a person and live a great life.”

To our Orlando Style readers, Simmons wants to share the message of Beautiful Otherness in a way that will forever change your understanding of yourself. “Along with style and social life and all those wonderful things, I want [you] to pull back the layers and deal with [your] otherness so [you] can really be beautiful.”

You can purchase your copy of Beautiful Otherness at www. shirleybsimmons.com and follow Simmons on Facebook at “Beautiful Otherness” and Instagram @shirleybsimmons.