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AppraiserTech no longer markets software. Information is still available here on  products that we used to market and where possible contact details of new distributors is given.

 

 

 

Pages that will be of particular interest to PAS users
PAS Customisation          PAS VBA Overlay

 

 

Pages that will be of particular interest to GuildPro users
GuildPro Plus Download     GuildPro Customisation    GuildPro-Plus Full Glossary    GuildPro Style Templates  

GuildPro-Plus User Area (see your help file for access link)

 

 

Pages that will be of particular interest to Appraisers using MS Word

VBA for Word Reports


 

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This season's article:

We aim to bring interesting & provocative articles on a regular basis. Written by the great & the small..... from personal opinions & jewellery appraisal production tips to ground breaking gemmological research results.

Article Number 3. Interview with Thom Underwood, FGA ASA

 

Thom Underwood FGA ASA is the owner of The San Diego Gemological Laboratory, a jewellery valuation practice in California and the principal of Quantum Leap Software Solutions, developers of the Professional Appraisal Software (PAS). Thom is also a senior lecturer with the American Society of Appraisers and has a degree in Chemistry. As a keen outdoor sportsman, Thom can often be found in his Kayak or climbing some fairly serious hills.

AppraiserTech caught up with Thom who kindly agreed to be interviewed. Key: AT = AppraiserTechTU = Thom Underwood

 

AT: How long have you been an Appraiser?
TU: I created my appraisal practice in 1978 in San Diego paralleling a period where I was involved in the retail and manufacturing side of our industry.

AT: From jewellery appraisal to software development. How did that happen?
TU: Technology back in the 1970’s was poor and the drudgery of collating the data and preparing the reports was taking a lot of the pleasure out of appraising for me. It also was taking unnecessarily long to create the finished reports.

I bought my first computer at this time and started to explore the possible ways of inputting the data and presenting it in a professional manner. At first it was a process of merging the entered data into forms. I was reasonably happy with the direction I was going but realised that better progress could be made by hiring a programmer to carry out my wishes. It was better this way. I would tell the programmer what I wanted and he would go away and figure out how to do it........................ go to article

 

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