Ideal Luxury owner Mark Schechter was recently a guest on Coast Magazine’s Podcast, The Coast Conversation to discuss the business of buying, selling and making loans on diamonds, watches and jewelr, as well as the niche Ideal Luxury has carved out for itself in Orange County and beyond as the go to resource for these services.

How do you buy high-end items on eBay without getting ripped off? What are the four Cs of choosing quality diamonds? Learn this and more in the latest installment of The Coast Conversation with Mark Schechter, owner of OC-based Ideal Luxury. Coast executive editor Samantha Dunn and producer Mike “the Millennial” Gravagno get personal with Schechter, whose reputation as a concierge for luxury items is first rate.

Listen to the episod on iTunes, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts.

( For background on Schechter, read the profile Coast ran last year, The Broker of Bling.)