Rolltide wrote: ↑4 years ago
Gemaholic wrote: ↑4 years ago
Rolltide wrote: ↑4 years ago
Last year I took a lot of clearance pieces that I had bought and just didn't wear to a local pawn shop. I needed to clean out my jewelry box and thought to get what I could out of it. The jeweler wouldn't take most of the pieces because he said some appeared not to be silver, and some had pieces and parts that were not silver. All of the items were portrayed as "sterling silver" when I bought them. They used some stuff they put on the pieces to test it. They said they would question whether or not the stones were real, as well. I just figured they were afraid to take a chance with some of it because of their test results. Now I don't know what to think. I donated the items to charity and told them what I could about them.
Pawn shops are notorious for deceiving people. I have some stories of my own. Unless they are GIA or even IGS, then their opinion is worth nothing. No offense to you, it's the people at these shops. Their end goal is the same as channels like SLC
There is no offense to be taken. You are the one that opened this conversation by saying that you DO have pieces that were sold to you by SLC that are NOT real. What you have quoted from me above is what I was told by a shop owner when I took some junk in I bought on clearance and wasn't wearing, so I wanted to try to get some money out of it. The shop sells silver jewelry, and some gold, and does pay for silver and gold. They tested the merchandise in front of me with some type of magnets, which did not react properly, and this black pad they put stuff on the jewelry with. I don't really understand what you mean when you say their end goal is the same? They weren't looking to keep these pieces, they refused to pay for any of the ones in question because they were afraid it wasn't silver, so I gave them to a local charity. The pieces they paid me for were weighed on the counter in front of me, I am not in the habit of being deceived, just a fact. So sorry you misunderstand, and that I don't understand you. With all due respect, and no offense.
Pawnshops don't care about the person coming in--the customer, so they do run tricks. That is what my comparison to SLC is. As far as the magnet test, this is amusing to me now. Did they claim it WASN'T magnetic therefore it wasn't silver? It is important to pay attention to these things, because crooked people are everywhere. Silver is NOT magnetic. Iron and nickel is, so it sounds like they were testing to see if it was in there since 925 silver is not supposed to contain nickel, just copper (in addition to the 92.5% silver). And yes, I opened the conversation and I said inspect your jewelry and get second opinions, but pawnshop people are by no means qualified unless they are certified. As much as I don't like being deceived by SLC, I am an honest person, and think honest appraisals should be considered.