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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
An ebay lesson hard learned and long time coming
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<blockquote data-quote="shivan" data-source="post: 172777" data-attributes="member: 194"><p>G'day all, just thought i would throw this up as a bit of a reminder to be careful buying off of ebay.</p><p></p><p>My brother is getting married soon and i have been trying to decide what to get them. As they live in Norway i wanted to get them something a little Australian. I remembered that my wife had brought a couple of small polished opals off ebay years ago. I thought these would be nicer than any other uncut stones i had laying around. </p><p>Got the wife to pull them out and as soon as i saw them i knew something was wrong. Looking from the top they look ok, and i dont think my wife ever took them out of the case to check them (not that we would have known what we were looking at back then). But upon removal you can see they a clear plastic with a hard black backing that makes the plastic look like opal <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> </p><p></p><p>Not hugely out of pocket from it, i think she paid $15-$30 each, but a bad time to realize you have been fleeced. Way too long after the event to do anything on ebay, and has left me little time to find a replacement. But at least i caught it before we sent them..... That would have been embarrassing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shivan, post: 172777, member: 194"] G'day all, just thought i would throw this up as a bit of a reminder to be careful buying off of ebay. My brother is getting married soon and i have been trying to decide what to get them. As they live in Norway i wanted to get them something a little Australian. I remembered that my wife had brought a couple of small polished opals off ebay years ago. I thought these would be nicer than any other uncut stones i had laying around. Got the wife to pull them out and as soon as i saw them i knew something was wrong. Looking from the top they look ok, and i dont think my wife ever took them out of the case to check them (not that we would have known what we were looking at back then). But upon removal you can see they a clear plastic with a hard black backing that makes the plastic look like opal :mad: Not hugely out of pocket from it, i think she paid $15-$30 each, but a bad time to realize you have been fleeced. Way too long after the event to do anything on ebay, and has left me little time to find a replacement. But at least i caught it before we sent them..... That would have been embarrassing :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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