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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="Lefty" data-source="post: 172820" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>Fleabay can be useful for some things but I would not even think about buying gemstones or jewellery from there. If you paid say $50 or less for something and all you were after was a nice piece of bling that didn't cost an arm and a leg and you were happy with the article when it arrived and didn't much care what it really may or may not have been then go for it - so long as you're happy.</p><p></p><p>But as we have all been taught, if something sounds too good to be true - it probably is. If you paid $75 for a genuine 9-carat gold ring with a quality natural 2 ct blue sapphire set in it then you either got the deal of the century or much more likely, it isn't what was sold as.</p><p></p><p>A jeweller I know was given a 9 carat gold ring a while ago that had been bought from eBay to make alterations to. When he tried it became obvious that whatever the alloy the ring was made from was, it was not 9 carat gold and the metalworking would not take. The owner was upset that she thought she had gotten a bargain but had actually been taken.</p><p></p><p>If you were wanting quality bling, I would tend to see a jeweller. Their livelyood is dependent on their reputation, unlike a seller on eBay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 172820, member: 2976"] Fleabay can be useful for some things but I would not even think about buying gemstones or jewellery from there. If you paid say $50 or less for something and all you were after was a nice piece of bling that didn't cost an arm and a leg and you were happy with the article when it arrived and didn't much care what it really may or may not have been then go for it - so long as you're happy. But as we have all been taught, if something sounds too good to be true - it probably is. If you paid $75 for a genuine 9-carat gold ring with a quality natural 2 ct blue sapphire set in it then you either got the deal of the century or much more likely, it isn't what was sold as. A jeweller I know was given a 9 carat gold ring a while ago that had been bought from eBay to make alterations to. When he tried it became obvious that whatever the alloy the ring was made from was, it was not 9 carat gold and the metalworking would not take. The owner was upset that she thought she had gotten a bargain but had actually been taken. If you were wanting quality bling, I would tend to see a jeweller. Their livelyood is dependent on their reputation, unlike a seller on eBay. [/QUOTE]
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An ebay lesson hard learned and long time coming
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