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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 2050327, member: 13650"]You either want to get to the bottom of this and know for sure or you want to be re-assured by people who glance at it and assume it's real. </p><p><br /></p><p> We know that there are good enough fakes now, made of the proper metal content and weight that simply glancing at photos online and making an opinion is not a 100% fool proof way of proving anything. </p><p> </p><p> We know they make more and more of these every year that goes by to the point that most high end stuff not in a slab is automatically suspect now. It's the world we live in.</p><p> It doesn't really matter how much experience people have. There are eternal optimists, pessimists and realists. You're going to receive a spectrum of responses based in knowledge and experience but then guided by these deeply rooted philosophies. </p><p> I'm not trying to ruin your day and have no reason to pick on you. I hope it is real, but I've mentioned the problems I have with it. The true test would be to ask what everyone in this thread would give you for it, after several issues have been mentioned. </p><p> If everyone who says it's ok would actually buy it from you, then at least we have some honesty. One guy says he wouldn't touch it with a 10 ft pole. I would not buy it. You may take offense but at least it's being honest. All this comes with buying something raw. You posted the thread and asked. Hopefully you take away from this more than just what you want to hear. I wish you luck with it and hope I'm wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 2050327, member: 13650"]You either want to get to the bottom of this and know for sure or you want to be re-assured by people who glance at it and assume it's real. We know that there are good enough fakes now, made of the proper metal content and weight that simply glancing at photos online and making an opinion is not a 100% fool proof way of proving anything. We know they make more and more of these every year that goes by to the point that most high end stuff not in a slab is automatically suspect now. It's the world we live in. It doesn't really matter how much experience people have. There are eternal optimists, pessimists and realists. You're going to receive a spectrum of responses based in knowledge and experience but then guided by these deeply rooted philosophies. I'm not trying to ruin your day and have no reason to pick on you. I hope it is real, but I've mentioned the problems I have with it. The true test would be to ask what everyone in this thread would give you for it, after several issues have been mentioned. If everyone who says it's ok would actually buy it from you, then at least we have some honesty. One guy says he wouldn't touch it with a 10 ft pole. I would not buy it. You may take offense but at least it's being honest. All this comes with buying something raw. You posted the thread and asked. Hopefully you take away from this more than just what you want to hear. I wish you luck with it and hope I'm wrong.[/QUOTE]
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