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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ocjoe949, post: 1535422, member: 35416&quot;]What is this...the OC thread?? I love it!! I&#039;ve lived in O.C. my entire life, and have come across all sorts of dealers.&nbsp;&nbsp; I agree that the &quot;We buy gold places&quot; are all over, especially in my part of O.C. where these is abundant retirement communities.&nbsp; The bottom line is they have to pay thousands in rent a month... and who&#039;s gonna pay for it?? The people that sells them stuff.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago I had one dealer locally try to flat out rip me off.&nbsp; Its a &quot;coin shop&quot; and listed as such, but when you walk in, its a bunch of empty showcases.&nbsp; This was back before I knew much of anything regarding coins and jewelry.&nbsp; I had my late mothers tennis bracelet.&nbsp; It has over 7 carats of vs2 or better quality diamonds.&nbsp; The big hairy fat guy, mumbles something, takes it from me and throws it on a scale behind a counter that noone can see.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>He says &quot;You got 20 pennyweights, how much you want for it??&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I told him &quot;I was hoping you&#039;d tell me what it was worth and what you&#039;d be willing to pay&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>He says &quot;I don&#039;t work that way, figure out what you want for it and come back if you want&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time I had no clue what pennyweights were, and didn&#039;t want to ask him.&nbsp; Luckily I didnt need the money at the time and just threw it back into the safe deposit box.&nbsp; Years later, I found myself needing money... not desperately but to make some improvements on the house.&nbsp;&nbsp; I met a great dealer who I took it to, (by then I knew exactly what it was worth and what I could sell it for) I took it to him and about 4 other dealers.&nbsp;&nbsp; What sealed the deal was when I told him who I took it to before him, he told me within $20 +/- what I was offered by the others.&nbsp;&nbsp; He works on a thinner margin, and at times his little shop is packed.&nbsp; People come by just to hang out and shoot the bull.&nbsp;&nbsp; He paid me about $60 more than the highest offer.&nbsp; Years later he&#039;s still my go to guy.&nbsp; He sells the cheapest and buys the highest of anyone I know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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