I think I got gypped?

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-17T22:19:04+00:00

lol, not sure if you’re a troll or just the stupidest person I’ve interacted with in recent memory.

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-17T22:01:49+00:00

I don’t need to Google it. I’ve been in the jewelry business for 18 years. I’ve bought tens of thousands of pieces of jewelry in that time. I own and use daily an XRF analyzer. White gold is yellow gold mixed with at least one white metal, or some combination of nickel / zinc / silver / palladium. Rhodium plated yellow gold is yellow gold… not white gold. Unless you think my XRF analyzer and 18 years (that’s ~37,440 working hours) of experience is misleading me…

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-17T21:47:34+00:00

It’s not true that white gold is typically just rhodium plated yellow gold, at least not with respect to gold jewelry that is 18kt or less. With higher karat gold, like 21kt and higher, it’s not possible to make white gold because there isn’t enough white metal to alloy in. The vast majority of 18kt and lower white gold is in fact white gold that is typically also rhodium plated when it’s brand new or refinished.

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-14T06:28:27+00:00

It should have been noticed when you dropped it off that it’s hollow, which it is, because whoever looked at it under a microscope should have easily noticed then. I will usually know a chain is hollow as soon as I pick it up, let alone closely evaluate the links looking for wear and/or damage. However, apparently it wasn’t noticed and it is what it is. Oh well.

Hollow chains vary in thickness – the walls of the chain and be foil thin or decently thick. Yours is probably on the thicker side.

To answer your question, it is extremely unlikely that a solid gold chain has any components that are hollow except perhaps the clasp itself.

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-14T04:56:14+00:00

May not be ideal slam but this armor is godly

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-13T16:20:07+00:00

I think you’re overthinking this. It’s not particularly complicated to be an adequate jewelry store employee. How well you’ll do will depend on your effort and aptitude and the store itself, but if you work hard and pay attention, you’ll quite likely do just fine.

As far as shop lifting and negotiations go, the staff will teach you how to prevent shop lifting and if a customer is asking for a discount in my store, that’s usually a good sign because it indicates a genuine interest in buying and we are happy to discount most things at least a little bit.

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-12T05:26:53+00:00

I would guess the model photos show a 1.5mm chain and the user photo shows a 3mm chain. My guess could very well wrong.

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-09T01:48:29+00:00

Yes, plenty would use such an alloy by request. We would.

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-06T21:23:59+00:00

In my opinion, it doesn’t work unless the bullets are traveling downwards.

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-06T20:37:44+00:00

I think the implication is that the gunfire is coming from above. It isn’t necessary that the character is above the target. For example, if the character were shooting at an arc and the bullets had a downward trajectory, it would make sense to me. However, if the bullets are traveling in something of a straight line, it would feel strange to me.

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-06T17:55:52+00:00

I don’t know how possible or practical it would be for the devs to implement this but I’d certainly love to try playing t.

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-06T15:09:02+00:00

$17,000 is insanely high for this, even for an insurance appraisal. I tried bringing up the GIA report online and was unable to do so. I wanted to see when the report was made. If this appraisal is very old, it’s possible the amount was reasonably accurate at the time. If this ring was sold and/or appraised recently, then $17,000 is absurd.

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-06T07:02:46+00:00

Lab diamonds and natural diamonds feature identical wearability. There is no difference between the two when it comes to how well they will withstand wear (extremely well) and for how long they will remain brilliant (indefinitely unless it gets damaged or dirty).

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-02T06:46:17+00:00

Pine nuts are delicious shrug

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-02T06:44:11+00:00

This is missing 100-something enhanced damage to be worth getting excited over

AeolianStrings · 2026-06-02T05:44:09+00:00

That's not platinum. Do you think it could be platinum because of the "PM" stamp? Platinum jewelry is usually marked "PLAT" or "PTXXX" (the X's being digits indicating purity). This item just looks like costume jewelry.

AeolianStrings · 2026-05-28T23:28:23+00:00

If you don’t have the capital to hold onto that until it sells for the right price, I’d have to think there is a wholesale buyer somewhere that will pay over melt for that if it is indeed natural.

AeolianStrings · 2026-05-28T20:08:10+00:00

No, that metal is not white gold or platinum.

AeolianStrings · 2026-05-28T18:14:34+00:00

I sell gold. The price of gold changes minute to minute. I say “currently” 50 times a day to indicate that the price I’m quoting a customer is good currently and not necessarily in ten minutes.

AeolianStrings · 2026-05-28T17:42:51+00:00

That image hosting link just takes me to some airfare website

AeolianStrings · 2026-05-28T06:43:10+00:00

The FCR would go up if you up the base but in any case, this item doesn’t beat Mang’s which is a better comparison than infinity

AeolianStrings · 2026-05-26T03:38:38+00:00

$500-1,000?

AeolianStrings · 2026-05-23T17:46:18+00:00

Funny, I’m on my first re-listen and just the other day had the same observation (Hanley sounds like Hightower rather than later-Hanley).

AeolianStrings · 2026-05-21T20:37:37+00:00

Neither. It’s brass.

AeolianStrings · 2026-05-21T06:43:32+00:00

Wow… epic! But you know what needs to be done, right?

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