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Pawnbrokers typically buy pieces at 50% to 75% melt value
HA!!! The place I frequent starts their offers out at 18% and will go no higher than 25% of melt value.That is still higher than any of the "we buy gold" places.
There is a shop local to me that is one of the few places that carries primers and powder. Their prices are fair and the guy behind the counter is a regular on the local shooting forums. Their transfers are cheap too. So I stop in every few weeks to say hello and see what is new. It isnt much let me tell ya.
Anyways, last time I was in there, a few months ago, his ENTIRE wall of TVs was bare. So I asked about it. His reply: "It is tax time, we will get 90% of them back in 6 weeks"
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Getting back to the show..... I really like Pawn Stars. They get some great stuff in. I especially like watching when they go out to test some pieces. Old guns, old cannons, old motor bikes. Even gliders. Usually they let Chumley test it out. It is a good thing they have lots of open area to test it in.
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JustinR wrote:After reading this thread, now I'm going to feel even more confused about trying to get a reasonable price on a custom engagement ring at the jewelers. Ug...
Just hope the intended engagee doesn't read the forum... Unless she already knows you're going to ask, of course.
Buy a man made diamond. Diamond Nexus labs, for instance, has 1 carat rings starting in the 400 buck range, and they basically top out at at under 2500 bucks.
If you want to get really sappy - next time she visits the hairdresser, get some of her hair, mix it with some of yours, and have a lab make a Memorial Diamond from it - An eternal representation of devotion.
Just don't blame me when all that saccharine platitude gives you diabetes, or a heart attack at the prices.
HTRN
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JustinR, I was real happy with Collections in Saginaw. I provided the gold and the diamonds and they built her engagement and wedding rings, and my ring, too, although I haven't seen it yet, for less than a grand. We used her great grandmother's, grandmother's, mother's, my great grandmother's, and my grandmother's rings, and an old necklace of my mom's and melted them all down and used the diamonds from them. I drew out the designs for her rings and then they re drew them And they were fairly quick, too.
Well I already had one wedding set made and proposed, by a supposed "custom" jeweler. In short it was a cluster, with one of the prongs breaking after only a month of wear, and repair job leaving the ring in horrible shape, prompting me to get a full refund. I'm very glad that my gal is so understanding about the whole thing.
LOL @ HTRN...I've heard of those places, but usually where you can turn deceased family members or pets into artificial diamonds. She might kill me if the jeweler loses her favorite dog, so I don't know if I can risk that.
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JustinR wrote:Thanks Gandalf, I'll have to check them out.
Well I already had one wedding set made and proposed, by a supposed "custom" jeweler. In short it was a cluster, with one of the prongs breaking after only a month of wear, and repair job leaving the ring in horrible shape, prompting me to get a full refund. I'm very glad that my gal is so understanding about the whole thing.
LOL @ HTRN...I've heard of those places, but usually where you can turn deceased family members or pets into artificial diamonds. She might kill me if the jeweler loses her favorite dog, so I don't know if I can risk that.
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Too bad you're so far away, I have a brother in the business and he has THOUSANDS of wax castings to make just about any design you could want.
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