Have you sold anything?

[pebbles]

I have some gold chains and small pieces that I don't wear that I'm tempted to sell. Gold is at a very high price right now and there are jewelers who will buy it. Has anyone done that?

[mystylady]

Hi Pebbles!
I've not had good luck trying to sell some gold pieces that I have but I went to the wrong place to sell them, I think. Give it a shot! The worst they can do is say no, right? Make sure that they buy gold before you go to save yourself a trip! I've done that too :-(
Most places that do will say so in their phone book ad.
Good Luck!

[pebbles]

Thanks for that advice. One of the things I want to sell is a gold bracelet my sister bought in the Carib for me. It has little gold razor blades linked together. I never wore it and then I found out that it symbolized the use of cocaine. They use the razors to make the lines of powder. Yikes. My sister has no idea about that and I have never told her. Weird, huh?

[Linda Lou]

Oh Good Lord, yes! I have had to sell various pieces, when I fell on hard times last year. I miss the pieces that had to be sold, but what if I hadn't had them to sell? I can always replace them when I'm in better financial standing. The only thing is that you never get nearly what you paid for them.

[mystylady]

Oh no! I've heard that about the razor blade/cocaine thing... strange that someone would actually want to wear that around their WRIST, huh? If you think about it, your wrist is the LAST place you'd want a razor blade! Yikes and double Yikes!

You know Linda, it's like so completely true that you never get what something is worth when you sell it cuz you need "fast cash" (been there done that). The crappiest thing is that you KNOW they're gonna re-sell it for 3 - 4 times what they gave you for it! <grrrrrr!>

[Linda Lou]

Oh, that's for sure, Mysty! In fact, I have some real nice rings sitting in a shop that I took them to, and I could never afford to buy them back! They are now charging more than what I originally paid! CROOKS, I tell ya!

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Oh, that's for sure, Mysty! In fact, I have some real nice rings sitting in a shop that I took them to, and I could never afford to buy them back! They are now charging more than what I originally paid! CROOKS, I tell ya!
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LL, was that a pawn shop? I plan on selling the all gold pieces to a jeweler. They weigh it and give you the value or you can use it toward a piece of jewelry you want to buy.

[hellokitty]

I have a Tiffany white gold necklace w/diamond eternity symbol that I would like to get rid of. I never wear it, and never will. My dream would be to return it to Tiffany and get a credit, but it's been a few years (I received it as a gift). Would I be able to sell it elsewhere?

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I have a Tiffany white gold necklace w/diamond eternity symbol that I would like to get rid of. I never wear it, and never will. My dream would be to return it to Tiffany and get a credit, but it's been a few years (I received it as a gift). Would I be able to sell it elsewhere?
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Maybe Tiffany's would take it back or let you use it towards something you want. I'll bet they have a website or an 800 phone #.

Some jewelers have a consignment table. You can check the consignment listings and some may be willing to buy it outright. Anything with a Tiffany's label would be a desireable item.

Finally, you could sell it on Ebay. You could put a reserve on it if you're afraid it would sell at too low a price. There are now places that will sell on Ebay for you if you don't know how.

[pebbles]

I found this on Ebay but it's silver:

TIFFANY & CO. -Sterling Silver Eternity Circle NECKLACE Item number: 8919535255

[hellokitty]

I just checked the Tiffany website to see if they still sold it. Looks like they do! I sooo wish they would just take it back for credit. Imagine all the other things I could get w/the kind of money!

Paloma Picasso® Double Loving Heart pendant, mini. 18k white gold; round brilliant diamonds

I'm going to check eBay now. I figured it would be a good idea to get rid of it instead of it just sitting in my jewelry case.

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I just checked the Tiffany website to see if they still sold it. Looks like they do! I sooo wish they would just take it back for credit. Imagine all the other things I could get w/the kind of money!

Paloma Picasso® Double Loving Heart pendant, mini. 18k white gold; round brilliant diamonds

I'm going to check eBay now. I figured it would be a good idea to get rid of it instead of it just sitting in my jewelry case.
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Wow, that was a price-y item.

[hellokitty]

Yes it was, pebbles...now you can see how much fun I could have w/that kind of credit?? ;) I read their return policy, and I think I'm out of that range, but it wouldn't hurt to call and see for sure.

[bookchick]

here's my story

after the ex and i separated, i hadn't worked in 17 years, and he had his usual salary coming in, of course

i sold his wedding ring and mine (kinda bypass style 18k w. channel set small diamonds, four .25 carat stones on the diagonal

he paid $6500 for my ring in 1985

i sold both to a jeweler in nw DC for $1000

i used the money to pay the detective i had on his sorry a**
oh the irony..
i never missed it

bookie

[Linda Lou]

Sounds like money well spent Bookie! Too bad you didn't get more money though.

[bookchick]

well, i wish i could've too, but i had NO attachment to them

i have all my other stuff, except he gave my pearls to his now wife

to call him chickens**t would be degrading the good reputation of chickens**t....

better off now

bookie

[Garnet333]

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I have a Tiffany white gold necklace w/diamond eternity symbol that I would like to get rid of. I never wear it, and never will. My dream would be to return it to Tiffany and get a credit, but it's been a few years (I received it as a gift). Would I be able to sell it elsewhere?
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Kitty, that sounds beautiful. How much do you want? LOL

[hellokitty]

Hi Garnet, it's a pretty piece of jewelry, but they also made it in silver, which I would have been perfectly fine with. It's from an ex-bf, who believed in the more money paid, the better boyfriend he was! (another example is one Christmas, he was such the procastinator that he ran to Neiman Marcus and bought not one but TWO Marc Jacobs' bags for me! Hmph, meanwhile I would have to start planning HIS presents in July bc he was such a picky you-know-what!!)

So anyways, I feel the value of that piece of jewelry would be better off in credit or cash than in the jewelry box.

[Garnet333]

Kitty, did you call Tiffany's to see if they would take it back? I bet they would take it back for store credit. Good luck :) Let me know how you made out.

[Garnet333]

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Hi Garnet, it's a pretty piece of jewelry, but they also made it in silver, which I would have been perfectly fine with. It's from an ex-bf, who believed in the more money paid, the better boyfriend he was! (another example is one Christmas, he was such the procastinator that he ran to Neiman Marcus and bought not one but TWO Marc Jacobs' bags for me! Hmph, meanwhile I would have to start planning HIS presents in July bc he was such a picky you-know-what!!)

So anyways, I feel the value of that piece of jewelry would be better off in credit or cash than in the jewelry box.
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Oh dear, Marc Jacobs bags are not cheap either. DD bought one last year and paid over $900 for hers. She thought she got a steal of a deal because it was on sale.

[hellokitty]

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Kitty, did you call Tiffany's to see if they would take it back? I bet they would take it back for store credit. Good luck :) Let me know how you made out.
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I actually sent them an e-mail. It doesn't hurt to try, right? I'm thinking they would even have it on record when it was bought. Hopefully I will hear back some good news.

[mystylady]

I hope they do it for you kitty, it'd be a shame to take a loss on such a beautiful sounding piece. I'm kinda curious why you don't like it. Is there a bad memory attached??? Not to pry or anything! Just wondering. It sounds very pretty.

[hellokitty]

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I hope they do it for you kitty, it'd be a shame to take a loss on such a beautiful sounding piece. I'm kinda curious why you don't like it. Is there a bad memory attached??? Not to pry or anything! Just wondering. It sounds very pretty.
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Oh, not prying at all...not necessarily a bad memory; rather since it was from an ex-boyfriend, it is something I would rather not wear. I have a silver piece from him that I would consider wearing again, but something this pricey, I just don't feel right wearing it.

[mystylady]

I understand completely. What's the other piece like?

[mystylady]

OOOH OOOH OOOH I know this "off the topic" but I know you're "here"... Tommy & Janine ("Green Janine") JUST came on JTV w/ a gemstone show and they're showing a Champagne Diamond! I really like Champagne's! Look! It's so Sparkly! I waaaant it! :-( Can't afford it!! Blah!

[hellokitty]

Wow, I bet that must look so pretty! I don't have JTV yet...the channel that I think is JTV doesn't come on til the late hours!

Ohhh, that feeling of wanting something but knowing you can't get it...ahhh... :(


The other silver piece was from Tiffany's, and was a bracelet with an etched design. But it's tucked away. I have a non Tiffany beaded bracelet that I love, so I wear that more than anything else!

[mystylady]

It's not late enough for JTV yet where you are? Wow! It's 1:00 am here in Michigan, we don't get JTV until late either... 10p to 10a, all nite long. I'm a night owl by trade... hoot hoot! They keep me up hooting and saying "aaarrrggghhhh... I wish I had MONEY TO BUY THAT" all the time! Yes, I am life-less! Pathetic, I know! A gem-geek to the max!

I have certain pieces "tucked away" too... it's like if you wore them it would be like you were wearing HIM or something, NOT acceptable! Why Oh Why do they give us jewelry? To traumatize us because we can't wear it? I don't mean the GOOD guys, I mean the bad! This is making less and less sense as I write it! Do you understand what I mean though? Biggest question??? Why doesn't my boyfriend that I have now even THINK about giving me jewelry? Last Christmas I got power tools. Not that I didn't like them, but <hangs head> ... ya know???

[pebbles]

Aw, come on, Mysty, one of the first rules of being a girly girl is knowing how to get jewelry from a guy. You have to drag him into jewelry stores or at least peek in the windows. "Oh, honey, isn't that beatiful?" That would go with my blue dress." Circle the stuff in catalogs and make sure he sees it. Ask him what he wants and then tell him what you want. You can't be too subtle with some guys, LOL. Power tools? Puh-leeze.

[beekeeper]

When our Tiffany's store first opened, I bought a silver and gold bracelet for my husband ... not very expensive at $125. He wore it MAYBE once ... and I got sick of seeing it just laying around. I asked him if he was going to wear it, to which he said ... "probably not".

... sigh ...

I sold it last summer on Ebay, and got exactly what I paid for it ... $125. I put that money toward my tanzanite fund! lol ...

[Linda Lou]

Bee,
LOL on the "tanzanite fund". I also try to keep some kind of "fund" going to support my addiction to jewelry. My husband surely does view it as a waste of money, so a fund is necessary.

[beekeeper]

Hey, you have to start somewhere! Jewelry - waste of money?!? Is he mad?!? Remind him that good jewelry DOES increase the value of your estate! :-)

I make the hub very well aware of my fund(s), and at times ... he has topped them off for me so I could buy something! :-) He's a good guy!

[pebbles]

I'll tell you what a waste of money is: Things that depreciate like TV's, most brands of cars, tools, and computers. Gems are valuable and gold continues to go up in value. A bank vault full of gold bars is worth more than one filled with cash.

[beekeeper]

Now THERE is a nice mental image ... vault filled with gold bars ... ooooohhh!! :-)

[Valentina]

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well, i wish i could've too, but i had NO attachment to them

i have all my other stuff, except he gave my pearls to his now wife

to call him chickens**t would be degrading the good reputation of chickens**t....

better off now

bookie
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Now that's class! Giving new wife jewelry that belonged to previous wife. Good thing you lost this SOB. I'm surprised she took them. She and he must deserve each other.

[Valentina]

I've never sold bling but I don't have all that much of it. I have however sold shoes to fund purchase of more shoes. Ebay is a strange thing. Sometimes things sell used for more than I paid for them used.

[bookchick]

Now that's class! Giving new wife jewelry that belonged to previous wife. Good thing you lost this SOB. I'm surprised she took them. She and he must deserve each other.
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he also was 'engaged', ring and all, to her 3 months after we split (he started early, i THINK)

wanna hear something worse? he gave paramour #1 (we became good friends-she told me a lot!) AND #2 the same fragrance that i wear!
everyone i tell this to has the same reaction--there's something creepy about it...

it's not a real common fragrance, so he had to look hard to find it

bookie

[mystylady]

UGH! What a Weirdo! Holy Cow! What is it with some guys?

My man gave me a beautiful watch that has a diamond in it... He would rather get me "useful" things that I really need than jewelry. That's OK with me... I just need to start a "gemstone fund"! Thanx for the idea, Bee!

[Valentina]

When I really want something, when people ask me what I would like for my bday or Xmas or something, I tell them gift cards to whatever store has it. Then I use the collection fo giftcards to either purchase or heavily subsidize said item. It works wonderfully.

[hellokitty]

Hi Ladies...so Tiffany's wrote me back about me exchanging my unworn necklace, and it's a 30 day policy, so that was over long ago. :(

This thread has me now contemplating eBay...even if I was able to sell it for half the price, I would still be up that money.

[pebbles]

Go for it, Kitty, and let us know what happens. Did you tell Tiffany's that it was a gift?

Whatever you get for it can go into your fund to buy something special. That's much better than having it lying around in a drawer.

[beekeeper]

Hellokitty, make sure when you sell on Ebay you comment on it being authentic ... there are a LOT of fakes out there. It helps if you have any receipt or definitely the original packaging (blue pouch and box).

[Garnet333]

Kitty did you save your blue pouch and box? Crazy question, everyone saves the blue box. I know my mother surely does LOL

[mystylady]

I know I would! I've only been a "browser" as far as Tiffanys go, unfortunatly! I wonder why they don't have much in the way of colored gemstones? Their diamonds are to die for! I just went over to their website after all the talk of it here and WOW! <sigh> Maybe someday...

Yeah keep us posted, Kitty! Anything in the fund is a very good thing! I have a moth in mine right now but I'm optimistic for the future!

[Hellfire]

Hey Mysty, your moth must have had babies. I have at least 3 or 4 in mine! LOL!

Sorry, I've been gone peeps! and left no word for anyone that I would be gone for days on end.

So Sowwy:(

I had a wedding and a funeral to attend. Lots of family here. So all my schedule was filled up.

Good news for anyone who knows about my puffy eyes. Doc says the medicine is working on my allergic reaction and another week of taking the stuff should leave me
fine.
Now that I think of it did I even tell any of you I ended up in the E.R. over my puffy eyes? LOL! Or did I just complain about my eyes?

Sorry, to go off topic like this, but I only have about 30 minutes and no time to send out pm's to everyone:(

[mystylady]

Hi Peeps! I hadn't heard about your eyeball problem! Was wondering how you were. I'm glad your doc has you on meds to help it... what're you allergic to? The E.R. here's pretty good tho, thank God! Were they OK? I always go to General, hardly any wait most times.

Oooh so sorry you had to go to a funeral. So sad.

I went to a wedding too! Wouldn't it be CRAZY if it were the same one???? The way things have been going with the coincidences lately it wouldn't surprise me! Mine was Saturday in Spring Lake with the recept. in Musk.

I hope you're feeling better! Puffy eyes are the worst, especially if they hurt :-(

[Hellfire]

The coincidence on the wedding stopped at Saturday. LOL!
I would have been the one in sunglasses. You can't believe the things people will say to you with a little alcohol in them. LOL!

Everything from they loved me, they wanted to touch me, to are you a heroine addict with those glasses on?

Oops, AI back on. Gotta run

[Valentina]

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Kitty did you save your blue pouch and box? Crazy question, everyone saves the blue box. I know my mother surely does LOL
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I wore the last ring we bought there out of the store. I have so many of those boxes I didn't even want another one in the house. You do feel bad throwing them out.

[mystylady]

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The coincidence on the wedding stopped at Saturday. LOL!
I would have been the one in sunglasses. You can't believe the things people will say to you with a little alcohol in them. LOL!

Everything from they loved me, they wanted to touch me, to are you a heroine addict with those glasses on?

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I WOULD believe it... you couldn't even FATHOM what happened to me at that wedding! I got hit on by the Mom of one of my daughter's friends.
She's like this "Barbie Doll" you know, perfect hair, dress, face... married to the father of the Bride!!! I don't "go that way" and stuttered, stammered then finally just stood there shaking my head. It was on the dance floor. I've never been "approached" that way before, so it kind of took me by surprise. "Not that there's anything wrong with that" so to speak, but no, it's just not for me. Not this little grey duck. I'm hetero all the way, even more now! LOL

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Hellfire:
The coincidence on the wedding stopped at Saturday. LOL!
I would have been the one in sunglasses. You can't believe the things people will say to you with a little alcohol in them. LOL!

Everything from they loved me, they wanted to touch me, to are you a heroine addict with those glasses on?

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I WOULD believe it... you couldn't even FATHOM what happened to me at that wedding! I got hit on by the Mom of one of my daughter's friends.
She's like this "Barbie Doll" you know, perfect hair, dress, face... married to the father of the Bride!!! I don't "go that way" and stuttered, stammered then finally just stood there shaking my head. It was on the dance floor. I've never been "approached" that way before, so it kind of took me by surprise. "Not that there's anything wrong with that" so to speak, but no, it's just not for me. Not this little grey duck. I'm hetero all the way, even more now! LOL
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Holy cats!! I must lead a very dull life ... and I sure am glad.

[mystylady]

LOL Pebbles! I have the dullest life of anybody and nobody could have been more shocked than I was when she said, and I quote, that she wanted to "do me"! Gulp!
"Get me outta here and back into my boring life!" Can you imagine?

[jewelfreak]

If you get the Travel Channel, around 2 or 3 am, thay play jtv overnight as their paid programming. I don't know if they do it all week, but I know they at least show it on Friday and/or Saturday.

[jewelfreak]

I hear ya about the power tools. My hubby knows that ALL I want is jewelry, but nine times out of ten gets me everything but. My birthday is this month, and I just happened to mention a few days ago that Slayer is coming to our town for a concert. So he was gonna buy me tickets. Not that it's a bad thing, but concert tickets last one night, good jewelry lasts forever. How did I remedy this? We just "happened" to land at a department store jewelry counter this weekend. I saw a ring I loved, told him THIS was what he was getting me for my birthday, and bingo! End of story. If you want your man to get you jewelry, I highly reccomend this tactic. It always works, and you will be happy, exspecially since you picked it out.

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I hear ya about the power tools. My hubby knows that ALL I want is jewelry, but nine times out of ten gets me everything but. My birthday is this month, and I just happened to mention a few days ago that Slayer is coming to our town for a concert. So he was gonna buy me tickets. Not that it's a bad thing, but concert tickets last one night, good jewelry lasts forever. How did I remedy this? We just "happened" to land at a department store jewelry counter this weekend. I saw a ring I loved, told him THIS was what he was getting me for my birthday, and bingo! End of story. If you want your man to get you jewelry, I highly reccomend this tactic. It always works, and you will be happy, exspecially since you picked it out.
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Smart move. I prefer to pick out my own jewelry. My husband has bought me a couple of pieces and they are hit or miss. One is a biwa pearl and ruby ring which I love and another is a sapphire and diamond bracelet which I don't love. The sapphires are tiny and very dark.

[mystylady]

Great idea! I'm definately going to try it! I like power tools, to a point, but have you ever tried wearing a JigSaw on your ring finger? It gets in the way of everything... too heavy... people talk...

[beekeeper]

Great point Jewelfreak! This is the only way to ensure you will get what you want! Power tools ... why I oughta ... #*X!$

If my hubby bought me power tools, he'd be one hurtn' dude!

I think it's funny when Mandy and Dawn go on and on about the power tools, or electronics, or pool tables ... that they received as gifts from their hubbies! Some guys are just clueless ... we have to help them whenever we can!

[francesca]

SPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMgoldpriceSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMSPAMgold-price-per-gram.html


Gold was $20.36/gram a few minutes ago. Now that is pure gold so you have to consider that
10K is only 41% actual gold in each gram,
14K is58%,
18K is 75% . . . .


Then a 15 gram, 14K, ring mounting would be 8.7 grams of gold, if my feeble brain has retained any math skills at all. :' )


It gives you an idea on what to bargain for with a buyer, though.

[francesca]

Oh, and I never did hear.


Did Mandy's hubby get a strand of Tahitians for Christmas last year?

They would be absolutely stunning in the glow cast from the pool table lamp. ;' )

[kilo3_6]

That pool table story IS hilarious!

[mystylady]

Poor Mandy has been waiting forever for those pearls! She always says "well, it's my anniversary!!" or "it's my birthday"! I always call right after and ask if she got them yet... Men!