Excitement Turns Into Disappointment

I was rooting around in a box of costume jewelry the other week an found a large wedding band with the stamp "18k" on the inside.
According to my scale, the ring would have been worth about $380 ... after taking it in to get a price, I found out it was fake ( not even gold plated ).
Always check your rings with a magnet - if it sticks, it's most likely plated or fake !!!

Excitement turns into disappointment.

Sounds like most marriages.

Imagine finding out you spent 10K on a wedding set for your wife and she bought your band at the local park & swap for a buck. LOL

Originally Posted by Repurposer

Imagine finding out you spent 10K on a wedding set for your wife and she bought your band at the local park & swap for a buck. LOL

I'm just glad I didn't specifically buy that ring!

Originally Posted by Repurposer

Imagine finding out you spent 10K on a wedding set for your wife and she bought your band at the local park & swap for a buck. LOL

I was at a friends house and as I stood up from the couch, something sparkled between the cushions.
So I took a second look and picked out a clear jewel.... It was sitting under the zips cover.

So I mention to hosts about it and from the look on their faces I knew there was 'something' known about it.
We talk, they ask if I can "get it tested to see what it actually is".
I do and its a fake jewel.
I return it to them a short while later, they live in the country.
It turns out its from his mother's wedding ring, she lost it & thought it was lost there, they looked everywhere, for ages, didn't find it. She figured then that she must have lost it elsewhere.

But now its turned out to be a fake..... The mother got insurance paid out for what they thought was a real diamond, not as much as she would have liked, but she got paid out. For a fake.

I'm still wondering who was the dishonest person there. Them? (Backfired a bit) . The jewelry maker/seller/cleaner/repairer/valuer?
The husband..…? The jeweler I took it too..

Maybe it is that new magnetic 18K gold...