Speaking of XRF scanners, any newbies on here make sure you get your precious metal items scanned sooner rather than later when buying from anyone [no exceptions].
I had an interesting experience a couple of days ago that might be of interest to someone here...
So, I decided to treat myself and buy a nice second-hand piece of jewellery from a well-known Melbourne second-hand jewellery and antique dealer.
The guy is well respected in the trade and has his business in one of the most expensive eastern suburbs near Toorak.
Anyway, to cut a long story short after taking the jewellery home I started to get suspicious that the item was a fake as it did not have the right feel about it
and the colour seemed to be a bit off.
Then it was off post haste to old mate dealer in the city to get it XRF scanned.
The result was "Top Grade Gold Plated Lead", which I must say did not surprise me.
So back to the dealer, I went to get my money back.
When confronted as to why he was selling fake jewellery, his answer was that it was not his fault but the vendor's fault who had consigned the piece of jewellery!
When I asked him why he had not used an XRF to scan the item his answer was that he did not have an XRF.
And when I asked him why not his answer was because he was running a small business and could not afford one!
This guy employs half a dozen people in his multi-million dollar business and yet is willing to ruin his reputation over refusal to spend $10k to $20k for a second-hand
XRF machine.
I pointed out to him that old mate dealer has a small boutique business in the city with no employees and has had an XRF for a decade, to which he responded
by shrugging his shoulders and looking away.
I would love to name him and shame him but I won't because he can probably hire more expensive lawyers than me to sue me for defamation.
