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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SBSVC, post: 183787, member: 136&quot;]First of all, let me say that I never, never, NEVER buy jewelry!!! </p><p><br /></p><p>I have been wearing the same 3 bracelets and heavy gold chain, every single day, virtually FOREVER!</p><p><br /></p><p>[Here&#039;s the left wrist, followed by the right </p><p>(please excuse the wrinkly flesh!)]:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]51506[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]51505[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So... </p><p><br /></p><p>There I am on Sunday last, at an antiques mall with my daughter. She has just found the <i>perfect</i> Victorian sterling silver tea strainer for a friend&#039;s birthday...</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, this particular antiques place generally offers a 20% buyer&#039;s discount, but only over a specific dollar amount. We were $2 short.</p><p><br /></p><p>[Again, I NEVER look at the jewelry... (And I mean NEVER!)]</p><p><br /></p><p>WELL, there was a display near the checkout counter, marked <b>&quot;Any item in this case $1&quot;</b> - so: <b><u>I looked</u></b>!</p><p><br /></p><p>I found these 2 items, at $1 each, which ended up being completely FREE, since the 20% discount kicked in:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]51507[/ATTACH] </p><p>A pin, 1 1/4&quot; in diameter, marked 14k (a <i>very</i> tiny stamp - and no other markings) on the back(!) </p><p><br /></p><p><b><u><i>and</i> </u></b></p><p><br /></p><p>this pretty little thing, not marked at all, that I actually like better than the pin. It measures <font size="3">7/8</font>&quot; tall without the dangle, 1 <font size="3">3/8</font>&quot; with... I don&#039;t even know what it is!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]51508[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]51509[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]51510[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]51511[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]51512[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is undoubtedly the ONLY time I will ever post on the JEWELRY forum, but I have to admit it&#039;s kind of cool to be here![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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