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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 927934, member: 649"]Yay!</p><p>It's a pet peeve of mine re: jewelry sellers who picture their item in a beautiful antique box but note, "Box for display only, not included" or some such. DON'T SHOW A GORGEOUS OLD BOX IN THE PHOTO IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE SALE. Vintage toy sellers don't generally photograph an old toy with it's box and then say the box isn't included. Boxes add value, sometimes very significant value, to an item. In fact, an empty antique jewelers box can sell for good money on its own (probably to jewelry sellers who want to use it for their listing photos, LOL.) Jewelry sellers who use this method are <b>teasing </b>in potential buyers and, frankly, I consider it borderline dishonest. JMHO, everyone's entitled to theirs, of course.</p><p>(Now stepping down from soapbox...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>Congrats on your purchase![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 927934, member: 649"]Yay! It's a pet peeve of mine re: jewelry sellers who picture their item in a beautiful antique box but note, "Box for display only, not included" or some such. DON'T SHOW A GORGEOUS OLD BOX IN THE PHOTO IF IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE SALE. Vintage toy sellers don't generally photograph an old toy with it's box and then say the box isn't included. Boxes add value, sometimes very significant value, to an item. In fact, an empty antique jewelers box can sell for good money on its own (probably to jewelry sellers who want to use it for their listing photos, LOL.) Jewelry sellers who use this method are [B]teasing [/B]in potential buyers and, frankly, I consider it borderline dishonest. JMHO, everyone's entitled to theirs, of course. (Now stepping down from soapbox...:shy:) Congrats on your purchase![/QUOTE]
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