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<p>[QUOTE="Marko, post: 4467477, member: 210"][ATTACH=full]386281[/ATTACH] Terrible rainy and windy weather here, my semi-annual flea market I love was canceled, so I went to one thrift and an antique mall. Not much at the thrift, and the owner of the antique mall is quite greedy. I found a few trinkets, no great shakes, but things he missed. As I was getting ready to leave, I spied a ring I liked and a cameo missing part of the pin back. I asked to see both, and no prices. And they were the owners. He tested the ring for sterling, and the cameo was GF. He quoted me $95 on the ring, $89 on the cameo. I said I would pass on the cameo but take the ring. I was waiting to checkout, and one of the other dealers asked to see the ring. She said it was really nice, and I said I liked dragons. I get to the register and the owner picks it up and looks it over again and says "That's $125." I said he quoted me $95, and he said no, he said the cameo was $95 but lowered that to $89. Such a liar. I thanked him and said I would pass on the ring. Grrrr. As I sat in my car, I googled sterling dragon rings and found none like it. I gritted my teeth, went back in, and told him I called my husband and said he would buy it for my birthday. He refused to give me a cash discount, so I used a credit card just to whack him fees. Yeah, I should have passed, but I would've regretted leaving the ring there.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]386279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]386280[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What would you have done?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marko, post: 4467477, member: 210"][ATTACH=full]386281[/ATTACH] Terrible rainy and windy weather here, my semi-annual flea market I love was canceled, so I went to one thrift and an antique mall. Not much at the thrift, and the owner of the antique mall is quite greedy. I found a few trinkets, no great shakes, but things he missed. As I was getting ready to leave, I spied a ring I liked and a cameo missing part of the pin back. I asked to see both, and no prices. And they were the owners. He tested the ring for sterling, and the cameo was GF. He quoted me $95 on the ring, $89 on the cameo. I said I would pass on the cameo but take the ring. I was waiting to checkout, and one of the other dealers asked to see the ring. She said it was really nice, and I said I liked dragons. I get to the register and the owner picks it up and looks it over again and says "That's $125." I said he quoted me $95, and he said no, he said the cameo was $95 but lowered that to $89. Such a liar. I thanked him and said I would pass on the ring. Grrrr. As I sat in my car, I googled sterling dragon rings and found none like it. I gritted my teeth, went back in, and told him I called my husband and said he would buy it for my birthday. He refused to give me a cash discount, so I used a credit card just to whack him fees. Yeah, I should have passed, but I would've regretted leaving the ring there. [ATTACH=full]386279[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]386280[/ATTACH] What would you have done?[/QUOTE]
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