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UnclaimedYakima Antiques Collectibles Coin
Yakima Antiques Collectibles Coin
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Poor Tony. I kind of played a trick on him today. Here's what happened: Since we're moving out of state, I've been selling off my collections and I thought I'd see about selling some of them to Yakima Antiques. I'd never had any experience with this business except for looking at its website, so I took in one small gold chain for him to look at. He did look at it, just looked, no other test, and rather contemptuously threw it back down on the counter and announced that it was "plated." Now, I know enough about gold to know that it takes more than just a glance to determine carat content. I told him that his appraisal would've surprised the two old, reputable, jewelers in town who both had tested the chain carefully, in my presence, and assured me that it was indeed 18K gold and had offered me cash on the spot for it. He babbled something about Brazil, and offered to, indeed almost demanded to, look at it again. When I refused, he informed me he wasn't interested in whatever else I had. So I left, never to return. I went back to the jewelers out on Summitview Drive here in Yakima, and sold that same chain and a couple of others like it for cash. Whether he is dishonest or merely incompetent I don't pretend to know. He is a poor businessman though, this I do know, because no good businessman lets his emotions get in the way of making a profit. I know this because on this same visit I took him some old vacuum tubes, ones I knew were worthless, or at best only worth a dollar or two apiece, just to see what he'd say about them. His website says he's interested in old vacuum tubes. After I refused to let him examine the gold chain again, he became angry and rejected anything else I had. I neglected to mention to him the Chelsea clock, the Buck and Case pocketknife collections, and the old Persian rug that I wanted to sell. The moral of the story: SELLER BEWARE when attempting to sell gold or silver to him.. And, DON"T MAKE HIM MAD. Do your research and know what you have BEFORE dealing with this business.
