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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 06:03 AM
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When I buy jewelry for the significant other, I always get it from the Tiffany's store. But I was just googling some stuff that I've had my eye on and saw them for sale on Amazon.com for much cheaper. I'm wondering if there's any kind of guarantee that the stuff on Amazon is the real thing, or if it's the same as buying "authentic" stuff on eBay. I called the help line for Amazon and Sarah aka Sukhwinder from Virginia aka Punjab told me that the guarantees and warranties are provided through the seller and doesn't really have anything to do with Amazon itself. does anyone have experience buying stuff like clothing/jewelry through Amazon? I'm set on getting us matching Tiffany's 1837 rings and 1837 dog tags.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 07:43 AM
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how do you afford crap from tiffany's?
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 07:52 AM
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If it's sold directly by Amazon.com then I'd trust it. If it's by another seller through Amazon there's no guarentee.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 07:53 AM
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I have never bought any jewelry from amazon but have bought tons of other things. All of it so far is authentic. But it was usually from the manufactures or publishers of the books....

Hopefully that helps any.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by senor_flojo' date='Jan 12 2009, 11:43 AM
how do you afford crap from tiffany's?
not all of their stuff is crazy expensive! some of it is reasonably priced. but also i just sold my J's wing
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by nightcrawler7188' date='Jan 12 2009, 08:55 AM
not all of their stuff is crazy expensive! some of it is reasonably priced. but also i just sold my J's wing
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by nightcrawler7188' date='Jan 12 2009, 08:55 AM
not all of their stuff is crazy expensive! some of it is reasonably priced. but also i just sold my J's wing
Tiffany charges a huge premium for the robin blue blox. A $50 item elsewhere becomes $100.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by nightcrawler7188' date='Jan 12 2009, 08:55 AM
not all of their stuff is crazy expensive! some of it is reasonably priced. but also i just sold my J's wing
you = 20 years old

are you in college? do you work full time? do you have rent payments? do you have car payments? do you have insurance payments? wtf do you do?
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 11:07 AM
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i traffic thai women, aged 14-17 years. i make a pretty penny of that since my area is loaded with middle aged white men who love nothing more than having their way with young asian women. i feel bad that they are kind of taken advantage of by my clients so i treat them well. when my first investment turned 18 and the younger girls started making fun of her and calling her the golden girl, i felt bad so i married her and now she lives in my bedroom, not the basement anymore. i rent the house from this old russian lady whos blind as a bat so i slip her like 40 washingtons every month and she thinks shes' getting the $1200 i actually owe her. between cheaping out on my rent and the income from my petting zoo i have enough to get by and mod the hell out of my s2000 that i stole from this old guy that doesn't even realize it was stolen so he's still paying the insurance.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 11:15 AM
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If the Tiffany jewelry is for your 18 year old wife just get her some cubic zirconia, she'll never know the difference. She's just grateful to be out of the basement anyway.

I've purchased many things from Amazon and their sellers, at prices that were so much lower than other places that I was sure I'd be ripped off, but so far everything has been legit.
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