Buying Jewelry on Vacation

If you are going to buy jewelry away from home, buy from a reputable business. Many of the sales ploys described in preceding sections apply when buying away from home. Sellers in tourist or resort destinations know that their buyers are transient and that recourse is difficult should the buyer return home and discover that the quality, condition, or value of the item was not as represented.

Over the years, our tales of synthetic stones represented as natural, counterfeit designer pieces and sky high prices paid for marginal quality cruise jewelry are too numerous to detail here.

The best advice that we can offer when buying jewelry on holiday is: buy the item because you love it or because it is a remembrance of a special occasion. Buy only what you are happy with even if you may later find out that the gemstone is synthetic or the value is not really twice what you paid.

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