[Jewelry making - Article 00424] - Re: [Orchid] Unethical dealers

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    Mickey, and those of you who replied to my post, regarding what you
    might consider 	my political incorrectness. Over the last 30 years, I
    have noticed that there are a lot of honest people from all over the
    world. There is also a reality to me that some cultures are based on
    negotiation, and will charge you the highest price they can get away
    with, if you are not saavy to how things work. I have also seen a
    foreign dealer (one not living here permanently) charge one person
    thatwas the same ethnicity one price and a higher price to an the
    "white folks". In my view, this is racial discrimination. My wife
    buys a lot of pearls, and once she became aware by observing what
    some customers were paying compared to what she was being charged,
    she negotiated and got things at unbelievable low prices compared to
    what she had been paying. From the same dealer. My observation has
    been, there are people from cultures that act as if the goal is to
    take advantage of you if they can. The thread that was about
    disclosure and "strawberry quartz" being glass and misrepresented, I
    would venture a guess and make an assumption, most of the dealers
    were from overseas. Are they supposed to be as reponsible as a U.S.
    dealer to be knowledgeable, and to disclose, and who is going to hold
    them accountable? FTC, JVC, fat chance!  So it appears to me, that it
    is the behavior of some groups that appear to be from the same
    geographical area that stereotypes them, not my perception. When
    behavior changes, judgement changes. I am open to understanding where
    I might have misperceived. Richard in Denver	 




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