What precautions should be taken while buying gold jewelry?

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ORRA
What precautions should be taken while buying
gold jewelry?
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Company Overview

• The journey of a million gazes began in 1888
  before it metamorphosed into ORRA. From sculpting
  and manufacturing diamonds to crafting and
  retailing the finest diamond and gold jewellery,
  ORRA has come a long way since its inception.
• Today, ORRA is one of India's finest jewellery
  retail chains, having spread its glow with 33
  stores across 21 cities and has consistently been
  at the forefront of design leadership and product
  innovation with 5 global design centres.

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What precautions should be taken while buying
Gold jewelry?

• Planning to buy gold jewellery? Check out some
  tips precautions
• you need to take while purchasing gold jewellery.
  
• Know the Purity - The purity of gold is denoted
  in karats, with
• 24 karat gold being 99.9 pure and 22 karat gold
  being 92 pure. Purchasing gold jewellery without
  checking its purity is a no-no and it always pays
  to check purity before parting with your hard
  earned
• money.
• Hallmark is an indication of purity of gold and
  it is advisable to
• purchase hallmarked jewellery, as these pieces
  are tested by
• competent agencies.
• Making charges A making charge is associated
  with every piece
• of gold jewellery, which is essentially the
  labour charge involved in
• creating it. Making charges are a reflection of
  current gold rates and
• one could be fleeced into paying higher making
  charges than
• necessary.

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What precautions should be taken while buying
Gold jewelry?

• Man-made Vs machine made ornaments Making
  charges on
• machine made artefacts are lower than charges on
  man-made
• artefacts, making such mass produced ornaments
  cheaper.
• Check the weight Precious stones like diamonds
  and emeralds
• are often added to gold jewellery, making them
  heavier in the
• process. Jewellers weigh a piece in its entirety,
  which means that one might end up paying for gold
  which is not actually there and it is
• imperative to keep this in mind while purchasing
  studded jewellery.
• Buy Back Most jewellers offer the option of
  buy back, wherein
• one can exchange their old jewellery set for a
  new one.
• While designs and trends can change, the value of
  gold remains
• same and discussing buy backs during a purchase
  could benefit
• one in the future, if they ever get bored of
  their jewellery.

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What precautions should be taken while buying
Gold jewelry?

• Jewellery store Purchasing gold jewellery from
  small stores could be a risk as they might pass
  of impure gold as pure gold or could sell stolen
  gold artefacts. It pays to go to a reputed
  jeweller to purchase gold as there is a guarantee
  about such purchases.