Jewellary wastage charges
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Anonymous
(Querist) 25 December 2011
This query is : Open
Dear Experts,
if we buy the gold jewel in gold mart, the seller make the bill include with wastage charges, if they add wastage, why not give that wastage piece, if the wastage add every buyers he will become rich man, so in this related can i claim at consumer forum. pls guide me.
Guest
(Expert) 25 December 2011
Do you think, the jeweller should try to start collecting and keep preserved the dirt consisting fine particles of gold to be delivered to the buyer of jewellery along with the ornaments also?
Prakash Yedhula
(Expert) 25 December 2011
Though Mr.Dhingra is correct that it is not possible for the seller to collect the wastage particles, the practice of collecting wastage charges as high as 20 (1/5th of cost) needs to be deprecated. And unfortunately the buyer has to pay even without knowing whether such wastage actually occurred or not in making the ornament. And in many Jewelry shops bargaining on this percentage is taking place. This is totally unfair trade taking into regards the costs of gold. Certainly people can question this before a consumer court.
