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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MrNate, post: 2061585, member: 5515&quot;]Good evening everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>Admittedly, I thought I was saving a really great post for today...I was waiting all week for an item to arrive that was being shipped a good distance. And so the package arrived, and I was stunned and excited. I unwrapped everything and it looked just like I thought it would, everything was just like the photos in the original listing. But as I started to unpack more, I started to question what was in my hands. That sixth sense in me was going off...not sure if it was tone, or lack of flexibility of the pieces, but I started to have my doubts. So I decided as a precaution I would test some of the items with acid. So, the bad news, is I have a lovely Persian tea set and each item in the group has fake silver marks (pretty convincing marks too). Photos of the set below (scroll to the bottom to see a little good news):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]249533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]249534[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]249535[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]249537[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So the acid test didn&#039;t turn out great, and every single item in the tea set has fake silver marks. I don&#039;t actually think the seller was aware, because they only sent me the marks after I asked to see the bottom of a few of the items, and the marks weren&#039;t shown on the listing. So being completely honest, I would likely make this same mistake again and again as there just wouldn&#039;t be a way for me to spot the phony marks. Just to prove how sneaky this fake set it, one of the items is actually real in the batch, can you spot it? Take a look at the photos above, take a guess in your head, and scroll down.......</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, did you guess the tray in the center? And did you guess that because it&#039;s a different tone from the rest? If you did, that&#039;s a great guess, but sadly it&#039;s wrong. The item that is real is the same tone as the rest of the set, it blends in perfectly. This hopefully illustrates that with this set, I just couldn&#039;t tell. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is, I&#039;m thankful I got one out of the batch, but it was a sad gambling lesson as the $$$ paid to purchase and get it shipped to me was around $400...Live and learn my good friends:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]249539[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]249540[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]249541[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]249544[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]249545[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]249546[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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