@TechnicGeek I mean I’m no mathematician buuuuut if the necklace can be bought for $19.99, it’s appraised for insurance at $299, and I can replace a window on my '84 Volvo for cheap maybe it’s worth parking my car downtown next weekend…
@TechnicGeek It means that insurance agents already know that the dollar value is meaningless.
The insurance company goes by the description of the jewelry. How many grams of silver, how many pearls of what size and type, etc…
With an appraisal like that the insurance company will know that a dollar store necklace is not a suitable replacement, or at least not the ones that are 6 for a dollar.
I got a shorter version of this, and like 2 wears in, one of the pearls came loose. So I can’t speak a ton for the quality, but I do like how it looks (except the broken part) so I wear it anyways and just look like a hobo. It’s the proper Meh way.
That’s a really old quarter! I’m beginning to think pre-1965 ones are a lie…I have never seen one in circulation, not even once. Perhaps it’s because their mostly silver composition makes them worth hoarding…
So let me make sure I understand this- you’re selling a necklace that is supposedly worth $299 for $34? But the appraisal is only for “insurance purposes”?
How is that not fraud? I mean, appraising something supposedly provides you with the price a willing buyer would pay a willing seller, doesn’t it? Your own web site claims that several hundred people have purchased these things for $34, and you’ve willingly sold them.
Doesn’t that prove that the letter you provide, stating that they are worth almost ten times what you’re selling them for, is fraudulent?
And for extra credit, one bonus question:
Since you are selling people a “certified” $299 item for $34, can we assume you’re taking a tax loss of $265 on each one? (And sending a 1099 for $265 apiece to every customer?)
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Necklace
Pictures
Listen up, just because we’re selling pearl necklaces doesn’t mean you have to make the same joke fifty times
In fact, if you make that joke, I’m going to ban your account
Okay not really
They won’t give me that power
But I can dream…
Price Comparison
$299 Appraisal Value
Warranty
60 Day Imperial Pearl
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Oh God, no! No more necklaces, please!
I’ve been told that you’re never supposed to buy yourself pearls, only receive them.
@jsh139 That’s what she said.
Wait for it…
$299 APPRAISAL VALUE
@mfladd for the one time bargain price of $19.95, I can provide you a very authentic looking appraisal report claiming they’re worth $399.
@RedOak You mean reports can be bought? Do reports have details of appraiser too?
@TechnicGeek Click the thing that says 299 appraisal value on this page. A Robert A. Lehman appraised it
@mfladd Long ago, I worked at a store that bought and sold jewelry. We had a formula for converting “appraisal value” to actual dollars. It was
f(appraisal value) = $0.00.
@hamjudo I saw the report. It seems that appraisal value is only for insurance purposes?
@TechnicGeek I mean I’m no mathematician buuuuut if the necklace can be bought for $19.99, it’s appraised for insurance at $299, and I can replace a window on my '84 Volvo for cheap maybe it’s worth parking my car downtown next weekend…
@bish What exactly would you achieve with this?
@TechnicGeek It means that insurance agents already know that the dollar value is meaningless.
The insurance company goes by the description of the jewelry. How many grams of silver, how many pearls of what size and type, etc…
With an appraisal like that the insurance company will know that a dollar store necklace is not a suitable replacement, or at least not the ones that are 6 for a dollar.
Was kind of expecting/hoping for a cool Friday the 13th item. Meh.
@jsh139 the pearls are haunted.
No “pearl necklace” jokes yet???lol
@awk gross
@jsh139 You don’t like bears??
@awk
@jsh139
I don’t usually click the meh button. But when I do it’s pearls, bidets, and candy corn. Oh wait, I bought the candy corn. Shit.
@h1p1n3 and then you needed the bidet after dropping those pearls.
@h1p1n3 The bidet is a superior device, these other items are beneath it.
That moment when you have to explain to your wife the pearl necklace joke… Thanks Meh
@arbdef I don’t know what’s worse for you:
That you had to explain the joke,
or,
That you had to explain the joke.
Really cute write-up, Meh.
Maybe tomorrow you can sell some Red Pills to help all the suckers you’re going to reel in today understand why it was actually a terrible idea.
/youtube imperial march
/image imperial pearl station necklace
these can go together somehow
@awk Who wouldn’t want to see Darth Vader in Pearls?
@awk
Probably not quite what you had in mind…
Ooooo! Shiney silver holding the pearly whites. Whoops, looking at my braces in the mirror app. What does Meh have for sale tonight?
I got a shorter version of this, and like 2 wears in, one of the pearls came loose. So I can’t speak a ton for the quality, but I do like how it looks (except the broken part) so I wear it anyways and just look like a hobo. It’s the proper Meh way.
@jakeline I think some call that “Meh Chic”
I buy meh’s pearls every time they come up. Perhaps they aren’t worth $300, but surprising my wife with them is well worth the $35.
Did someone say “pearl?”
I saw
and thought "model trains! Wow!"
Sigh.
Meh.
Is it just me or is there no fucking way in hell this doubled to an 18" necklace is going to reach my boobs. What kinda display are they using?
@RiotDemon If you’re really stacked, then the reach to your cleavage (or booby crack as my kids used to call it) is shorter.
@LaVikinga I understand that, but 18" is at the collarbone on my model.
@RiotDemon On me, too. (Well, actually down mid center of the manubrium, but still shorter than one expects.)
@RiotDemon I’m not even sure I can get it over my head the second time at this length.
You know… I don’t mind necklaces going up for sale. I like me a good necklace but do they always have to be pearl? And silver?
@lseeber Cuz silver necklaces with only 17 pearls are cheep!
That’s a really old quarter! I’m beginning to think pre-1965 ones are a lie…I have never seen one in circulation, not even once. Perhaps it’s because their mostly silver composition makes them worth hoarding…
So let me make sure I understand this- you’re selling a necklace that is supposedly worth $299 for $34? But the appraisal is only for “insurance purposes”?
How is that not fraud? I mean, appraising something supposedly provides you with the price a willing buyer would pay a willing seller, doesn’t it? Your own web site claims that several hundred people have purchased these things for $34, and you’ve willingly sold them.
Doesn’t that prove that the letter you provide, stating that they are worth almost ten times what you’re selling them for, is fraudulent?
And for extra credit, one bonus question:
Since you are selling people a “certified” $299 item for $34, can we assume you’re taking a tax loss of $265 on each one? (And sending a 1099 for $265 apiece to every customer?)
Just sayin’
@phineasgage
Can’t believe I showed this to my wife!
Each time I bought pearls, they broke on my wife not too long after purchase.
@chippedlogic well, stop slapping her with them…
HO! HO! NO!