Want some really Good Advice? .. Do not deal with J. Austin Coin or Jewelers.

.. The best advice anyone can give you is to avoid any coin or precious metals dealer that cannot get accredited by the BBB.

 

J. Austin Coin & Jewelry of Grants Pass

J.Austin Jewelers is one such business ,and one ,that also     has difficulty getting its act together. .. And you can be sure there’s a good reason why this is the case.

Getting certified by the venerable BBB should be an easy thing for any reputable and honest business .  Apparently that’s not the case with Mark Hutto and his highly touted

coin and jewelry businesses.

The best thing to do is to listen carefully  to any of the frequent  radio ads he pitches on local AM KMED1140 and even those on television.

Listen carefully  to the clever presentations , all of which are designed to convince you that you can trust this guy and you can deal with him  in confidence.

It costs big bucks to advertise and rest assured, Mark Hutto is not paying for this expensive  radio airtime to pitch a public service announcement!     …no ,not at all .

All the interview ads you hear Mark Hutto give to the local yokel talk show celeb [ AM 1440 KMED.] are as phony as  they are sneaky- clever. ..

Mark knows how to lie and he does it professionally for a living. Mark lies every time he moves his lips. He knows that for  the  most part anyone wanting to sell something of real value is in need of cash .And many times in desperate need.

Every pawn broker or precious metals dealer knows that for the most part anyone having to sell anything made of gold or any  rare coin or any collectible is making  an emotional decision to sell.

Conversely, those wishing to buy precious metals[gold,platinum or  silver] are also  making an emotional decision based on their fears that the money will go bad and inflation will rob them of their savings. And so, off they go to give their soon to be” worthless”cash to a broker only too happy to tell them what a wise decision they’ve made.

And that’s how J.Austin jewelers stays in business :exploiting the fears of his clients too stupid to  realize  how the precious metals and coin game is played.

One of Mark’s recent phony market analysis is to inform his hoped for customers listening on the radio,  to cash out their coin collections and buy the metal. Now that advice wreaks  with  fraud and incredible   dishonesty. The base silver metal fluctuates incredibly but a coin collection usually never does. They’re always opening new silver  mines but hardly ever minting new Morgan Dollars. Mark would love to buy your collection of Morgans or Peace dollars and sell you some of his nicked up silver rounds  at a big  mark up ..

Don’t do it!

So ,only those in desperate need of cash will find themselves at the mercy of this coin vulture. But to make matters worse ,once Mark sees the desperation or the ignorance on the faces of his dumbed down customers standing in front of him ,he then starts his song and dance designed to make you accept far less than your coins are worth or to pay far more than you should, to buy silver or gold coinage.

He will explain things to you in front of his chosen computer on line web site ,and he will sound great ,but wait till he gets to the part where he pays out or the price he quotes for you to purchase. Then you will see Mark for the chintzy money grubber he truly is. Don’t have anything to do with him.

If you get to the point where you have decided to buy or sell coin or metal do YOUR OWN HOMEWORK and call  3-4 reputable dealers  before making any decision. I hope you never sell your coins because you are desperate for cash . This is the type of  customer Mark is looking for. .. And he will take advantage of you and the emotional state you find yourself in.  GOOD LUCK TO ONE AND ALL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is J.Austin Jewelers.”Need Cash”? Do Not Deal With J.Austin ;Do Not Talk to Mark Hutto ;Do Not Enter Into This Store :Do Patronize SOMEONE ELSE.

There’s a photo of Mark  appearing in one of his  made to order on line ads ,designed to bolster his image as a ‘Recognized  Expert” in the field of  :diamonds  .precious metals and valuable object d’ art. ..

He  wants to convey the impression that he’s  conscientious , and skillful in the fine art of evaluating whatever valuable stuff you care to bring into any one of his two claptrap stores  ;conveniently located in Ashland ,home of the homeless and  derelict ,and in Grants Pass: the home of the financially strapped.

The best ad .dealing with the J.Austin jewelry business  I’ve seen  simply  reads : “NEED CASH ?”

. And that’s  the whole idea   behind   this outfit ;and all other glitzy low life  quick cash vendors hoping to buy low and sell high.

That’s the nature of the small time , retail precious metals and diamond business ;and it’s a rotten industry. And for many different reasons ;not the least of which is that many of these jewelry stores serve as convenient fences for stolen items. Quick cash is what is needed to get rid of hot merchandise and quick cash ..[ as little as possible  ].  is how these vultures stay in business and make the big bucks ..

And given the many times the elderly are ripped by their housekeepers and relatives, it stands to reason that a good deal of this hot merchandise winds up in the hot gnarled hands of  Rogue   Valley’s cleverest.

In fact these jewelry store and money changers are less restricted  in what they can buy  and sell than the Pawn Shop Industry. Pawn shops must report with local law enforcment all incoming stuff which might ‘ve been purloined.

The smartest thing anyone can do is to not sell anything they believe is of high value ,especially to J. Austin Jewelers . People forget that any business  must maximize their  profits and are not in business to give money away.

What Mark Hutto is really a recognized expert in ,is bullshitting. That’s what the SOB is good at ;that’s how he makes the big bucks off those he can convince to accept less than what their   coins or jewelry  are worth in any market. The mere fact that someone is willing to sell anything of value is music to this guys ears . Since this tells him that cash is needed. And when someone needs to have cash right away ;that usually means that he or she is in desperate straights. And that’s what makes  Mark Hutto smile.

Once somebody enters Mark’s place of business he or she is immediately sized up and evaluated in terms of how much they know about their coins or diamonds . He listens to their story and waits to hear them say: ” How much will you give me for it?”

That’s music to Mark’s ears. Now he plays the game as he always has in the past.  At first he pretends that he has no interest or little interest in buying whatever was brought in and then he evaluates the response from the hapless customer ,slowly falling into Hutto’s clever trap.  This is followed with an understanding smile and a few words of sympathy offering to pay for the diamond ring coin collection the minimal amount he thinks or guesses  his pigeon needs to pay for some groceries, or a carton of cigarettes or possibly to help pay the rent. That’s pretty much how the song and dance goes ;that sums up the dog and pony  show Mark has perfected over the years.

I had to laugh when he stated in one of his phony baloney radio ads that is anyone had silver or gold to sell or had “used diamonds” to sell ;please bring it all right in.

I laughed because how do  you “use “diamonds? Are diamonds like a car  or a shirt that slowly wears away and depreciates? Mark is sure slick.

The dealings I’ve had with Hutto were less than agreeable . And luckily I  got to see the vulture as he truly is: someone totally unreliable and unbelievable. And he was very rude in addition.

If you really have a very valuable heirloom for heaven’s sake don’t sell it ;but if you really have decided to get rid of it,try to get the most you can. And the best way is to find an auction  house  to see if a wealthy collector may pay you far more than you would ever get by selling it locally to some sleazebag hustler…Check the auctions in your area.

Now if you just have some silver rounds ;you can look up the spot price and anything in the close vicinity of that spot is normally what you should expect to  pay  or receive in cash

. Not rocket science folks. Whatever you do; don’t find yourselves taking the word of Mark Hutto or anyone else in J.Austin Coin and Jewelry stores or in anyone else’s store for that matter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Can You Find the Recognized Expert Inside J.Austin Jewelers?

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1642 Ashland St.
Ashland OR 97520

541-482-3715

Monday – Saturday
10AM-5PM

 If  You  Can  Recognize the  Recognized  Expert Inside J.Austin Coin and Jewelers Please Ask: Recognized by Whom?

J. Austin & Company is a coin and Jewelry store with two locations. We are competitive traders in Gold and Silver Bullion. The company is an internationally renowned diamond brokerage registered on Dun & Bradstreet J. Austin U& Company also buys scrap gold, sterling flatware sets and sterling jewelery as well as antique photos and sport memorabilia prior to 1960. The company is currently run by Mark & Andrea Hutto.

The best advice I can give anyone is to avoid J.Austin &Co. .. The owner Mark Hutto enjoys billing himself as some type of precious metals and diamond guru ,ready to do what few others dare to try: give the Rogue Valley  folks a fair deal. If you believe that I have a bridge in San Francisco I’d love to sell you.

Mark is happy to tell you he’s a recognized expert ? By whom and in what field.

And that’s exactly the question you should ask the highly vocal radio shill .pimpimg for the business community in the Rogue Valley.  Who exactly is it that has recognized Mark Hutto as the expert in precious metals or in gemology ?  Do you have a degree in the field Mark? Pray tell dude.

If not ,then it would behoove the highly touted radio phony baloney conservative gadfly to change or modify his tone or at least advise   your clever client that his ads and the remarks included are as  false and phony as his establishment.

If Mark has any expertise it is to low ball the price of everything that the public brings into his rinky dink business for sale and to overcharge for everything anyone should ever want to buy. .. Now that’s what I call buying low and selling high.  And I guess you can call that a particular field of expertise.

I’ll never forget the lengths that Mark  went to cheat me personally in the sale of silver. He went way out of his way trying to convince me that the silver object for sale  was far less than I thought and he created charts to prove it. Well ,he was all wrong and if he were an expert he would have known the truth . He knew the truth ,he just didn’t want to pay  anything close to its intrinsic value. So much for integrity.  In business there is none.

The best advice I can give you is if you have something of heirloom quality make sure you know what you have in your hot little land. Never take the word of any so called recognized expert. Due your own research to learn what exactly you have and try to find comparative values on line. Then ,try to find an appraiser if it’s really a  valuable object d art. And then finally consider putting it on auction. Even if you have to travel ,it’s still far better than to just hand  it to Mark for practically nothing.

That’s what he would like you to do if possible :just hand it to him gratis.

You certainly don’t need any advice from the so called recognized expert..!!

 

 

 

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STAY CLEAR of J.Austin Jewelers and ROGUE VALLEY COIN. Not in Your Best Interest to Shop Here.

Rogue Valley Coin and Jewelry and the other highly advertised outfit called J. Austin Jewelers are both engaging in a good deal of false advertising or at least they pretend to be something they clearly are not.

One of the ongoing commercials widely touted on  SOPtv. and everywhere on the radio dial ,comes from Rogue Valley Coin whereby the suspicious sounding Claire invites everyone to gather up their broken bits and pieces of jewelry and even your DENTAL GOLD, for an evaluation !!

My My what a CLASS ACT this babe must be!

What a classy jewelry store ROGUE VALLEY COIN must truly be  ,even willing to bargain with you over your dental fillings!!

And even all the bits and pieces .  They want everything you got!!

And they will pay you as little as possible. It all depends how desperate the customer is  ;already in a financial bind but these vultures couldn’t care less. They’ll even take  your  momma’s dental gold fillings and may even give you a few bucks .

And to further confuse the gullible listeners Claire reverts to the high brow lady of style and grace when she allows for the lofty and classy suppliers of wedding junk to be mentioned: Luminar, Camelot, Benchmark ,BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!

Don’t fall for it. Rogue Valley Coin is a cheap run of the mill sleaze joint . And for these jokers ,it’s the old PT BARNUM adage: “there’s a sucker born every minute!”

And what can I say more that cannot be equally applied to J.Austin Jewelers located in Ashland ;and in their new sleaze pot over in Grants Pass .  These folks are every bit as sleazy and untrustworthy as anything you will ever run into this side of any circus midway coming to your area soon…

Here ,  a very   clever pitchman, the owner Mark Hutto  ,uses the credible sounding shill and over rated  stooge you hear daily on local radio to ensure a certain amount of gravitas to  this incredible and shifty   enterprise called , J. Austin Jewelers.

The pitch is designed to gain the confidence of the casual listener and possibly attract someone in the area  ,possibly having a piece of heirloom quality jewelry. And who in addition may have fallen in hard financial times .. Mark would love to meet you whoever you are. Just come right in.

And so up   over and out on the radio airwaves ,goes the claim that J.Austin Jewelers  are  the leading experts and Mark Hutto is the acknowledged leader  in   all things diamond and heirloom quality jewelry.  Can you prove it?

In case you do NOT have heirloom quality stuff ,maybe you should bring in any BASEBALL CARDS or comic books of vintage condition or Mickey Mouse collectables if ya got any .. Any old photos of ELVIS for example ,Mark would love to see and maybe offer you  something..

Just what you would expect from a leading diamond brokers [the highest rated in the entire west coast].. Just what you would think a world  class  precious metals dealer known in CHINA and all over the world would be involved in: baseball cards and Elvis photos ,YEAH RIGHT!!

Mark is just another class act ,what more can I say..

He doesn’t have your best interests at heart . This should be obvious to everyone but a truly stupid person .

For the Christmas season do your shopping at a more reputable outfit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Small Business Can Cheat You Faster Than a Big One.Do Not Trust J. Austin Jewelers or Any of Their False Claims .Do Not Patronize This Business.Play It Safe.

The biggest difference between a big business and a small one is the personal attention customers say they get, with a local ,friendly small town vendor, than what they experience with the big boys.

 

That may be true but more often than not ,it’s not reality.

You may think you’re getting personal attention ;but just ask some customers who were abused and rudely treated at J.Austin Jewelers ,located in Ashland and Grants Pass.

Just ask some of the customers of ROGUE VALLEY COIN AND JEWELRY , who thought they were entering a destination store ;one where they would have choices in choosing and so on. And see what they think of the personal attention they did NOT receive.

In fact many were very rudely treated in both of these slick locations.

J.Austin jewelers is run by a very clever merchant who bills himself as the “leading expert” in the Diamond and precious metals business. He wants everyone to know he has big time international contacts and would love to buy your diamonds.

This fast talking diamond dealer is advertised as the ‘ Acknowledged  expert in Jewelry and diamonds ,in coins …you name it.  WHAT A JOKE!

My question for the little shill  on the radio ,working for the chamber of commerce is: acknowledged by exactly who?  Don’t keep us guessing .. just tell us  Mr. Broadcaster!

Mark Hutto , the diamond merchant ,comes from a long line of diamond dealers whose roots are traceable back to the dirty ,narrow and over crowded back alleys of eastern Europe.

Some of his customers have stated the many tricks this character uses to lower the prices he pays to sellers and the tricks he uses to raise the prices to his buying customers.

This may or may not be how he treats you. But ,it’s best to be wary than sorry. I think this guy is looking for  someone to come in to his two stores with a unique piece of jewelry and not knowing its true value.

my recommendation is for everyone to get an appraisal before you agree to sell anything you may believe to be a valuable piece of jewelry. Especially to MARK HUTTO of J. Austin.

All these characters use American sounding names like J. Austin and ROGUE VALLEY to hide behind. Do not trust them just   because they are small business and you  stupidly believe they will be NICE to you.

these small town chiselers know how to treat you. They know exactly how to pitch their merchandise!

A big box store will always let you return jewelry with your receipt if you are not happy! And that’s a very big difference.

 

Rogue Valley Coin and Jewelry is Why I Cancelled My SOPtv. Sustaining Membership .

Paula Kerger CEO ..

 

Sorry Paula , but I decided to cancel my sustaining membership to my local SOPtv  station for what would appear to some as a trivial reason; and coming as a result of some private pique  aimed at a particular sponsor.

And that may be true to a degree. Whereas many sponsors on PBS may deal in products and services not exactly to everyone’s liking or approval ,like the  oil and gas industry ;at least with these folks, what you see is what you get. You don’t have to like the industry but they don’t pretend to be something they are not.

In the case of a local sponsor; ROGUE VALLEY COIN and Jewelry ,these folks are pretending to provide services and merchandise that are anything but as advertised.

In few words ,they treat the  public [their customers] rudely and continually try to take advantage of their lack of knowledge in the coin,jewelry and precious metals business.

I personally have experienced rudeness in dealing with their salespeople ;and more importantly, they have tried to cheat and trick me using some often used modified  bait and switch techniques designed to raise the prices of merchandise I had expressed an interest in buying .  When I attempted to trade  in the value of all of my broken  bits and pieces  of  gold and silver jewelry toward a Citizens watch I had chosen [something they encourage on their endless radio commercials] and  also  promise to pay a higher percentage in value  if a customer elects to apply it toward a purchase ;I then discovered that they raised the price of the watch cancelling out the so-called higher percentage applied.

This is a dirty game these coin and jewelry hustlers are playing on the local people here. As a consumer advocate ,I have received numerous letters from disgruntled former customers outlining how they were either cheated out of their diamond rings ,they were hoping to sell to them at a fair price ; or from some, who left  the  premises in disgust when their salespeople offered ridiculously low payments for diamond rings worth in the many thousands of  dollars and so on. In some cases,   customers were offered a pittance for  only  the value of the gold or platinum and nothing for the precious stones on the ring. Now that’s pretty bad.

There’s more to the story ,but I decided after hearing the disingenuous voice of CLAIRE from ROGUE VALLEY COIN and jewelry making her phony pitch on SOPtv. that the only thing I could do to express my total disgust for this outfit was to cancel my sustaining membership supporting SOPtv.

And yes  Paula ,I know ,I know PBS has the best television on television

;but keep in mind Paula ,that’s not a very high standard to surpass. Commercial television is pretty rotten garbage .. So it doesn’t take that much to jump over the bar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GROCERY OUTLET[ Bargain Outlet]. in Medford. Or. Sells Grocery and Produce Unfit for Human Consumption. Be Very Careful With This Very Unethical Business.Better Still,DO NOT SHOP HERE!

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Grocery Outlet in Medford is possibly the very worst place to shop . Especially if you think you are looking to buy groceries at a reasonable price or at the very least groceries that won’t give you  ptomaine    poisoning.

 

Each grocery outlet store is individually owned  and advertises itself as a bargain  outlet store. And as in other cases ,where a business wants to appear  as something unique   they use some clever ads.

Few are used to seeing a grocery “outlet” store and this enough excites curiosity. When someone  thinks of an outlet they usually associate it with big name sporting goods or high priced clothing or shoe stores ,trying to unload high priced merchandise at a more reasonable cost.

But big name grocers or retailers  do not have outlet stores and that was enough reason to give this place a try.

And as a consumer  advocate I was more than willing to give anyone the benefit of the doubt when it came to helping the public save a few bucks off their grocery bill.

It took a few visits before I started to figure out  this poor excuse for  a grocer .  But since each store is individually owned ,my  remarks should not be construed as referring to the entire network of GROCERY OUTLETS in the region.

While waiting on line for my items to be checked at the cashier I noticed that it took two or three intermediate managers to approve a refund for a lady who had stated she was unhappy with her previous purchase.  But more than that the attitude of those assisting with the “BIG “refund  was less than cheerful ; In fact it was downright hostile, and clearly designed to harass  and embarrass the  bewildered  shopper.

Oh well I thought maybe something was possibly  amiss going on here ,so I quickly dismissed it as a one time faux pas.

Until , the time when I had purchased some ice cream from the desert case along the front side of the store.  And not knowing at the time of purchase, how far past the” best use by” date was on these two cartons of blueberry  flavored ice cream had travelled did it dawn on me that ,it would probably behoove  me to exercise some care with any  future purchases at GROCERY OUTLET .

The dessert product was so dated that you could easily smell just how rank it had become  ;probably for days or weeks while still sitting ,waiting to be purchased by some other careless shopper.

  In my case ,this was more than a little annoying  ,it was a provocation. I  immediately called the store and spoke to one of those mid level managers who cheerfully advised me that all that was needed was the receipt showing date and price paid and they would be more than happy to give me a refund. Should I bring the product

back I asked; Absolutely not was the reply.

So far so good I thought. At least they would refund me and probably even apologize . But that wasn’t to be the case. When I entered the store I immediately asked to speak with the  mid- level gal I had previously spoken with on the phone ;and when I told the ” unhappy to see me character” by the little office by the side of the store ,where the stale bread is displayed about the situation  ,he immediately asked me where the ice cream was. Well ,look at the use by date and you can still smell the rank bitter smell from off the carton and so on. Plus I had the receipt ;plus I escorted him to the ice cream counter where he could still smell the rank spoiled smell of  what remained of the same cartons of ice cream with many months passed on the best use by dates and so on.

Well, after a little bit of back and forth ,the jerk agreed to refund for both cartons of very spoiled ice cream. But ,then it had to be approved by the store manager ,the real one. And with that  ,came something like  the third  degree . “Next time bring the product back so we can see it”, was the suggestion.

 I couldn’t believe it.

I got the money back and little else other than a cold stare!

It was obvious they did not care to keep me as a  customer. But still believing that this was just a simple misunderstanding , I continued to shop there for a couple more weeks.  Only this time far more wiser and far more willing to look everything over before putting any  item into my shopping cart.

What I discovered was something that for me was a learning lesson. I finally figured out the scam this store was pushing on an unsuspecting public. It dawned on me when I started making cursory inspections of all of their perishable products on display for sale. About half were unfit for consumption.

Cottage cheese so old it had started to turn colors. Margerine that was so old it was separating into its component parts. Most of the use by dates had come and went.  I recall purchasing a carton of yougurt at this time and after one day in the fridge it had to be thrown away. .. I then started to examin their canned goods and here they had cleverly rubbed off the use by dates . I wondered whether that was legal. Although it’s not illegal for a  grocer to  sell canned goods beyond  the due date ,it still seems  highly unethical. I decided to buy some black means and some cut greens and not totally surprised but somewhat disgusted , I saw that in both cases the items had jellied. They were both slimy   to touch. And yes ,the best use by date had been machined rubbed off the top of each can.

For this and a few more disgusting incidents I decided never to return to this very dishonest and unethical  grocer.

The profits these folks make are based on acquiring groceries and produce ,and by the way ,the produce was so bad ;like rotting bananas , brown cauliflower , squishy dark brown eggplant, slimy green beans and so on. All stuff that one would easily call garbage.

And still was selling for almost the same as what these same items were selling for in Fred Myers and  Winco.

In fact everything in their dirty smelly store was a rip off. The prices were hardly any lower than in other nationally known supermarkets .

But more than that ; all this garbage they sell can easily cause you a great deal of harm and sickness..

Is it really worth it ,even if you did save  little more than a few pennies and dimes? Do you want your  family members to get sick eating this junk. Someone is selling Grocery Outlet this throw away stuff    and

probably making a fortune in the process. .. The junk this particular GROCERY OUTLET store deals in is so bad they may have retrieved it from a huge national sized   retail recycle bin , right before its discarding into the garbage dump.

I truly believe that the grocery department of this store and the items for sale are so bad ,they are not fit for distribution to any food bank or charity to feed the homeless. I wouldn’t feed this   unhealthy stuff  to my DOG!!

Do Not shop here!!

Grocery Outlet has hot deals and great bargains on brand name products in our independently operated stores across the country. We love to save you money.

35 E Stewart Ave, Medford, OR 97501 (541) 773-8740

J.Austin Jewelers , CANNOT BE TRUSTED… Mass Marketing Fraud..

J AUSTIN & Co. Coin Jewelry & Diamond Brokers : Beware of this Jeweler. Beware of his  misleading ads. and sales pitch. Contact: Mark Hutto
	1642 Ashland St. Ashland OR 97520  (Map It)
	Phone: (541) 488-4312
I recently heard a very clever radio ad, performed by one of the best salesman in the jewelry business ,Mark Hutto owner -operator of a couple of coin and Jewelry stores in the general area. .. The ad was in the form of a ninety-nine dollar radio interview conducted by one of local radio’s gifted shills ,who  sells his personal integrity to service   anyone in need of [short time]servicing … The ad, in the form of a question and answer format ,was as misleading as it was tricky and designed to confuse the listener. And that’s how swindlers and cheap hustlers make their profits ,by confusing the listener or pigeon customer. To catch the scam you have to go right to the heart of this guy’s pitch claiming that he buys everything on the ring or necklace or whatever piece of jewelry the pigeon brings into his two stores. He claims he buys everything on  it ;the gold ,the platinum ,the stones ,the diamonds , even the little small  diamonds ;he buys everything on the ring or whatever. Any honest jeweler will tell you that the small diamonds on a ring have no intrinsic value. They are used by the setter to enhance the looks of the larger diamond ,to make the center stone look larger than it is; or to fill in spaces on the ring or  necklace or bracelet.  Diamonds have no commercial value if they are smaller than a half carat. What the ad was doing was to set up the pigeon to accept a few bucks for the smaller stones ;something no one else offered; and to then take a much lower offer for the larger stone and for the setting. The value in the setting is what most sellers fail to take into account. Only the jeweler knows the exact size of the center stone and the color and cut . The jeweler winds up getting the ring for next to nothing. Paying a very small amount for the [small diamonds ] he winds up with the setting and any larger stones for close to nothing. Even a 1/4 carat diamond ,he will judge to be almost worthless  to him  but will offer something for it.. . That same ring will be polished and cleaned to a fare thee well and will sell for thousands of dollars in a very few days after he buys  the ring ,after the ring is sold. And remember all sales are FINAL  , in either direction. My best advice is to find an honest jeweler  [if you can] and get an appraisal. in other words shop around before you walk into J.Austin Jewelers. And better yet; don’t sell any of your jewelry. A pawn shop may offer you a better deal and you can even buy back [reclaim] your ring or diamond  bracelet later.. .

Mark Hutto of J.Austin Jewelers Ashland and Grants Pass Profiteering from Misleading Radio Ads. DO NOT SHOP HERE.

Austin & Co. Coin Jewelry & Diamond Brokers : Beware of this Jeweler. Beware of his  misleading ads. and sales pitch. Contact: Mark Hutto
	1642 Ashland St. Ashland OR 97520  (Map It)
	Phone: (541) 488-4312
I recently heard a very clever radio ad, performed by one of the best salesman in the jewelry business ,Mark Hutto owner -operator of a couple of coin and Jewelry stores in the general area. .. The ad was in the form of a ninety-nine dollar radio interview conducted by one of local radio’s gifted shills ,who  sells his personal integrity to service   anyone in need of [short time]servicing … The ad, in the form of a question and answer format ,was as misleading as it was tricky and designed to confuse the listener. And that’s how swindlers and cheap hustlers make their profits ,by confusing the listener or pigeon customer. To catch the scam you have to go right to the heart of this guy’s pitch claiming that he buys everything on the ring or necklace or whatever piece of jewelry the pigeon brings into his two stores. He claims he buys everything on  it ;the gold ,the platinum ,the stones ,the diamonds , even the little small  diamonds ;he buys everything on the ring or whatever. Any honest jeweler will tell you that the small diamonds on a ring have no intrinsic value. They are used by the setter to enhance the looks of the larger diamond ,to make the center stone look larger than it is; or to fill in spaces on the ring or  necklace or bracelet.  Diamonds have no commercial value if they are smaller than a half carat. What the ad was doing was to set up the pigeon to accept a few bucks for the smaller stones ;something no one else offered; and to then take a much lower offer for the larger stone and for the setting. The value in the setting is what most sellers fail to take into account. Only the jeweler knows the exact size of the center stone and the color and cut . The jeweler winds up getting the ring for next to nothing. Paying a very small amount for the [small diamonds ] he winds up with the setting and any larger stones for close to nothing. Even a 1/4 carat diamond ,he will judge to be almost worthless  to him  but will offer something for it.. . That same ring will be polished and cleaned to a fare thee well and will sell for thousands of dollars in a very few days after he buys  the ring ,after the ring is sold. And remember all sales are FINAL  , in either direction. My best advice is to find an honest jeweler  [if you can] and get an appraisal. in other words shop around before you walk into J.Austin Jewelers. And better yet; don’t sell any of your jewelry. A pawn shop may offer you a better deal and you can even buy back [reclaim] your ring or diamond  bracelet later.. .

experience in dealing with anything from ancient artifacts over 2000 years old to modern key date coins. .

ROGUE VALLEY COIN and JEWELRY: Numero Uno in using false and misleading ads. “DO NOT SHOP HERE”

 

Rogue Valley Coin and Jewelry : number one in using false and misleading ads. “Do Not Shop Here” !

August 27, 2015 2nomeconsta Leave a comment

Rogue Valley Coin & Jewelry

False and Misleading Ads.

Here’s a review of Rogue Valley Coin and Jewelry operating in Medford …

Some time ago I went to Rogue Valley Coin and Jewelry looking for a watch. I saw a Citizens that seemed to be priced fairly but when I asked questions about the age of the watch I detected a hostile attitude on the part of the person I had been talking to. It was strange.

I remembered the endless ads you hear from Claire on the radio every day telling you to gather up all your gold and silver pieces even dental gold for an evaluation [not an appraisal] an appraisal might be binding ; and you can get an even bigger percentage [ What exactly do they mean here } when you purchase any of their jewelry. I guess someone who finds something they like ,they tend NOT to pay attention to what they are selling or getting for it in cash , ,thinking only of the much bigger percentage they will get when they purchase their desired piece of jewelry. It’s all a very cleverly thought out scam.

And so later the next day or so, I called and spoke to a lady that had a slight foreign accent. She told me it was Hungarian. O.K. another globalist ,so what.. I mentioned that I had some bits and pieces of gold I would like to apply the value to a watch I had seen earlier that was selling for 90.00$ She said sure . I then asked what the additional percentage would be applied to the watch and she couldn’t answer. I asked to confirm the price of the watch and as I expected they jacked up the price to 127.00$ When I mentioned that ,she stated that the watch at that time was on special. But no longer.

So whatever larger percentage they claim to offer you when purchasing a piece of jewelry you can expect to lose it after they raise the price of the item. I can offer you 90% discount after I raise the retail by a hundred percent. It’s all a clever swindle. Don’t be fooled. I think there may be a tribe of jewelers in the area ,many from Hungary. I would never have anything to do with these folks ,not in a million years! Do not BUY here!