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Hey, quick question!

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Why do I have to go through Donner Party levels of trials and tribulations

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tribs and tries 

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to not be scammed😍😍😍

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out of anything😍😍😍😍

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anywhere from a bagged salad

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to a haircut 

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to a plane ticket

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to a car 

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to a house

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to a hotel 

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to an engagement ring?????!!!

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Why do I need

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🤠God-tier🤠

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levels 

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of background 

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and research 

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and iNduStrY kNoWledGe

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and a book of riddles 

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and the first 700 digits of Pi

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and a friend of a friend of a friend 

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whose friend 

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also uSeD tO bE a jEwElEr

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and they kNoW a gUy

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WHY DO I NEED TO DO THAT

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JUST to buy something that doesn't suck😍😍😍

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And I'm not just talking about jewelry.

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The only reason why I'm 

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what instigated this 

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was I just watched a 

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4 minute,

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48 second video

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of a guy, of a jeweler, right?

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Explaining to people 

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how to spot when ✨extremely popular✨ jewelers 

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FAMOUS JEWELERS

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not “oh well you bought it from Etsy🤨”

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“so what can you do?😔” 

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NO❤️ 

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Actual real professional 

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jewelers 

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that are popular

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thousands of followers

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Not some homegrown 

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“small business🥀☺️

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“self employed!”

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“come with meee to start a jewelry shop”

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No😍

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🚨jewelers🚨

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that are 😍scamming people🥳

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out of CUSTOM!!! engagement rings.

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He's like “oh yeah,”

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“so they will say it's custom,”

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“but if it looks like this,”

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“but if the bevel is lower

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than the badukaduk,”

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then you know you need to get out a measur—”

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Why do I have a measuring tape out!!!!!!

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“Oh, they're drop shipping these rings😕”

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THEY’RE DROP SHIPPING ENGAGEMENT RINGS 

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and telling people they're custom???

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Why is everything a scam😍

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And I'm not just talking about rings!

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I'm talking about cars, 

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houses,

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plane tickets, 

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hotels—

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It didn't used to be like this😍😍

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We are all in strait jackets,

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rolling around a pillow-full room

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pretending as if this is just normal.

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we got. You have to do you.

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You didn't know you had to do four hours of research?

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to get a haircut that wasn't a f*cking ripoff?

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NO I DIDN’T KNOW THAT

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I wasn't aware of that😌🫵

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Because it didn't used to be like this.

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There used to be a Better Business Bureau and people,

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organizations who were held accountable.

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Businesses used to be afraid of being sued a little bit more

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because fraudulent misrepresentation is a claim.

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You could sue them for class actions,

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blah, blah, blah.

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But it wasn't just that. It wasn't just, oh, oh,

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the only thing that we have to protect us is lawsuits.

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No, it used to be that you didn't.

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This wasn’t a requirement in order to not get scammed. Like.

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Like the people who were getting scammed back in the day,

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it was like, oh,

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because they wanted to save a few dollars, right?

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They're going through the Etsy shop,

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they're going through, you know, some.

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Like the. The people who were.

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Who were kind of sketchy and you're taking a risk.

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Peop—NOW, it's the opposite😃

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it feels like. Oh, no,

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I wanna go to, like,

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a legitimate jeweler. Like a legitimate person.

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Wedding dress shop. You know,

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LLC, 

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full shebang😍

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You know, been around the business for a long time.

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Have a storefront. 

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No, like❤️

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you will also get scammed that way as well❤️

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You. They're drop shipping 😍😍😍😍😍 

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your engagement ring😍😍😍😍😍

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Why do I have to memorize the Rosetta Stone to speak a language?

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I don't. I don't.

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I am paying you to speak for me.

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I'm at my wit’s end. 

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My wit is at an end.