New platinum setting wasn't stamped

[ElleElle]

I just had a custom platinum setting made for my new diamond and the jeweler did not stamp PLAT inside the band. I thought it was required by law that the jeweler stamps the metal grade in the band? I asked the sales associate when I picked it up and she said they must have forgot. Seems weird to me.

 

[moosie]

This!! My mother bought a platinum diamond bangle and after she got home she realized it wasn't stamped and they told her it was forgotten and not to worry because she got a real one. She said since it wasn't stamped she wanted a return since they told her she could BUT! Since it wasn't stamped they wouldn't do a refund. Whut?

 

[starryeyed]

Please make them stamp it!! Like with gold, there are different platinum contents - 950, 900, 585....

I'd want to know with certainty what I was getting.

 

[Cricketcat]

I had a platinum ring reshanked, and the first thing I looked for was the PLAT stamp when I picked up the ring, which was missing. The person at the front desk took it right back to the jeweler and got it stamped just like that. I would definitely want it stamped.

 

[ElleElle]

Thanks all! I will make an appointment to have it stamped asap.
Still so annoying and strange why they didn't do it in the first place!

 

[Texas Leaguer]

By FTC guidelines a jeweler is not required to place a purity stamp. However, if he does stamp purity, he is required to also stamp his registered hallmark so that it is clear which company is accountable for the representation.

Sometimes the reason a jeweler does not afix a stamp is because the design might infringe on someone else's copyright, such as copying a designer piece. Then again, it is possible the jeweler just forgot to do it.

You should definitely have the discussion with the jeweler.

 

[ElleElle]

Interesting information thank you!
I called the jeweler and asked why and he said it was probably because the band was too thin. I said I would be bringing it in to see if they can fit a stamp in it.

 

[denverappraiser]

By FTC guidelines a jeweler is not required to place a purity stamp. However, if he does stamp purity, he is required to also stamp his registered hallmark so that it is clear which company is accountable for the representation.

Sometimes the reason a jeweler does not afix a stamp is because the design might infringe on someone else's copyright, such as copying a designer piece. Then again, it is possible the jeweler just forgot to do it.

You should definitely have the discussion with the jeweler.

True enough, but MOST manufacturers don’t put in a hallmark anyway. You’ll just see 14k, plat, 925 or whatever. They’re selling to other jewelers and those other jewelers don’t want to promote someone else. How it’s supposed to work is they then put their own mark in it (meaning they’re assuming responsiblity for the karatage) while, in practice, few do it. I think it’s less a plot to violate copyrights than that custom stamps are a bit pricey and, like many things like this, what seems like a simple task is actually more difficult than it looks at first blush. Doing it right takes 30 seconds and doing it wrong means remaking the piece. This is not the sort of thing you want your sales staff to be doing in the back room and lots of stores don’t have a shop on the premises. They're about selling things, not making things.

In any case, I agree with the above. Talk to the jeweler about it. The ‘plat’ mark is likely just an oversight. The brand mark, or lack thereof, is what I’m talking about here.

 

[ElleElle]

Thank you for your replies! Makes more sense now. I am taking the ring in to fix the prongs so I will ask if they can stamp it with PLAT at the same time.
Thanks again!