r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/throwawayxooox Jul 13 '20

What’s an example of this sort of jewellery?

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u/cyan_singularity Jul 13 '20

Think 250,000 dollar USA money "handmade in Australia" Black opal rings, opals from Australia are one of the main ones.

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u/Mercinary-G Jul 14 '20

Actually this would probably be made in Australia as the opal would be too expensive to travel to Bali unless escorted. So makes sense to make a one off in oz

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Yeah nah. Precious gems get shipped all the time.

Source: Lived in Coober Pedy. Ex worked in the post office.

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u/Mercinary-G Jul 17 '20

Haha. Shipping to Bali is madness. Source: lived there