Unmasking the Grand Scam: My Encounter with a Bold Fraudster!

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[@slayersboxer915]

"i got a 5000 dollar check during a pandemic and spent it on a gold chain" totally believable story lmao

[@jondoe4807]

I kinda did this

[@Enough.Said.]

A lot of people got even bigger checks, so yeah, it's possible.

[@KayFabe87]

The epitome of poverty mentality.

[@Allious131]

He was mad he didn't sell that chain to him he was full of shyte.

[@slayersboxer915]

@@Enough.Said. sure its possible, just makes you look like the biggest pos in the world when everybody was struggling to spend all your stimulus money on a gold chain. I guess not everybody is capable of self analyzing tho.

[@marthaobrien3742]

Nothing better than seeing a honest man politely deal with a dishonest one. Love your channel. Merry Christmas

[@user-zs4wg1ku6t]

only offering enough to double your money is not honest - pay whats its worth, thats honest

[@pitolove3846]

​@@user-zs4wg1ku6t "Unga-Bunga... Capitalism Bad, Communism Good! Me hungry, me food."

[@user-zs4wg1ku6t]

@@pitolove3846 capitalism?? he's buying used products not making them - its called greed at the ROI he wants - NO ONE GETS DOUBLE THE INVESTMENT UNLESS YOURE A LOAN SHARK OR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LESS FORTUNATE PEOPLE.

[@user-zs4wg1ku6t]

@@pitolove3846 to you paying a fair price for something is communism?? hes taking advantage of desperate people that need the money - thats not capitalism bud

[@MakeMeMiko]

@@user-zs4wg1ku6t Are you dumb? His whole business is from re-selling items which the customers are well aware of. The point of a job is to make money.

[@fishflash1]

If he thought the chain was real and you would buy it after testing, it makes no sense to refuse testing. You presented the most logical and foolproof way of exposing a scammer.

[@getin3949]

I wouldn't allow someone to file deeply into a solid gold chain because you couldn't resell it to anyone after damaging it like that. Anything worth that much money would have a K stamp on it. If Pete maybe knew more about jewelry he would know that. Now old European jewelry doesn't always have karat stamps on their jewelry but it's usually the old stuff, not the newer jewelry.

[@alinatamashevich3354]

@@getin3949 Problem is, it's fake AF. If it was real, the owner would say " if you damage it, it's yours" End of story. Give me my 7K. Guy was full of $h!t

[@a97b18b]

⁠@@getin3949seems like you don’t know much about real or fake jewelry either

[@echtigren8188]

@@getin3949 Couldn't someone just put their own "K" stamp on it? It would still need to be tested right?

[@howyalikdemapls]

⁠@@getin3949Pete said it was stamped 18K but it didn’t look correct (23:30-23:40). Lots of fake jewelry is stamped. The value of that necklace is in the gold… scuffing it to test it marks up the necklace but doesn’t significantly decrease the value of the necklace because it only loses a tiny amount of gold. No one would buy 200g of 18K gold without testing it. And it absolutely could be resold after testing it which is why Pete is interested in it. It could be easily repaired, but again, the real value is the gold which can be melted down. The production of gold jewelry is cheap. It’s the value of the gold that makes them so expensive.

[@kepi7055]

Some scammers will bring in real gold. Let you test it. Then say they will have to think about the offer. Come back with it and think you won't test it again. But it's fake this time. You played that right.

[@triz313]

If I were a seller I would look for my scuff mark before I go to sell, and I gotta assume my man would as well. If you are that easy you deserve to get took.

[@anglegrinder4630]

Real business men test it and keep their eyes on it the whole time,if they loose sight of it theyll request another test

[@robbieteasdale1965]

@@anglegrinder4630 shut your mouth.

[@tbo6144]

@@robbieteasdale1965 HAHA!! "Or what"?

[@robbieteasdale1965]

@@tbo6144 I'll down vote your comment. I will do it, you better believe me.

[@skullsaintdead]

What I always notice with the scammers, esp. the fake jewelry, is that they can't help but look anxious, as soon as you took the necklace, his hand goes up instinctively on the desk, ready to take it back and hide its fakeness, they're always ready to grab it and make an excuse as to why it's not adding up, or why they need to leave now... Nervous energy, man. They probably try out the shops first, to see if they can get max $$ for it, but the shops would refuse, making them feel dejected, so they just end up scamming their friends/family or even people online. Awful, despicable people.

[@albertlwj]

best way to spot a scammer is if they offer up information that you didn't ask for, nor required. like who cares that he bought it during the pandemic with his first paycheck of 5000 and he spent his entire pay on it?

[@thunderstruck1078]

Civilization destroyers, that's it.

[@Humannondancer]

@@albertlwj .. and the "I don't remember how much I paid for it, exactly" a year or 2 ago -not even a ballpark figure lol

[@jefftucker4422]

A bottomless pit is the answer !!!!!!!

[@fnusecurity5112]

@@albertlwj It is like any legit place. We need to see if it for real and look at the markings, Soon as they say in a hurry, you know they don't want it tested.

[@jbb-cj1md]

I've twice had scammers driving SUVs pull up to me on the street claiming that they had to get home to Canada but they had lost their wallets and needed $150.00 gas money to make it home. If I'd give them the money, they offered to let me keep the heavy "gold" chains that they were wearing. (Would've been worth thousands if they had been real gold). A very common scam; what was troubling about it was that they had little kids in the car. Teach them young, I guess.

[@thetruepatriot7733]

Was the scammer a gypsy? That is a very common gypsy scam in my area...

[@pureblood2520]

In Texas they do the chains and now good nugget rings. Mostly Indian scammers

[@gabrielesparza4]

Lmao. Happened to me twice with the same person on seperate occasions. Told him to pound sand both times. Lom😂

[@TM-lq1qf]

I immediately shut people down if they start approaching me; come too close and they’ll get a chance to learn more about the 2A!

[@cra2yey338]

Happened to me. Almost word for word. Guy pulls up asking for money and offers his jewelry aka watch. He also had 2-3 kids in the car. I threw a $5 bill at him and said keep the watch.

[@weeyorkies]

I loved it when he said he did not want to sell it, just a small loan to pay his phone bill. But he went to a Gold Buying Store and they didn't have enough money to purchase it, which story is it loan or purchase. What gold-buying place would not have the money for a real gold large chain, they would be jumping through hoops to buy that necklace. I can not imagine any store not checking, he probably thought you would only look at the 18K gold stamp and not test it.

[@alinatamashevich3354]

Legit stores have the cash on hand.

[@KoharuUchihaK]

@willieclarence8541you don’t know his situation it’s insane to me to think this way… “but there are starving kids in Africa” what did you want him to do? Give all his money away to somebody else? Is that really realistic? You don’t get to decide what people do with their money and your statement sounds jealous.

[@Ashfold_Eberesche]

@@KoharuUchihaK Do you really not understand what is problematic with someone receiving money from the Government so that they can survive during a crisis and they immediately spend the majority of that large sum of money on a useless vanity item? Poor money management like that is one of the biggest reasons for multi-generational poverty, plus that isn't what people were intended to spend that stipend on - do you really think the government should be handing out money so people can buy gold chains? Either way it's nonsense because he didn't actually do it, it's a fake chain that he probably got for $150 from some other scam artist. But acting like people are "insane" for thinking it's morally reprehensible to be spending your Covid stipend on a shiny thing to wear and making some weird claim about kids in Africa is pretty fucked up, mate. Because it's not really "their money" is it? It's money from the taxpayers that is intended to help people get by during an extremely tough time. Anyway, I'm probably wasting my time. I see you've posted this a few times so you seem to truly think that someone spending thousands of dollars outside of their means on a necklace and then not having money to pay their phone bill is a perfectly reasonable situation so... I don't really know how to have a conversation with someone like that.

[@SikhFPV]

I actually sell Gold a lot and most shops you have to call first to make sure they have enough cash to pay you many times I’ve went to these stores without calling & they didn’t have enough cash to pay me out

[@bearhardcorepicker]

Had a customer come in who showed me a chunky "gold" ring he purchased from a East Indian family in a parking lot, and they were claiming they needed money for fuel. It was fake, gold plated brass, of course. A classic scam, but he lost over $100. I hear of that scam all too often.

[@christiansvideos]

Or it's for "baby formula". They don't try on truckers much anymore. We tend to hurt some feelings. Pretty lame to ask for someone's money who's actively working.

[@KoharuUchihaK]

@@christiansvideossurprise surprise for them when I say baby formula is literally poison for your child setting them up for gut issues and problems later and I will not participate in causing harm to their baby 😂

[@Dracsmolar]

Glad I’m a hard ankle and have no problem telling parking lot Gyps to get away from me.

[@friedpickles342]

my father fell for the same scam. watch out for those indians and pakistanis . . their entire country is an open air scam center

[@Harry-jz1dn]

21:40 ha ha, your face when you said "7 grand" tongue in cheek, was priceless. You outplayed him beautifully. Surprised you kept that straight a face.

[@v3ck1n]

Can't bs a bs'er

[@Mammaj1963]

Then he wanted a loan for his worthless necklace, that I’m sure would never be paid back

[@DoppaD]

It's awesome that you treat your employees like actual human beings... My employer should take note lol

[@honorablewiz7447]

too bad... you're a number! get back to work!

[@dmzabo3914]

Foreigners usually treat their employees a bit better. Why that is, I don't really know.

[@IncorrigibleBigotry]

@@dmzabo3914 So I assume you have a study or statistic to accompany that claim? I'm from Denmark, and I've had one employer treat me and others at the company like shit. All the others I've had have been great. It's a pretty broad claim you bring, so I'm genuinely interested in seeing if there have actually been research put into this. I know there's a fantastic worklife balance in my country compared to a country like the US, but that really isn't dependant on how you get treated by an employer. Again, a link to a study would be greatly appreciated! :)

[@takecareofyrshoes]

most corporations treat people like machinery.

[@charlesanastasia7574]

@@takecareofyrshoescorporations use numbers matrix your literally a number on spread sheet

[@HarryManback46and2]

Seriously this show is some of the best content on KZbin! He is very talented on showing all the really interesting interactions and buys that keeps people’s attention and coming back to watch new episodes and older episodes. The is no boring filler at all in his episodes, and the fact that he really seems like a humble genuine nice guy. I love KZbin, there are so many great independent amateur run shows/documentaries with amazing editing skills that are as professional and on par as something you would see on TV.

[@cra2yey338]

This is why I pay for premium. Screw the ads.

[@mpg869]

I agree

[@wheels845]

Ive been in the business for over 40 years. I feel your pain and at. times your pleasures. You never know what s going to come in the door. stay safe.

[@trekkiejunk]

I grew up in Chicago, and lived just a few blocks from Rolling Stones. I am happy to tell you they are STILL open for business. I've wondered for the last 10 years how that's possible, but i think they made it work with converting mostly to vinyl and wearable merch. Anyway, i shopped there as a kid in the 80's and teen in the 90's, and that was where i bought all my first records, tapes and CD's. Their staff was never particularly friendly (not rude, just...there). But was still a fun place to shop!

[@untcutomz4040]

Over priced and over hyped place

[@brayhill]

It's no Wax Trax.

[@moonshoes11]

I want that Tonka truck! I had one as a kid. The hydrant connect to a garden hose, and shoots water from the fire hose!

[@KoharuUchihaK]

That’s so cool!!!! I want one now lol

[@Saxonybedwitch]

Cool💦I used to play with my brother's toys more than mine.

[@gerryfunke1343]

So did I use to play with it for hours brings back memories.

[@Alttabbins]

With the gold scam success rate, that guy bought from someone else who promised that they could make a lot of money selling on Facebook or eBay. The guy in your shop lost. The guy who sold them the box of chains won. In any city you can find a dozen of the exact same chain on Facebook marketplace. They dont sell so they try other places. Ive seen guys trying to sell that exact chain walking up to people at a gas station.

[@daknee909]

I watch parts of your videos here and there but finally hit the subscribe button today. Keep up the great work!

[@paulsirmay8405]

On the guy with the chain, it's like playing the statistics. Just like selling cars; "There's a sucker born every minute". I find it super daring to go to a shop like, say yours, he asked for a loan and you don't do that kind of thing. Love the video. Merry Christmas ❣️

[@homegrownson]

You want to move your Guitars away from Window in front of Store, Wood is highly susceptible to heat and Cold and the fluctuations during the day can cause body to Cracks , necks to warp and most times also fade out any paint work or autographs as well

[@NachoJazz13]

I agree and the last guitar 🎸 got stolen dude who pawned it ran into store and yoinked it off th window and ran out the door lol

[@jameslindsey4002]

Yoko Ono had to do something to make money after he died, she sang like 3 cats fighting over a sardine

[@XanderEwald]

She was already a successful and acknowledged artist before she met John Lennon, and at the time he died her work was exhibited around the world. I am sure she was doing just fine.

[@ThatSoto]

Juwt watched the vid where you got the patches! I was quite interested to see what they looked like, thanks for sharing, Pete! 😊

[@nazfrde]

The John and Yoko album is an amazing find. The packaging and everything is complete (I have exactly the same Japanese version). But the value is going to be pretty limited except to hardcore collectors, as there is no actual music on it. One side is audio verite of press interviews, and the other side is just John and Yoko speaking each other's names in various degrees of emotional turmoil for 22:44. Not a lot of replay appeal.

[@shaun7638]

Hi man..i saw the video from England and was guessing 500 Dollars..am i close

[@djphlegm]

@@shaun7638 This is a reissue from 1977 and worth around $30 dollars.

[@CaptApple]

It was kind of a joke at the time.

[@shaun7638]

@@djphlegm Wow thanks my man....

[@carlwinslow5905]

All that depends highly on the grade of the media. This is something a lot of people really don't realize really makes the value.

[@MichaelsExplorations]

That guy with the "gold chains" knew they were fake and was trying to sell them and get over on you smh 🤦🏻 can't stand scammers love that Led Zeppelin shirt 🤘🏻 Merry Christmas 🎄

[@benvandusen8112]

Maybe the guy wanted to gauge how much cash was on hand in the store. Might be why the other shop said he did not have enough when he actually did.

[@Niall404]

First red flag straightaway. "I brought it to the gold guy and he said come to you". Gold guy ain't buy nothing?, "yeah go to this pawn guy", yeah ok...

[@EmeraldHill-vo1cs]

@@Niall404 The gold guy only melts, whereas pete will buy and sell as a piece of jewellery, which is worth more.

[@MichaelsExplorations]

@@TheDogGoesWoof69 nope 🤷🏻🤦🏻

[@MichaelsExplorations]

@@benvandusen8112 you know damn well he's a scammer 🤦🏻why not let Pete test the chain to see if it's real ?

[@HansEikum-wz9zq]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Norway: Enjoy your KZbins, the beauty with your job don`t know what is coming through the door.

[@col.231]

I love your channel, thank you and Happy holidays to all.

[@dalecross4543]

Merry Christmas thanks for all the uploads keep them coming Pete and your crew👍

[@doreencrespo6295]

Thanks Pete for a great year! Hope you have a great holiday!

[@Ravenh4wk]

Merry Christmas Peter and a very happy and prosperous 2024 to you and your staff. Thank you so much for your great channel which I am hooked on! I always look forward to watching your videos and the interesting collection of things that you sell. Greetings from the UK 🎄🎄🎄

[@jwwj30]

Thank you Pete for a fantastic year of hours & hours of enjoyable entertainment. I no longer watch regular TV, only KZbin & you are one of my top favorite channels. Merry Christmas to you, your family & all of your excellent staff. Can’t wait till next year, 2024, & even more surprising content.

[@KellyOShea6366]

I'm absolutely hooked on this channel. I've been into the store, Peter bought my things. Totally fair transaction. Fun place to shp.. ❤️☘️

[@TaterTotsNFanta]

What's your opinion on armadillos?

[@kylec.8350]

Whats your opinion on farting into megaphones.

[@Tits_Money]

What's your opinion on farting in a spacesuit? 👨‍🚀💨

[@KoharuUchihaK]

@@Tits_Moneywhere’d these jokes come from LMAO

[@KoharuUchihaK]

@@kylec.8350can one of y’all explain where these jokes are coming from 😂

[@randybradley4151]

The 18K jewelry scam is crazy. We see them everyday where people will say that they paid 200 bucks for an 18k ring that weighs 20 grams and we just laugh and say it's fake.

[@SyphexGaming]

The Chicagoan and pics after part, are exactly why i love this channel. So much history and you know your stuff brother. Keep it up. Life long sub here bro. Thank you for your work.

[@Quiet_Lantern]

I do like that Star Wars banner at @25:00 Have a Happy Holiday and New Years! Cheers from VA.

[@davefelber8797]

There are a lot of those guys. I had a guy come on a construction site in Kankakee, IL trying to sell us gold chains. 2 Weeks later we were in Racine WI same guy comes up trying to sell us same gold chains. Like you said haw many guys are doing this and the area they cover. Merry Christmas

[@XxMidnightToker420xX]

You'd be surprised I once went down a youtube rabbit hole looking into these guys and I remember one video they ran into the same guy like 2 times in 2 separate states but then they found videos from other people of the same exact guy and he was on the complete opposite side of the coast doing the same fucking thing. And from all the videos iv seen they always seemed to drive brand new SUVs

[@davefelber8797]

yes all the money they make from scamming people @@XxMidnightToker420xX

[@robbieteasdale1965]

@@XxMidnightToker420xX Jackass.

[@TheOddOddish]

Merry Christmas Pete and Crew, and A Happy New Year!

[@scottrunnels3958]

Merry Christmas Pete,Ruby and Honey. Oh and Mrs Walters. Nice to see they all got Christmas treats. The guy with the chain I feel there everywhere. Friend of mine has a shop like yours here in Nevada and he see's it all the time....

[@EquusKeepusBrokus9791]

Can someone tell me when he got Mrs Walter’s? I haven’t heard of her

[@dannyb9917]

Happy new years to you and team Pete! Thanks for the great consistent content! 🎉

[@robbieteasdale1965]

He's Catholic they don't celebrate Christmas.

[@ds9886]

A friend that works in a bank tells me he sees the same thing daily with low life con artists trying to cash checks, money orders and make loans. It’s a revolving door of people trying to get something for nothing. Stay vigilant and strong!

[@eleven8948]

People like that are the reason why we have to deal with electronic tellers in the banks more and more

[@richardsobeck583]

I used to do yard work for a retired dentist. He told me his practice had to stop taking checks because so many people wrote bad checks. "I think people deliberately were trying to get services for free." He would go to the district attorney, and he told him they don't bother prosecuting for bad checks often anymore because there are so many.

[@Shtfstrategist]

A banker calling the public scammers. 😂

[@dominickoliveri1423]

No wonder you have so many mice!! That bird seed hits the floor,and feeds the mice at the same time😂😂😂.love your content.

[@nunyabuziness8421]

There's no mice w the cat living there😂

[@tammylouasksdearsubswtf7955]

@@nunyabuziness8421 wanna bet!?

[@mikeredd525]

Pete wishing you and your family a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

[@mattheweggleston2833]

I was watching another channel kind of like yours but much smaller down south and a regular customer came in wanting to start a channel but he was worried about his accent as he is not native to the United States and they didn't mention you by name but it was awesome to hear the good things they had to say about you because I adore you as a human because of the way you operate, you remind me of my father who lived in Chicago for a while. Please keep it up Pete and crew. I love this channel.

[@FirstNationsPisces]

How sad it’s become that a little girl has to sell her stuff to help pay for whatever it was that her aunt or parents needed to pay for!

[@benfordslaw5105]

That's Bidenomics.

[@wanderingoldsoul420]

BINGO @@benfordslaw5105

[@Sandman60077]

Yup, the money's probably gonna go to cigarettes and vodka.

[@beckypetersen2680]

The girl didn't look sad.

[@justinthejerkoff]

​@beckypetersen2680 because the girl helped mom steal the stuff and they're splitting the money

[@600rrcbr7]

I found this two days ago on accident. My wife nor myself have stopped watching since. Great content.

[@TechneMaker]

Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to you, Ruby, Honey, Miss Walters and all the staff!! See you again in 2024!

[@cr-qo3ov]

They probably do most they're scamming on the public because anywhere I've ever sold gold they always test every piece as they should but I've ran into these guys at gas stations and other businesses trying to sell gold chains saying they're hard up and I generally tell them well there's a gold place right down the road you can go sell that

[@jeffb321]

Exactly, i had this muslim lady run up to my truck at a gas station with her 2 little kids. She literally banged on my window and tried selling me a gold bracelet. All while her husband swt in the car and watched. Absolutely appalling if you ask me.

[@chiil034]

@@jeffb321 They are gypsies (Roma people).

[@TM-lq1qf]

@@jeffb321bc they think you’ll feel bad for a woman with kids

[@TM-lq1qf]

And that’s what the gold store did to Pete! Or at least if you believe the scammer - gold shop telling him he “didn’t have enough money on hand” 😂

[@spedward8609]

The first lady pawning her daughters school instruments smfh some of these people are unreal

[@user-qe5nr5rn7f]

Merry xmas Pete you and your staff thanks for this years content

[@leonardchavez9824]

Merry Christmas Ruby and Honey . Oh yeah , and you as well , new critter .

[@johndunn4246]

Some time ago in jersey ci in a local auction there was for sale Mercedes,porche, men’s gold rings they were properly marked, obviously could not be tested , turned out they were fake , it was to late . The buyers could not return them, because they were advertised as gold colored rings.

[@jeanbraun4405]

Those traveling-pop up 'police auctions' do that. They have shill bidders and buyers that pump up the unsuspecting ' buyers'. Avoid.

[@Bo-hb3eo]

Hey Pete, love the show. Merry Christmas. You would think if an item was legitimate, they would want to have it authenticated. I would be glad to have any information on an item I owned from an expert. So no doubt he’s a scammer. Some of them, that seems to be their way of life. So sad.

[@trekkiejunk]

I disagree. He wanted to pawn it, not sell it. He even said so. Also, he was fine with him authenticating the gold until he was told that he had to "significantly scuff it." You can test gold with machines that are more accurate, and don't damage the gold. That's what coin shops use. If i had gold to sell, i wouldn't let him scuff my property either, especially if i expected to get it back, which is what he said.

[@Robert-nu4vc]

​@@trekkiejunkno, he didn't want him to scuff it because he knew that once he scratched it for the acid test that it would come back fake. It's probably gold plated only. If he wanted to pawn it he would have taken it to a pawn shop which this is not a pawn shop and doesn't say pawn shop on the sign at all and it's not even known as a pawn shop and never was. He said pawn after he knew he was going to scuff it, because he figured if he made it seem like he was going to come back for it that he owner would just take it without checking it out. The guy with the gold is 100% a scammer. He needed money bad but refused to let it be checked out. He never initially said he wanted to pawn it. He said that way after he knew the gold test was coming.

[@carlwinslow5905]

​@@Robert-nu4vc a lot of people think this is a pawn shop. I've watched so many of this channel's videos and several contain one person thinking it's a pawn shop.

[@tubester4567]

@@trekkiejunk Originally he wanted to sell it, Just like he tried to sell it to another jeweler. He only brought up the loan after Pete said he wanted to test it. IF he wanted to sell it, why does he care that it has a scuff mark. The guy was scammin before he walked in the door.

[@TM-lq1qf]

@@trekkiejunkyou’re really dead set on trying to convince folks this guy is innocent huh? I bet YOU ARE THE GUY!! 🤣

[@Jotentertainer]

Merry Christmas I wish You your Family and Customers all the Best for the New Year!!

[@jim6214]

I went to ebay to check on the John and Yoko (Japanese original) Wedding Album Box Set to find prices ranging from $60.00 to $1,000.00! And all these were listed as "Brand New". I don't think all of these different box sets were from 1969, because it looks like this box set is still being reprinted today, both in Japan, the UK, the US, and in Australia. I guess only a "Beatlemania expert" would know the "real" price because there are so many "authentic" editions available. Good luck. I hope you get a good price for it.

[@shaun7638]

Interested to see your comment,i have left a couple messages on here already and when i saw the video thought it was mint,perhaps thats the reason why..Cheers

[@jasonmb9465]

When someone brings something into your store and without being asked, tells you a long story of how they purchased it among other unimportant facts, It's probably a scam.

[@qcrew2938]

Yes, scammers always want to be your buddy and distract you from what's going on

[@echohunter4199]

You’re right, they spit,out word salad in hopes of distracting some lowly employee into being screwed.

[@WATTEVER64]

Merry Christmas to you and the whole shop Peter!!

[@michaeljjohnson6894]

just a little tip from a former DVD store merchant, if isopropyl won't loosen a sticker, try lighter fluid, the kind for old zippos. a drop left on the edge of the sticker will loosen the glue in a minute +/- seconds. Then let it dry and it can usually be reapplied elsewhere if desired. Loosens without destroying inks of original.

[@todd-makes-videos]

Got my first pandemic check and I bought a gold chain. Priorities

[@HashCeo]

I bought bitcoin with all 3 of mine. I ended up buying a Mercedes brand new off the lot with that bit coin. Bitcoin is gold? Lol 😆

[@Dillon6479]

@@HashCeo buying a brand new car is just as stupid as a gold chain 🤣

[@miltowntubes4142]

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE X-MAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!

[@stevesalazar9658]

Merry X-mas to you all there at the shop & hope 2024 brings you all well beings.

[@danobrien3109]

Merry Christmas to all the Craigslist Hunter family both the two legged ones, the feathered ones and the furry ones.🎄🎄👍👍🇨🇦

[@Databhoy]

You should make more room behind that chair for guitar try-outs - someone is gonna smash a guitar head against the wall and both guitar and wall would end up damaged. A left handed guitarist is gonna smash the picture on the wall. P.S. if someone is gonna try out a guitar, make sure they don’t have a big belt buckle because that could scratch the back of the guitar - take it from someone whose entire guitar collection has belt buckle scratches.

[@user-kn9oq2kt5z]

Why didn't u make sure that u didn't scratch 'every' guitar u have with your belt buckles then? Take your own advise? 😂

[@Databhoy]

@@user-kn9oq2kt5z I bought them 2nd hand.

[@ReeseChown]

@@user-kn9oq2kt5z It's different when we own them, the blemishes become sought-after and add character. On the store rack, it just looks like hell

[@MrJesseFisher]

Pawn stars is a fun show, but I appreciate your content a lot more. No super fancy edits or cuts, just salt of the earth business being conducted. You should get Froggy Flips to come to your shop sometime. Both of you seem like genuine, good intentioned resellers and it would be awesome to see y’all trade and barter some stuff or just talk about life being a reseller.

[@KevieG]

Merry Christmas 🎅 and a Happy New Year!

[@DeeHermanson]

Merry Christmas buddy and to all at the shop

[@jss302]

With the gold chain, in cases like these do you ever call the other local pawn shops and give them a heads up that they didn't want you to test it?

[@TacoPoweredTimeTraveler]

Why bother? What other shop is going to buy it from him without letting them test it. Pretty obvious.

[@trekkiejunk]

Actually, he DID say he was fine with testing it. He said he wasn't fine with him "significantly scuffing it." Watch the video again. Coin shops have machines that test the purity of gold. Damaging the gold is how you tested it 50 years ago. Seeing as the guy said he wanted a loan (ie, to pawn it), he expected to get it back at some point, and didn't want his property damaged. I think you all are seeing what you want to see.

[@TacoPoweredTimeTraveler]

@@trekkiejunk Kinda makes you wonder why he didn't go to gold shop with a radio spectrometer in the first place since they pay the most for gold and don't have to damage your piece.

[@crazycountry28]

​@@trekkiejunkI totally agree, check my comment out I just posted also.

[@acornsucks2111]

You very likely could be right.@@trekkiejunk

[@jeffreygeorge219]

Hilarious, so a Gold/Silver buying store doesnt have $7k to buy a Gold chain and 2x proofit, and sent him to competition... People dont even think about the rittarded things they say.

[@TM-lq1qf]

lol right!! And you have morons on here sticking up for the guy!

[@stewpidaso5624]

I'm very proud of you . I saw the guitars hanging up and the gaming area. Very nice. Good job.

[@joseph7854]

Love the channel, you seem like you’re very cool guy and you know your stuff which is even cooler

[@b5maddog]

How can people sleep at night knowing they ripped off someone or tried to rip of someone?

[@ZacktheImpaler]

I am a goldsmith with a full casting facility as well as own a body piercing studio in a fancy shopping area My piercing studio sells between ten and thirty pieces of gold jewelry a day so my employees have their wits about them, and the words "Fine Jewelry" in 15ft wide letters attracts these people. I think that they assume we'd be an easy scam. One day somebody really doubled down on their ring and let me scratch the inside with my scribe After I showed her the results she was happier for the divorce

[@JerryMetal]

ohh now that's funny

[@bakielh229]

Yeah the jewelry and designer clothing business are ripe with these types

[@AIComicBytes]

hi pete love your channel well i was thinking about the gold chain a pawnshop or any jeweler unless there dumb has to check and make sure it is gold good job and telling him that you had to test it great content keep it up

[@ehianeta64]

I like the way you ask them 'How much are you trying to get for this' as compared to 'how much do you want for it' ...classic.

[@catsforhire9116]

21:44 the fan/hvac turning off as soon as you said its value was perfect...added to the suspense as the fraudster's brain went into overdrive!

[@EmeraldHill-vo1cs]

I think if you were a modern gold dealer you would have electronic testing that didnt mar the jewellery.

[@kegyen]

At 7:42 I had to rewind and watch Peter open his knife a couple times 😂. That was smooth.

[@donaldevans5752]

He knew it was fake , well done , you did great to catch him . Brilliant video .

[@MyrnaNeal]

Please bring Ruby back out with all of us…..it is sooooo sad for her to be in another room. 😢

[@tonywalker4207]

I love he too but he's a business to run. 😢

[@beverlyrichards9845]

Please tell me why did Pete have to move Ruby?

[@Boomhauer333]

@@beverlyrichards9845 Because she was squaking really loud and disturbing the customers.

[@nunyabuziness8421]

Too loud and shits everywhere

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

Im always suspicious when somone brings in a kid to these kind of places. Like im assuming most of these people are trying to be manipulative and hoping you'll feel bad and give the kid a better deal. But then there are probably some people who are just trying to teach their kids how to interact and negotiate. Definitely a red flag though

[@matthewdavis4665]

Yea I got bad vibes from the lady with the kid..

[@SirTunnelSnake]

The random woman interrupting them constantly with literally zero useful information was annoying too

[@systemspecchecker]

or they can't afford a babysitter and actually take care of their kids....

[@mikedoux2521]

​@matthewdavis4665 I was getting super weird vibes as well

[@billysplinterbillysplinter7348]

I think the kid was there because they were her items, and he may not have bought them without an adult present. She appeared to apologize to the young lady for the price she was given.

[@optimusp517]

OMG, it's been aw hile since I've seen the video. Didn't know you got an African grey now. That's so cool. Merry Christmas!

[@ker4all]

The Best of the Best! Thank you for sharing your world... the wildlife hanging around in the shadows shows the good heart you have. All the best in 2024 🎉

[@LockJawFPV]

My favorite youtuber Happy New Year Pete to you and yours... Its TattedTommysTv btw ... Keep up the rad content you and crew...

[@emsamish]

Not sure about fake gold chains but at my local auction recently there was 48 fake graded American eagles and they still sold for eight dollars each. So somebody probably made a few hundred dollars.

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

No way! I bought a few of those on Temu for $1.62 each- that's decent margin if you can sell a bunch.

[@murph8411]

In fake ngc or pgcs cases? I didn’t know they made very good copies of the cases with coins that matched the pictures on the graders websites. Not that I like buying graded or encapsulated coins because you can’t handle them and examine them but they are becoming more and more popular over here as well as them being popular in the US. I’m old school so would rather grade and examine coins myself without all this grading to one point out of 70. The whole idea is silly. You can send the same coin to the same company and get a different grade each time.

[@emsamish]

@@murph8411 it was not a reputable grading company. I can't remember what it was called. As soon as I googled the letters it came up fake.

[@TechReviews2010]

Black guy knew that u was going to test it and new it was fake so he got out of there very fast and you could tell by he's reaction and body language and when he was talking initially bout buying it he was stumbling over he's own words and prices you got him good with that and I believe there's so many scammers everywhere like that it's something you couldn't put A finger on.

[@doc7569]

But did you see that white girl with the kid ? I think she gave away her scam immediately. Can't trust certain people nowadays .

[@jeffb321]

You can spot these dudes from a mile away.

[@SaturnaliaJones]

His story was way too long talking about his paychecks and overtime.

[@TechReviews2010]

Defiantly right there.@@SaturnaliaJones

[@RyanREAX]

Why not just say guy.. if he was white you wouldn't say white guy.

[@philliptiestopl1511]

LUV YOUR CHANNEL MAN FROM IRELAND HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS 🎄🎄

[@grny28]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Pete🎅 🎄

[@NPCOasis]

we need to bring back the stockades for thieves and scammers....

[@trekkiejunk]

Dude, you're gross.

[@mysubscriptions5619]

Something about that kid was so annoying

[@larrybooth2530]

Thank you for the great videos! I wish you tested the gold chain with a magnet.

[@Numbers1877]

Thanks for the video. Yeah please know (I wish I could say another way) however many school instruments are often leased to schools for students use. Awesome radio

[@rexmasters1541]

When a scammer give you a story about another shop not having enough money to buy the fake gold chain he is lying too you. Just look at the guy??? He screams scammer. Interpersonal communication psychology is the way to tell when someone is lying to you. Its not the words they use it their affect and body language.

[@irenemax3574]

I felt a bit sorry for the fellow, seeing his hangdog look as he communicated with the camera.

[@keithmitchell3715]

It would help if all you guys who own these stores that buy and sell, set some kind of facebook community where you could let each other know whats going on and what someone tried to pull over on you. Just an idea.

[@marcellachine5718]

Lol, facebook

[@TM-lq1qf]

Why would they bother? You think other shop owners are that stupid? Nobody opens a shop like that without having the sense to test things before buying them. And when they typically pay 1/3rd the value of something; they can even make mistakes without it hurting too badly.

[@joeski1306]

I've actually been watching you for years. I'm now subbed. Keep up the great work!!!!

[@TM-lq1qf]

Took you years to subscribe?

[@joeski1306]

@@TM-lq1qf yup

[@robbieteasdale1965]

Jackass.

[@zazz69ed]

Merry Xmas and Happy holidays to all from Texas!!!!

[@jeterman29ny]

You are way more fair than our local pawn shops. 50% profit is almost unheard of. Our pawn shops hardly take anything and when they do, they need like 5x profit

[@666cemetaryslut]

Doubling your money is 100% profit, not 50%.

[@jeterman29ny]

@666cemetaryslut lol that's really true. That was a pretty dumb thing for me to say actually haha

[@vontay4721]

They way he was not trying to take $7k saying he paid $5k for it and was not wanting you to scratch it up because he was looking for a loan and wanted to come by for it is a pretty believable scam 😂

[@TM-lq1qf]

Right?! I think he even said “I didn’t spend my entire check on it as that’d be crazy”; so even less than $5k. Who wouldn’t then jump at $7k if he knew it was real-he could go buy another one and sell it again! 🤣 Fact is Pete just threw out a big number to get the guy excited and to convince him to let him test it. But the guy knew he was onto him and saved face by talking about loaning it or not wanting to scuff it up. 😂 He knew he wouldn’t be able to scam someone else with it if it were scuffed 😂

[@tpolutts3309]

Doesnt gold fluctuate a lot? Maybe it gained in last 3 years? ​@@TM-lq1qf

[@bakielh229]

@@TM-lq1qf Pete gave a realistic number of 200g of gold, the guy just knows it's fake

[@Lizs.Tallent]

Merry Christmas 🎄 Happy New Year to you all 🎉

[@Respectsyoutech]

I think these scammers have a relentless, never give up attitude. With persistence comes "success", in everything. And I think they understand this, and like a good salesman, taking " no" well, is part of the job. I would guess maybe 10% success rate at shops, if that... Real people online etc, probably higher success rate. Always good to see you catch one! 😊

[@rapolympusmedia]

My only concern is that you sent the scammer to another location to try his luck. He got your name from another business so it's an ongoing circle until he catches someone slipping.

[@raterus]

What did you expect him to do?

[@MrInkotime]

He wants you to offer him $300-400 as a loan and then they never come back to pick it up. He wasn't expecting to get 7000 out of you. A lot of shop owners greed gets to them and they think they're getting a steal for $300-400. Had you offered $300-400 for sale he would've taken it, he would've wanted you to say I'll take it without testing for $400

[@TM-lq1qf]

No shop owner is going to offer $400 without testing either. Hell they test everything even an Xbox in that video that he paid $25 for. Dont be silly.

[@MrInkotime]

@@TM-lq1qf you're implying no pawn shop owner has been scammed which is untrue. He clearly wanted a loan, implying he will come back for it. Take the $400 loan and never show up.

[@aka-Legendary]

Good vid Pete! Luv it! & u know the best jewelry buys always happen at gas stations...lol...peace

[@robbieteasdale1965]

What's wrong with the blacks?

[@jmalone1465]

Says a lot about a guy who’s kind to animals. I enjoy this channel and the shop owner is genuinely a really nice guy!

[@trekkiejunk]

To be fair to the gold guy, he actually hesitated when you said you would have to scuff his gold chain "pretty significantly" in order to test it. Gold can be tested for purity without damaging it. It's done every day at coin shops with machines. He also seemed to indicate he wanted to pawn it, implying he wanted it back. So, i give him the benefit of the doubt, because i would absolutely not allow you to significantly scuff my gold just because you don't have the proper equipment.

[@eddieshez3457]

@trekkiejunk you're the kinda person to respond to Ugandan emails about inheritance from your dead uncle aren't you

[@CaptApple]

Expressing that you'll take less for a loan is standard in gold chain short cons. It's done to lull the rube who comes to the same conclusion you have and the grifter still skates with way more money than their plated "gold" chain cost them. Words are cheap. They're completely worthless from a conman.

[@donshields2379]

If he wanted a loan why not go to the coin shop and test it then get a certificate of authenticity? It would have taken away a lot of the suspicions.

[@BrooklynBalla]

@@donshields2379 How would a certificate of authenticity help?The pawn shop would still need to test it in case they swapped it with an identical fake chain.

[@donshields2379]

@@BrooklynBalla it is good you are looking at the root of the problem.