Did I get profiled again? Or does everybody get fingerprinted when

[Baitball Blogger]

they sell their old gold jewelry?

Part of me thinks it's a good idea, assuming everyone has to submit to it, because it may decrease burglaries now that gold prices are high.

Though, frankly, I'm still doing the math because I suspect I got short-changed.

[olddots]

1. was the place sleazy ?

the ads for the places are really low grade so I will sit on the maybe 30 bucks of gold we have hidden under a Noam Chomsky book .

[Baitball Blogger]

3. It was a jewlery store.

Very nice, small and has a long business history.

I don't mind doing it, as long as everybody else has to do it too.

The tip off that I got profiled is that they advertised cash, but I got a check. I won't mind, so much, as long as the check clears.

[Fat Bastard]

7. Usually does.

They have to do a 30 day hold on all purchases locally.

It's for the LEO to make sure there is no reports of stolen items.

We do the same thing for a living, and I can honestly tell you most _do_ shortchange you (I would give you a very fair deal)

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I just did the math! They took 22% when they said it would

be 15% over the phone. It's not a lot of money, but I will write about it to the better business bureau.

It's crazy how unethical this industry is. I went to them specifically because they quoted a 15% take on the total. The people I had called earlier had pulled a scam attempt. They wouldn't tell me how they would compute the total, but they said their price was better than the other gold store in the Mall. I said thank you I'll look around. And she said, no, wait, I'll give you the number to the other store. And I said, no need to. It's owned by the same owner.

They just got a write up in the local paper revealing this information, and it didn't occur to them that someone would call them based on that article!

[Fat Bastard]

15. We usually buy at around 82-85% of spot..

But if the lot is large we can go a little bit more..

But we mostly do our buying on eBay (and it's been pretty brutal lately)

[Baitball Blogger]

19. I am beginning to believe I was taken.

Just had a discussion with the salesperson this morning. She tried to interject the fingerprinting into the discussion as if that had any relevance. She said, Well, you looked pretty nervous when you realized you were getting fingerprinted.What did that have to do with anything, unless she was trying to intimidate me?

I lost it at that point. Told her about my racial profiling experiences. I felt this was just one more to add to the bunch.

[Mnpaul]

2. It may be local ordinance

At the pawnshop I worked at, we had to record all the DL info plus have detailed info on the gold objects. All the info was reported to the police.

[whistler162]

4. Before I answer I need a set of your fingerprints!

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. I did not get fingerprinted

when I sold a couple old gold rings last year.
And I certainly would not have sold them if fingerprinting were required.
They were not very valuable, tho //maybe there is price at which you have to be fingerprinted?
Seems odd, tho.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. the more I think about it, the more I think I got profiled.

She said some very odd things.

When she said she was going to write a check, I asked her why they advertised for cash. She said, "Why are you worried about the IRS?" I said, no, I'm worried about getting the money. She assured me they were reliable, which the internet recs do seem to assert.

Then, at the end, she asked me if me and my girlfriends were collecting gold for resell purposes. For that, I was offended.

[Separation]

8. LOL Ive been fingerprinted as well.

But I only deal with one broker so he has me on file. 9/10 I'm not selling gold jewelry but the stuff I get out of the ground.

If the guy or gal that bought it from you wasn't checking the price of gold at the time she wrote the check, you probably got stiffed.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. I did get stiffed. But not by a tremendous amount.

I might call them tomorrow.

[erinlough]

11. A person I know had an adult child of theirs

Steal her gold jewelry piece by piece and sell it to fund her drug habit. I think it is a good idea. The person didnt realize it because some of the pieces were left to her by her mom and were in storage. So very sad to lose things that can't be replaced in that way.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. I agree there's a good reason for it.

I just don't want to be singled out, or profiled. It's all or nothing.

[In_The_Wind]

13. When I sold jewelry in Texas I was never fingerprinted.

Is that just the way it is in Florida?
I never needed to sell anything while I was living there in Lighthouse Point.

[Baitball Blogger]

14. I don't know if it's a Florida law.

I'm still trying to determine if I was profiled.

[In_The_Wind]

16. It's a good law. imo: yes, you now have a profile.

I hate having my personal information on file but due to my chosen business my fingerprints are in secure government files. Plus since I did work for the state of NY my finger prints are everywhere.

[Baitball Blogger]

20. I don't think you understand racial profiling.

I do not mind having my record on file. I mind if I was discriminated against and picked out as a customer for fingerprinting. If they do this to all customers based on ordinance, I'm fine with it. If they are picking out which customers to fingerprint, that's discriminatory.

[In_The_Wind]

22. Yes. I did/do understand. Now all of DU will also.

Thank you BbB

[lunatica]

17. In California you get fingerprinted when you get your driver's license

And I work in UC Berkeley. Employees who deal with finances like I do all get fingerprinted (all fingers and even the palm).

[Orrex]

18. Was anyone else there to sell gold during your visit?

That is, do you know if anyone else was/wasn't printed?

Years ago I had to show ID in order to get $12 for a then-impressive CD player, but I didn't have to dirty my fingertips to do it.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. No one but me in there.

And I've been scouring the internet but can't find the ordinance.

[Orrex]

23. Well, I have to say that you do look pretty shifty

Heck, I'm tempted to fingerprint you right now, for the sake of my own safety.


I presumed that they used a biometric scanner? Very strange.

[kcass1954]

24. I'm in Florida. When my kid trades in games at GameStop,

I have to sign for him (he's 16) and give my thumbprint. I was told that it's considered a type of pawn.

[Baitball Blogger]

25. Thanks.Appreciate it.

It turned out that they had a chance to reweigh the gold and discovered they mis-calibrated.

So it's all good.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

26. wow

maybe its because being Canadian (where owning a gun is possible, but legal compliance is sooo onerous), I can't even begin to fathom being fingerprinted for anything short of being arrested.