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A woman visits  an up market jeweller's late one Christmas Eve. "I'm sorry to bother you so late", says the woman, " but as I walked past I had an idea. I've already bought my husband a new Mercedes and a BMW for my son, but I thought a gold chain might make a nice little stocking filler. Do you have any 18 ct. gold chains?"

"I think we may have one left, madam," said the jeweller, rubbing his hands at the thought of an extra juicy sale as he went to get it from the safe. "This is a lovely one which we have specially made for our most discerning clients. It's a bargain at only £6,000!"

"Mmm," says the customer, "I would prefer an old one as I believe they were better".

"Quite right too, madam, if I may say so, but naturally you realise that the old ones command a premium price?"

"Oh, of course," replies the customer, "but the price isn't an important factor."

"I'll go and check what else we may have", says the jeweller, thinking quickly, and not wanting to miss a sale whose potential seems to be getting better all the time. He takes the chain with him into the workshop, kicks it round the floor a few times, beats it with a hammer, removes the fastener with its tell-tale hallmark and date letter and rubs some old polishing rouge into it. By now it is unrecognisable. He finds a slightly different fastener, and takes that and the chain out to his patiently waiting customer.

"Wonderful news, madam, this must be your lucky day. Not only have I found a very rare antique gold chain but it turns out to be in excellent condition for its age and I have managed to find a fastener. It looks very dirty and neglected, but if you don't mind waiting while I clean it up, you will see what a wonderful example it is."

"How wonderful", says the lady, "of course I don't mind waiting, I'll be counting the money, I presume you don't mind accepting cash."

Fifteen minutes later, the jeweller returns, glowing triumphantly. "My word, this is fortunate. Underneath all that dirt, this has turned out to be a very fine example in excellent condition. I can let you have it for a very reasonable £8,000".  "Excellent", says the lady, "I'll take both!".

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