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August 22nd, 2009 admin

Why is some sterling silver cheaper than others?

I know (or I think) it all must have like 92.5% silver to be called sterling silver so it has the 925 stamped on it somewhere. But why is some sterling silver so much cheaper than other? I was at macy’s looking at sterling silver rings and they were a few hundred dollars, then I went to target and there were ones for twenty. Am I just paying more at Macy’s because it’s Macy’s? Or is the sterling silver at Target a lower quality?

And the rings were only silver no jewels or anything.

some of it could have just been painted sterling silver; other than that;

macy’s obviously would be expensive, since it is in fact macy’s.
macy’s is a high end department store where there stuff tends to cost more.

walmart or target, on the other hand, have the consumer more in mind than opposed to how much money they can get out of us.

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