Fake 10 Gram Gold Pamp Bars

First off I would like to thank (Rastatodd) Todd
for helping me out with a purchase that I made of 7 ea.
10 gram gold pamp suisse bars. He sent me a note explaining
that these bars may be fakes. He was correct as they turned out to be
just that. I had them listed at the for sale forum and am so glad that no one bought them. I have owned many pamp bars over the years (all legit ones) and I am embarrassed to even admit that I was taken on these. I have since removed the for sale listing naturally as I did return the bars to the buyer for a refund. Well, most of the refund anyway. I'll take care of the balance owed me at another time. :)
We met (the seller and myself) today and cracked one of the 7 open. Weighed and tested the bar. He was not happy either. Like I care.
9.4 grams, 14 K (max.) gold plate over copper/alloy. The bars looked fine but it was the packaging that did the trick as Todd pointed out.
Well, I guess never too old to learn. At least I only lost out on a few dollars and not the whole price for all 7 bars. I'm sure that a few of you other CCFer's noticed the flaws on these bars when I had them up for sale. When I bought them I was in a hurry so did not pay much attention to them. I had bought and sold with this person a few times in the past with no problems. Maybe he honestly did not know either about them being fakes. ?
Thank's again Todd.

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