I read your story and I would have done exactly the same thing and I hope everybody would do so in similar situations.
Just one curiosity, if I may ask. Did the seller keep its promise?
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heh, I mentioned before that I have a tiffany cuff. Mr Medusa was tasked by my parents with buying it and he decided to get a second hand one off ebay. Before getting it engraved he asked a local jeweller to test it, just in case (this is a few years ago before I started making btw). It came back as silver so he had it engraved.
After three weeks of wear, it started showing copper on the edges. It had been subject to a very, very thick silver plating. We put in a dispute with paypal and got a full refund without even having to return the cuff and left stinking FB. We then got the real McCoy.
Where people get confused is in thinking that "925" is a hallmark. I sell a lot of antique stuff on ebay and all the time you see people flogging stuff as hallmarked when it's not. All tiffany items carry a proper hallmark and it's tiny. on my cuff it's about 1 x 3mm, and comparing it to my stamp which is 1mm, it is less than half that size.