White Gold And Rhodium Plated Engagement Rings
A tribunal in New Zealand has told a jewellery store that they cannot tell a customer that their diamond ting is set in white gold when it is rhodium plated. Three years ago, a man had bought an engagement ring for his girlfriend and he specified a diamond ring set in white gold. How was he to know that it would be rhodium plated? He says the store referred to it as white gold and never mentioned it wasn’t.
Then, to his dismay, he realised that the ring looked like it needed replating and he was shocked to find that rhodium plated rings needed to be replated every year to keep it looking like white gold. So he sued and the store has been asked to refund his money.
The sad thing is, many jewellers have been doing this and calling rhodium plated gold white gold when it isn’t. It might look like it, but it isn’t the real thing and when you have to wear it every day, you don’t want to be replating it every year or maybe even sooner. So the tribunal is looking into this huge problem saying that it isn’t fair to all on the consumer. We wonder what is going to happen to all those people who bought those rings – are they going to get their money back, too?
Tags: diamond ring, engagement ring
