Gold Jewelry Buying Mistakes: Are you going to buy gold jewelery on Karva Chauth? The festive season spreads a network of fake hallmark and adulterated gold. During this time, hard work can go into the water due to a little mistake. Take care of one thing while taking gold.
Gold Shopping Safety Tips: Karva Chauth (Karwa Chauth 2025) is about to come. In such a situation, if your wife or partner has demanded gold jewelery, then obviously you will definitely go to the market. But just care! Because the more gold shines in the festive season, the more the ways of cheating in the market become as high. A small mistake can cause you a loss of millions of rupees, not thousands. Let’s know what to avoid and where to be alert …
Gold fraud in festive season
The demand for gold on festivals like Karva Chauth, Dhanteras and Diwali suddenly increases. Taking advantage of this, many shopkeepers or fraud sellers sell fake or adulterated gold jewelery. It looks very real in appearance, it also has a hallmark, but the reality is something else. Many times fake hallmarking is done, so that the buyer feels that jewelery is 100% pure. So it is the biggest mistake to trust just by looking at hallmarks.
How to find out the real hallmark?
Hallmark is not a decoration, but like a government certificate, which suggests that gold used in jewelery is real and pure. BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) is the only government institution in India, which releases hallmarks. If you are buying jewelery, then you must check the BIS logo, carat mark (22k or 18K) and 6 digits HUID number. This number is the real identity of that jewelery. You do not need to rely on the jeweler to check the purity of gold. The government has created a BIS Care App for this, so that you can check the hallmark on your mobile.
How to check gold at home?
- Download the Bis Care App by visiting Google Play Store or App Store.
- Register with a mobile number.
- Note the 6 -digit HUID number written on jewelery.
- Click on ‘Verify Huid’ in the app and enter the number and submit it.
- In a few seconds, the entire details of jewelery, carat, purity and verification status will be revealed on the screen.
- If the number is not valid, then understand that something is wrong.
Must see this while buying gold
Along with BIS Hallmarking, it is also important to see with whom you are buying. Always shop from BIS certified jeweler. See the BIS certificate number and the registration number of the jeweler at the shop. If they refuse to show, then without asking another question, immediately leave from there.
What mistake should not be made while buying gold jewelery?
Many people have written ’22k’ only and all are well and buy jewelery. This mistake is the most expensive, because 22k can also be engraved on fake gold. The real identity will be from the BIS logo and HUID number only. So look at it correctly and do not buy jewelery without checking.
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