What are making charges and wastage charges on wedding jewellery?
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Making charges pay for production work; a wastage charge is a separately quoted allowance whose basis the buyer should ask the jeweller to explain.
Request each amount in writing and clarify whether it is fixed, weight-based or a percentage, and whether it changes on exchange or cancellation. Compare the full payable price, not only the advertised gold rate. These charges are commercial terms, not evidence of purity or guaranteed resale value. Do not assume every seller uses the same definition or percentage.
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Jewelry Guides
US Federal Trade Commission
Material and value disclosure principles; US regulatory provisions are not Pakistani sales law.Source checked:
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