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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8460723 ... -tape.html

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Hundreds of years of consumer protection would be wiped out if the hallmarking of precious metals is scrapped under a Government drive to cut the burden of red tape on business, ministers have been told.

Hardly red tape. It has been used for 700 years and would have never lasted as long if it were simply red tape. I sometimes wonder how much wanton damage this coalition will do the country. :roll:
Author:  ProfessorF [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
Haven't they considered the damage this will do to the 2151 series of Antiques Roadshow?
Author:  belchingmatt [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
Amnesia10 wrote:
I sometimes wonder how much wanton damage this coalition will do the country. :roll:


At the moment it is a listening exercise.

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..but the Government stressed it merely wanted views on those which should be retained or scrapped
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
belchingmatt wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
I sometimes wonder how much wanton damage this coalition will do the country. :roll:


At the moment it is a listening exercise.

Quote:
..but the Government stressed it merely wanted views on those which should be retained or scrapped

Yes but when has this gopvernment actually listened? They might delay and carry on regardless.
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
Amnesia10 wrote:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8460723/Hallmarks-could-be-scapped-to-cut-red-tape.html

Quote:
Hundreds of years of consumer protection would be wiped out if the hallmarking of precious metals is scrapped under a Government drive to cut the burden of red tape on business, ministers have been told.

Hardly red tape. It has been used for 700 years and would have never lasted as long if it were simply red tape. I sometimes wonder how much wanton damage this coalition will do the country. :roll:


So if its been used for a long time then it must be good and must be preserved. It must not be discussed and any change must be a bad thing. :roll:
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:00 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
Do you honestly think that the complete deregulation of the quality of precious metal markets will be a good thing? There will be countless claims against jewelers for misrepresentation of the gold that they sell. Trading standards will be inundated with complaints over people getting 9 carat gold when they think that they have paid for 24 carat gold. Then what they have bought will have to be assessed every single time. So please tell me how the world will be better without hallmarks?
Author:  belchingmatt [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
Amnesia10 wrote:
So please tell me how the world will be better without hallmarks?


All that money saved on greeting cards. :P
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
belchingmatt wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
So please tell me how the world will be better without hallmarks?


All that money saved on greeting cards. :P

Now that I can agree with. :lol:
Author:  JJW009 [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
belchingmatt wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
So please tell me how the world will be better without hallmarks?


All that money saved on greeting cards. :P

That was my first thought when I saw the title :lol:
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:33 am ]
Post subject:  Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
Surely those in the precious metal / jewellery industry will want some kind of quality mark to ensure that the metal they are selling is the grade that they say it is.
Author:  mikepgood [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
Ratners would have had a field day!
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
paulzolo wrote:
Surely those in the precious metal / jewellery industry will want some kind of quality mark to ensure that the metal they are selling is the grade that they say it is.

Yes they seem to be against the idea. It would open the market to con men without such a system.
Author:  Linux_User [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Hallmarks could be scapped to cut red tape
TBH I can see it going the same way as a lot of other regulatory functions - a self-funded system, with other firms able to compete to hallmark items.

A good example is the markings on glasses (Half Pint/Pint etc), there are a lot of qualified bodies from all across the EU that can "stamp" them as suitable for use in the UK.
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