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THE FAKE CHAIN
A Delray jewelry repair goes wrong when a Bvlgari necklace returns with a longer, cheaper chain, triggering a confrontation and a battle over authenticity and remedies.
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A Bvlgari necklace went in for a 15-minute repair in Delray, Florida, and came back on the wrong chain.
The poster had brought the original necklace to a local jeweler to fix a broken link. It was a simple enough errand: drop it off, wait, pick it up. But when the repair was done and the necklace was handed back, the poster says something was off immediately. "It wasn't my original chain," the poster later said.
The difference was not subtle enough to miss. The returned piece looked similar, but the poster says the chain was longer, cheaper-looking, and not the one that had been purchased from Bvlgari. The confrontation happened right away at the shop. According to the poster, the jeweler did not investigate or offer an explanation. Instead, "they accused me of lying" and refused to discuss it further.
With the jeweler denying anything had happened, the poster took the problem somewhere that could identify the piece. About a week later, they went to an actual Bvlgari store and asked staff to inspect the necklace. The response confirmed the poster's suspicion: the current chain was not original. Bvlgari staff said "it's a lower-quality replacement," and provided written confirmation that the chain was not authentic.
The poster says the paperwork is stacked in their favor. They have the repair receipt, proof of purchase showing the necklace was bought directly from Bvlgari, and the store's written confirmation that the chain is not genuine. In an edit, the poster added that the original pendant was returned on a similar-looking chain that was 10 centimeters longer and of lesser quality than the original.
The reason the poster didn't go to Bvlgari for the repair was practical, not accidental. They said Bvlgari does not offer in-house same-day service, and they needed the necklace fixed quickly so they could wear it immediately. That meant trusting a local jeweler with the piece instead.
Now the question is what comes next. The poster wants the original necklace back or compensation for the loss and is asking, "What can I do next?" They're weighing whether to contact police, file in small claims court, or report the jeweler to a consumer protection agency. For now, the necklace is still missing its original chain, and the jeweler has not backed down.