Don’t be fooled just because the x-ray shows the ribs spiraling upwards. You must know how and what to see in an x-ray.
If you are buying a Valampuri insist on an industrial x-ray. Most of the big cities have testing laboratories which have these metal x-ray machines. A real Dakshinavarti looks very clean in an x-ray. The moment you see this kind of patchy x-ray be very careful. Don’t get carried away by the technical explanations they give about “Valampuri has a lot of heavy deposits inside and they have a lot of natural flaws etc.” Just because a website is reputed or because the supplier is highly qualified with a lot of Shankha technology knowledge doesn’t make him a trustworthy person.
In Delhi you can get Shankhas tested from:
Spectro analytical labs, E-41,
Okhla Industrial Area Phase 2,
New Delhi – 110020
Phone: (011) 26817949, 50, 51
Contact Kamal Mehta, GM
There are a few basic buying precautions you can follow – practical-commercial-legal info – as follows:
Lord Buddha gave the following advice:
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
No wonder HE was called The Enlightened One!
If this was the case 2000 years ago, today in the age of web frauds you have to be a lot more careful.
Precaution #1: Tell the supplier you will get it tested by an expert you know and if not found satisfactory he should agree to a return it and money back guarantee.
Precaution # 2: Never get carried away by the looks, presentation and reputation of a shop, website or its seller. One of the real big-name jewelers in Delhi sells the worst quality gold – his 22 ct. gold is invariably 20 or 21 ct.! If possible before buying ask someone who knows to take a look at the product.
Precaution # 3: If possible post a picture of the product in this forum. If anything wrong is spotted, quite a few alarm bells will ring. Thanks to Richardji there are many people in this group who are familiar with these holy objects.
Precaution #4: Ask for a proper bill/Invoice mentioning your name, the product description and his signature.
Precaution # 5: Take a guarantee certificate with an attested photograph of the product. The certificate should mention your name, the product description and the seller’s signature on the affixed/printed photograph. The guarantee certificate should clearly state: The description of the product, buyers name, bill/invoice number & date, amount paid, that the product is genuine & un-tampered and if found to be not as specified – money back guarantee. You can see the certificate I issue with the valuable products I supply from here https://www.astrojyoti.com/productscertificte.htm and demand a similar guarantee certificate.
The above precautions will at least act as a deterrent in most cases and you do stand a fairly good chance of either getting the right product or getting your money back.
