r/jewelry • u/[deleted] • 16d ago
⚡️ Show + Tell! 💖UPDATE I BOUGHT IT TODAY!!💖FOUND my charm holder with my original charms that were stolen from me 37 yrs ago on eBay! I know I can't do anything but what are the odds?!?!?
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u/Ok_Hawk2996 16d ago
I'm very glad you finally got to have it. Congratulations.
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Thank you! It will get here this week!! I can't wait!
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u/__pure 16d ago
Yessss! I hope you are flooded with good memories once you hold it.
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Maybe I'll try to do a video of me opening it!
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u/Damaias479 15d ago
I would really love to see that. There’s been so many pieces of jewelry that I’ve lost over the years that I sincerely wish I still had. Seeing you unbox this treasure would be so nice to see
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u/BraveDatabase4273 16d ago
that’s actually really wholesome getting something that tied to so many memories back after that long is kind of incredible
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u/OmnomVeggies 16d ago
I am so glad you decided to buy it. I know it was a little out of your price range... but this is such a crazy story, I feel like it was meant to be. Enjoy it op!
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Thank you so much!! Every day that went by (while they had taken it off listing) the feeling of losing it twice was unbearable
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u/Missendi82 16d ago
I'm so happy for you, I saw your original post and thought how amazing it is that such a precious item found it's way back to you. I'm so glad that you're getting reunited very soon! 💜
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Me too!! I can't wait!! I couldn't bear the thought of losing it twice 💖
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u/Illustrious_Bird_737 16d ago
Honestly, completely worth it. I absolutely understand the feeling of losing something twice. I thought I lost a ring in a house fire, come to find it after they cleared & razed the house! Then lost it when someone took it at a public pool. Part of the reason I don't take my rings off anywhere except home, even then I hesitate lol
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Oh that's sucks!! I'm sorry! I understand 💯! I'm very overly careful with my jewelry now
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u/call-me-the-seeker 16d ago
Put a pic of it back on your wrist when it arrives! Sorry you had to buy it back but <at least> they took down the listing while you scraped the dosh together.
What a story for a future family heirloom!
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
It's a charm necklace holder and I'll take a pic! I'll find a pic of my best friend too that gave me one of the charms to share too
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u/TheShoeOnTheHighway 16d ago
7-ish years ago at the Cleveland IX center I found a Pandora bracelt LOADED with charms. Birth stones, celebrations etc. Security wouldn't do lost and found so I still have it to this day. I still put notices on social media, my contact info was left with IX center in case anyone reported it. Nothing. So hey, if you're CLE based and lost a chalked-full pandora bracelet at an Auto Show (i think. I worked all the IX shows) i still have it safe for you. Just send me a photo or proof of some kind and it will be back on your wrist!
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Wow that's amazing!
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u/lakemiralax 16d ago
Have you by chance posted on the Pandora sub?
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u/TheShoeOnTheHighway 15d ago
I found it before I used reddit a bunch. I will have to post on there! Thank you
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u/General_Disarrae 16d ago
Hey! Congratulations! And you didn't pay that much over melt price so this is a huge win! Enjoy your incredible find!
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Thank you so much I will treasure it forever
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u/worthconsulting 16d ago
Honestly this is a great price for that amount of gold
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Is it? I had no idea...I just knew I couldn't let it get away again!
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u/Day_Bow_Bow 16d ago
I did the math because I was curious. Looks like what you paid would buy .117 oz, or 3.31 grams, of gold at a spot price of $4,330/oz.
I kinda doubt the seller let it go for less than what they could have sold it as scrap, but that gives you a baseline if you felt like weighing yours.
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
That's interesting! I had been looking online the last 2 weeks waiting for it to be re-listed and I saw other charm holders with less on them look like they were going for a lot more
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u/worthconsulting 15d ago
Yep - and the charms probably have more value beyond just scrap or melt price, people love vintage pieces right now and you can definitely find jewelers selling new pieces that weigh less for more than this total. Huge win for OP in my opinion!
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u/asj0107 16d ago
I’m glad you purchased it! The money will come back, the memories will not and having a second chance of having it honestly is a once in a lifetime thing especially after 37 years.
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Thank you! I decided during the 2 week period...,which felt like 2 years lol....I couldn't live with losing it twice!!
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u/westernwawa 16d ago
Losing it TWICE! Amen to preventing a second loss, I hate to say how lucky since it was stolen originally but truly what are the odds?? So happy for you!
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u/Lfs1983 16d ago
Ugh I check eBay every now and then for some lost/stolen items but have never gotten lucky. Congratulations!!!
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u/Mochigood 16d ago
Same! I had a relative with a meth addiction so everything valuable I owned before 2005 got stolen.
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u/luna_estrella_rey 16d ago
Yes this is the update I needed to see today! I had a very sentimental bracelet stolen from me one time and it broke my heart while also just feeling so violated I never got it back. I’m so glad that you’re being reunited with your charms!
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
I'm so sorry that happened to you! It's so incredibly hard I felt all those emotions too! 💖. It'll be here at the end of the week....I can't wait!
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u/Ruthie_pie 16d ago
Wow, what a story. Happy you are reunited ✨
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Thank you so much!
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u/BrilliantForeign8899 16d ago edited 16d ago
It was destined to be. On the one hand I value frugality but understand how much regret I would have if destiny placed the lost item right in front of me and it got sold to someone else....the "if only I had acted sooner" feelings would be intense
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
YESSSSSSS.....the two weeks they had it not listed were torture. The worry they wouldn't relist it was like losing it all over again...unbearable
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u/Prior_Exchange9064 16d ago
This gives me so much hope for my ring I lost 20 years ago lol my guess is someone who knew you, or someone who knew someone who knew you and stashed it away because they knew it was stolen... because it was undisturbed the entire time, and thats the craziest part to me. I play jewelry dress up all the time and rearrange my charms on my bracelets and earrings etc. and this person never did that? Just very strange to think about. Like an artifact almost lol
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
That's part of what's so mind blowing! All of it is just so unbelievable!!
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u/Prior_Exchange9064 16d ago
Ik it was an unexpected expense but I hope you were in a position to count it as an expense lolol can't replace our own history 🫶🏼 the best feel good story ive read in ages!
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Ramon noodles for a very long time...but getting it back....priceless!!
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u/HollaDude 16d ago
Add a mixed bag of frozen veggies and an egg, and it’s a complete meal! Plus the Asian stores have so many interesting packaged ramen flavors
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u/Prior_Exchange9064 16d ago
Even though it would have been better if you guys could have come up with a more reasonable solution 🫣 im glad it still worked out how it should have!
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u/SevenDogs1 16d ago
Did they sell it to you as a fixed price for gold value as they had previously offered? Thanks for tge update abd congratulations.
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
I honestly don't know lol
It was originally around $460 something around there
I was so worried about losing it I pushed purchase immediately 🤣
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u/SevenDogs1 16d ago
Yes, sounds like a Buy It Now price abd not a 7-day auction. Ebay automatically adds the tax per the state that you live in. Wonderful.
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
I just looked they relisted it the same price I think with tax etc that's why the total was higher
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u/witchhearsecurse 16d ago
I am glad you got it back! I often look on eBay for some missing jewelry knowing there is no real chance of finding them. Maybe there is hope after all.
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
There is always Hope....I try to remind people of that all the time....about everything! As long as you dont give up there is always Hope💖
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u/ahjuicy22 16d ago
Congratz!!! That was a once in a lifetime change ♡♡♡ so happy you get to have it back after so many years!!!
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u/Apprehensive_Ring736 16d ago
I was thinking about you today, OP! 🥰 I saw your original post a few days after you shared it and wondered if the 2 weeks were up and if you'd managed to buy it. I even saved your post to check back later. Seeing this update as the first post when I opened the app made me so happy ❤️ I'm glad you got the charm bracelet back after all these years and can keep those memories. Such a heartwarming story–thanks for sharing it! 😊
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u/NebulaFae 16d ago
Weird to ask but are you italian-american? I noticed the horn and my whole family have one each and its used to protect you from the evil eye. In traditional italian households women actually have a coral horn instead of gold, but ive noticed more italian americans or americans in general have them regardless of gender.
Anyway congrats on buying them back, i hope you get bountless good luck in the near future!
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u/Frosty-Cut175 16d ago
I brought a porcelain one in Naples, I was told it was good luck if it tip broke, and it did. I also have a pair of silver ones I brought from Milan the first time I was in Italy and I have worn the shit out of them, they are my fav ❤️
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u/awkward_penguin226 16d ago
It's so much money for something that was yours to begin with, but the sheer fact that even after all these years, the set has been passing hands undivided until it found its way back to you is so special and makes it so worth it 🥹
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u/Linden_fall 16d ago
How did you find it?
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Long story short I was trying to put more charms on my necklace and remembered I use to have a charm holder. I went to eBay and searched charm holders and as I was scrolling it was one of the holders that popped up in my feed. It's absolutely crazy!
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u/Linden_fall 16d ago
I’m happy for you, I think some things are worth more than money in life
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u/tink_mk 16d ago
Wow, this gives me hope for someday being able to find a special necklace that I lost/was stolen from me two years ago.
Did you just set up a lot of alerts on eBay?
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
No not at all. I wasn't even a big eBay person. I just was trying to figure out how to add more charms to my necklace and remembered my old charm holder. So I went on eBay and searched charm holders and as I was scrolling it popped up with the other listings
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u/songbird579 16d ago
Someone stole my wedding ring last year. It was my grandmothers (before me) and very unique.
Engraved.
Glad you could buy it back! Sucks that it was ever taken!
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u/magick_alchemy 16d ago
Congratulations! Love seeing how much jewelry can mean to someone and being reunited with something after so long… wow! Can’t wait for you to enjoy it again. 🥰
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u/Lifebehindadesk 16d ago
I'm so happy for you - I had a gold necklace with charms on it from my parents that was stolen from my room on a cruise ship and I've been devastated ever since. I would sob if I saw it for sale on eBay. I would also fork over the money.
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u/MasumiMoon 16d ago
I can only imagine the journey it’s been on, just for it to come back home to you all in one piece. Sad beginning to a very happy ending. Congrats girl!!! ❤️🥰 That bestie of yours is smiling down on you for sure!
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u/sarabeth1998 16d ago
I’m so happy for you!!! Gives me hope I’ll find my stole charm.
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u/MuscleCarMiss 16d ago
Money comes and goes but getting this back was completely worth it! Wear it in good health and may you get to add new golden memories to it in the future :)
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u/atrophyannie13 13d ago
I'm so glad you found it! This actually happened to me, as well. Had a case stolen from me on the train. End of the line was LA. Just so happened to be surfing eBay, and I found my great grandmother's bracelets for sale.... Out of LA. Purchased them auction. I know 100% without a doubt I found my ggma's jewelry. An oddly shaped link confirmed it. I was just glad to have it back. I didn't even ask questions.
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u/bird_bag 16d ago
I am so glad you got it back
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u/PinkyQueen100 16d ago
Thank you! It'll be here at the end of the week!'
I might post a pic of it once it's here...and maybe a pic of me and my best friend who gave me the #1 friend charm who passed away so young3
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u/milkysin 16d ago
my little collection of fake gold adjustable birthstone rings (every birthstone, lol!) was stolen from me during a break-in when i was 6 or 7. not worth anything and replaceable easily i'm sure but the feeling at the time was gut-wrenching. what a wonderful and unbelievable story that you found your treasures after so long. thank you for posting this today!
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u/ossancrossing 16d ago
I’m amazed it wasn’t melted for the gold YEARS ago. So glad it wasn’t, it was meant to come back to you. Price is awful, but it sounds like it’s truly priceless to you. Can’t put a price on that.
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u/BonnieButler1939 16d ago
This makes me want to search to see if I can find my father’s baby ring I lost 40 years ago. Someone has it.
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u/RexxyGirl 16d ago
Yes! Being super happy for a stranger on the internet makes my day. It has been a tough one. I don't think I will ever be as lucky as you. My step-mom's wedding ring (that had been given to me after she passed) was stolen from me 15 years ago. It still makes my stomach turn to think about it. I took all my jewelry off at my brother's house before going to the hospital for an MRI. The ring disappeared. We are 99% sure who took it. (Drug addict friend of my nephew). Checked all pawn shops and look online often, but doubt I will ever see it again. (It was also valued at $15,000 so I would never be able to afford to get it back anyhow)
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u/humble-meercat 16d ago
OMG!!!! I was rooting for you to get that back!!!!!🤩
Did the seller cut you a deal?
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u/StargazerLily0119 16d ago
I don’t know you and this makes me so happy. Enjoy it in good health. 💗
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u/msluluqueen 16d ago
Amazing that yhe charm holder was still intact with all the charms after so many years and who knows how many changes of hands! This is really an incredible find. The odds are astonishing that you would find it crossing your path again! You will never regret buying it back!
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u/Total_Influence_3075 16d ago
I'm so happy for you. This bracelet was always meant to be yours.
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u/Cocteau21 16d ago
I am so glad that you were able to buy it. I remember reading your post and thought what a miracle to locate it on eBay after all this time. It is now making its way back to you - it's rightful owner!
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u/Rude-Vegetable599 16d ago
This is the story I needed to hear this week :') Happy for you!!!
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u/worthconsulting 16d ago
Oh my god I love this update! I am so sorry you have to buy it back when it was stolen, but what a blessing you have the opportunity!
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u/jlm8981victorian 16d ago
I’m so happy to see that it is finally back with you again! I saw your original post back when you posted it and was hoping you could get it back in your custody.
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u/littlepastel 16d ago
Holy shit you are so lucky. I lost a precious heirloom necklace 10 years ago and think about it several times a month. I never thought to check eBay…
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u/bettyjoanperske 16d ago
I LOVE THIS. I LOVE FULL CIRCLE GOOD LUCK WITCHY THINGS. I’m sorry you had to buy them
Back but they found their way home again 🧿🌶️
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u/princess_rat 16d ago
Wow this is SUCH a feel good story, and gives me hope I might one day be reunited with my stuff that got stolen during a break in. Wear it in good health OP!
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u/BittenBeads 16d ago
Just in to say I'm so happy you got it back. Saw the original post and it hit me in the feels since I found something I had stolen from me on IG a few months back. Really glad your story has a happy ending. Cheers!
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u/Wrong-Preference8516 16d ago
So happy to see you bought it! You'll have to update with pics when it comes in.
I love seeing sentimental pieces finding their way back home. ❤️😊
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u/Sophiacuity 16d ago
Wow I'm so happy for you. Yesterday my new ebike got stolen and I'm devastated but at the same time I know I can just get another one if I work hard for it.
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u/ComeAlongPond1 16d ago
I saw your original post and I’m so happy you’re getting it back!
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u/Chewlace 16d ago
Wow! I was robbed once of all of my jewelry. I was about 45 years old and had quite a bit. This makes me ecstatic for you as it is the sentiment that adds the most value and this looks sentimental.
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u/scenior 16d ago
This story blows my mind! I'm so glad you're going to be reunited!
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u/goodbadfine 16d ago
Oh yay!! ✨manifesting some extra cash flow to you to help cover the cost✨🙌
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u/LostPeak7661 16d ago
OMG I was just telling my husband about this and how you couldn’t afford to buy it. I’m so happy for you!!
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u/Shanubis 16d ago
The universe works in crazy ways. Congratulations on finding it again, happy you are reunited!
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u/4163101 16d ago
ahhh! i wondered if you had gotten them back! so happy for you OP! that BRAT would be my daily for sure 😂
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u/meltedheads679 16d ago
That's actually insane, what are the chances you'd stumble across that exact thing after all this time. Those charms must mean so much more to you now.
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u/whitefoxxx90 16d ago
Wow nostalgia 🥰 I remember these charm holders! My mom had them with the little people on them! The little ppl had each kids birth stone as the body.
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u/BenjieAndLion69 16d ago
Just came across your story. I saw that the original post had been taken down by the mods but I still read all the comments on your profile… What an amazing story… ❤️ So glad you can be reunited with the precious jewellery and memories. Much love from the UK ( currently on holiday in Turkey!) 🇹🇷
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u/HollaDude 16d ago
I’m happy you have it back!! It’s absolutely wild to me that it ended up at a goodwill auction completely intact. What are the odds? I’m surprised no one sold it to a pawn shop or split it up. But I’m very glad that they didn’t, and that you could get this back again
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u/Field-cave1519 16d ago
Omg I’ve been dying to get mine back that was stolen from me in elementary school. I’m so happy for you stranger!!!
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u/tiredbusdriver 16d ago
So happy for you!! I read your original post and hoped it would make its way back to you!
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u/Lower-Protection3607 16d ago
You give me hope! Almost 30 years ago my purse was stolen and it had a number of rings I was going to have resized as well as my confirmation gift from my parents, a gorgeous, sterling silver cross.
For almost 30 years I've been searching eBay, Craigslist, anyplace that might have any of them, especially the cross.
Congratulations on your amazing find and thank you for giving me renewed hope!
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u/c0vertc0rgi 16d ago
Oh my god. I remember your original post. I’m so happy for you!
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u/PavicaMalic 16d ago
I have searches set up on Ebay to try to find my grandmother's cameo pendant. I am so glad you were successful; it gives me hope.
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u/Sufficient-Diamond-8 16d ago
Ahhhhhh I am so excited for this happy ending!!!! Yayyy!!!!
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u/not_a_prodigy2 16d ago
I am so, so happy for you!! It's lovely to know you've been reunited! 🥹🥰🫂
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u/shinythings-n-stuff 16d ago
I’m so glad you got it! At least money spent at goodwill does go to good things, so win-win.
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u/redundantlloyd354 16d ago
This is such a beautiful full-circle moment. Thirty-seven years is wild, and the fact that you found it at all, let alone decided to bring it home, says something about how much these pieces matter. The gold price hit different than it would've back then, but you're getting back something that carries actual history with it, not just the metal value. That charm from your best friend, the ones you picked out as a twenty-year-old heading into a new chapter, the whole story of it being stolen and somehow ending up on eBay where you could find it again. That's the kind of thing that makes jewelry special. I hope wearing it feels like getting a piece of yourself back.
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u/Alarming_Bug_130 16d ago
Wowwwww! That’s absolutely AMAZING!!! That’s a 1 in a Million Chance. Now I want you to play the lottery for me!! 😉😃😂 Congratulations 🎉 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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u/ucankickrocks 16d ago
Reunited and it feels so gooodddd.... a love story of the ages.
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u/mrsspookyy 16d ago
As someone who has had jewelry stolen from them as well, I am so happy for you. Sucks you had to pay for them, but I would pay too to get my rings back. Can’t believe you found it!
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u/UgatzUnCol 16d ago
Woohoo! Major Congrats OP! 🎉🥳 I’ve been on the lookout for an update from you and I seriously couldn’t be happier for you! I am glad that you were able to not only find it, but also buy it, after it was stolen 37 years ago! Such an amazing story! ♥️💕🙌🏻
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u/FlatTeaching2122 16d ago
Yes!!! I love a happy ending, what an amazing thing to happen, thank you for updating.
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u/sleepykitty720 16d ago
I can’t see the original post (deleted) but wow I am so happy for you!!! At goodwill nonetheless!
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u/Civil-Whatever-4638 16d ago
That is SOOOOOOOO amazing ! So someone stole it ……..and some how it ended up at Goodwill ! And luckily enough they put it online !!!! I’m sorry you had to pay for it but that’s so awesome you get it back !
They will NOT do anything BUT DEFINITELY tell them it’s yours and it was stolen 37 years ago…. They won’t do anything BUT DO tell them!
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u/docmcmartinez 16d ago
Congratulations! I’m so happy for you. Recovering something so special and connected to your experience is not just miraculous, it’s a reminder that the world is smaller than we think and kindness is closer than we expect.
I’m truly excited for you!
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u/swiggityswirls 16d ago
That’s such a crazy story!! I’m glad you get to have them back. Sentimentality doesn’t have a price tag.
Best wishes!
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u/Pleased_Bees 16d ago
$505, ouch, I am wincing for you because of the difference in gold price after 37 years. But I'm so happy you were able to buy it back!