Joe Mirsky

Behavior

desperate people selling old gold

I am a jeweler and I buy old gold from people. Last year it was mostly people selling gold for extra money. This year, it's for desperation money.

One woman needed $200 for medicine. She would have gotten it but at the last minute she pulled back her engagement ring and got $140.

A man sold his gold chains I had sold him years before for $600 that he needed for a car. A month later his son came in wanting to buy them back. He had suddenly died from stress. Of course, they were long gone.

200 Wanaque Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ