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<tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>534660-00008</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>8/12/2008 12:54:31 PM</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Organization: </b></td><td>Curt Parker Jewelers</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Curt Parker</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>MO</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries</td></tr>

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<hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p>I feel that many (more than 50% of jewelers nation wide) will not properly disclose the other metals and deceive the customer by telling them the jewelry is made of platinum. 


I think the 50% platinum metal should have it's own name such as platalloy, halfplat, supra, </body></html>