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<tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>534660-00039</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>8/14/2008 2:08:19 PM</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Organization: </b></td><td>J. Thomas Jewelers</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Thomas Costigan</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>MI</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>Our comments refer to Jewelry Guides, Matter No. G711001.  As a custom jeweler and retailer of fine jewelry, we do not want the guidelines changed as to other metals being in Platinum.  We do not want to have to  tell our guests there are other base metals in a metal as precious as Platinum.</body></html>