Houston City council passes ordinance to fingerprint, photograph precious metal sell

An update: from Joseph Kahn..."and the by-law only applies to jewellery, not bullion and coins, so no Social Security Number has to be provided when you're selling that. The law was passed to satisfy the city."

That buys me a little time, pardon the pun.
 
Like scrap dealers getting ID for sctappers , this will help weed out the home robbers and others looking to get rid of stolen goods.
 
deafbirk said:
Like scrap dealers getting ID for sctappers , this will help weed out the home robbers and others looking to get rid of stolen goods.
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Which is an indication that crime is on the rise here in Houston, or that it has shifted away from typical theft goods to jewelry. I wonder if a lot of the jewelry stolen belongs to Indians and Asians. These thieves may have caught onto the historic attachment of gold to these people and would know EXACTLY where to go to find them after tailing them. I wouldn't be surprised if thieves are waiting outside gold souks as shoppers waiting for someone in the ethnic areas of Houston like Hillcroft/Richmond down to Hwy 59 and so on, and then follow them home for further work. You have to remember that Indians traditionally buy 22-carat gold jewelry because that is what they buy back home, instead of the 10-14-carat stuff Americans and other Anglos buy (because people here treat jewelry as adornment and not as money or a store of value like Indians do). There, the thieves make a killing per pound of the stuff.

A yet another reason why I want to leave Houston for quieter, less-busy places to live.
 
deafdrummer said:
Which is an indication that crime is on the rise here in Houston, or that it has shifted away from typical theft goods to jewelry. I wonder if a lot of the jewelry stolen belongs to Indians and Asians. These thieves may have caught onto the historic attachment of gold to these people and would know EXACTLY where to go to find them after tailing them. I wouldn't be surprised if thieves are waiting outside gold souks as shoppers waiting for someone in the ethnic areas of Houston like Hillcroft/Richmond down to Hwy 59 and so on, and then follow them home for further work. You have to remember that Indians traditionally buy 22-carat gold jewelry because that is what they buy back home, instead of the 10-14-carat stuff Americans and other Anglos buy (because people here treat jewelry as adornment and not as money or a store of value like Indians do). There, the thieves make a killing per pound of the stuff.

A yet another reason why I want to leave Houston for quieter, less-busy places to live.
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Houston has one of the highest (if not the highest) home burglaries in the nation.
 
I sold off my old wedding ring last year. (From the ex!) I brought the original receipt with me in the hopes of getting a better price on the gold (I'm still not sure I got the best price, but I was so happy to part with the ring I almost didn't care! :lol: ) But they didn't even care about the receipt. They were already ready to accept the ring anyway. So I could've sold a stolen ring for all they knew.
 
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