Buying gold on Diwali and Dhanteras is considered auspicious. It is believed that this brings happiness, peace and prosperity to the house. Many people buy silver on this occasion. If you are going to buy gold jewelery on Dhanteras or Diwali, then it is important for you to know some things. It is especially important to check how pure the gold jewelery you are buying is.
The best way to check the purity of gold jewelery is to look at its BIS hallmark. Now every gold jewelery has a small stamp on it, which contains information about how many carats the jewelery is. Apart from this, it also has BIS Logo and a unique HUID number. This HUID number is like the ID card of the jewellery. This can be easily verified on BIS Care App. If you are not satisfied with your inspection then you should not buy gold jewelery from that jeweller.
It is important to keep in mind that not all gold jewelery has the same karat. Jewelery is not made of 24 carat gold. This is the purest form of gold, but it is so soft that it cannot be used to make gold jewellery. 22 carat gold jewelery is available in the market. Its purity is 91.6 percent. If you want to buy gold jewelery at a slightly lower price, then 18 carat gold jewelery will be right for you.
Experts say that while buying gold jewellery, it is better to check its purity yourself rather than trusting the words of jewellers. It takes less than a minute. You can check HUID number from BIS Care App. This will give peace to your mind. Experts say that if you are buying high amount of gold jewelery or buying it from a new jeweller, then it becomes more important to check the purity.
Finally, you must collect the bill for the gold jewelery from the jeweller. Along with the rate of gold, making charge, GST amount and weight of gold jewelery should be mentioned in it. Generally the making charge is between 8-20 percent. If it is more then you can ask the jeweler about it. Generally, gold jewelery with more designs has higher making charges. It would be better to ask the jeweler about the making charges while looking at gold jewellery.