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RECEIVED Sun., Sept. 7, 2014
Dear Editor,
The article “Heirloom Wisdom,” by Chase Hoffberger [News, Aug. 29] appears to paint Charles Hart Bengyak as being sort of a shady character. To the best of my knowledge, Bengyak did not merely skip town. Months, if not almost a year, before Heirloom Jewelry closed, I had been told by one of his employees that he was planning on moving to Reno, Nevada. His business also did not shut down in the middle of the night; there were signs posted that he was closing the business and the final days of the going out of business sale seemed to extend for more than a month beyond the time it was expected to close. Many people I am acquainted with did not like Bengyak for one reason or another. To his credit, he always made it clear that he usually was only interested in buying gold and silver as a metal and not jewelry (unless the item had papers to go with it), and to the best of my knowledge, he did have the highest buying prices in town. I am not trying to defend Bengyak, and I have witnessed a thing or two addressed in a review on another website, but I do not think he is as bad as the article tends to make out. If the ruby and diamond ring had been mine, I would have been filing a police report as soon as I had reason to be suspicious. I don't think I would have waited a year or more to make any inquiries. I think there is more to this story than I am reading.
The article “Heirloom Wisdom,” by Chase Hoffberger [News, Aug. 29] appears to paint Charles Hart Bengyak as being sort of a shady character. To the best of my knowledge, Bengyak did not merely skip town. Months, if not almost a year, before Heirloom Jewelry closed, I had been told by one of his employees that he was planning on moving to Reno, Nevada. His business also did not shut down in the middle of the night; there were signs posted that he was closing the business and the final days of the going out of business sale seemed to extend for more than a month beyond the time it was expected to close. Many people I am acquainted with did not like Bengyak for one reason or another. To his credit, he always made it clear that he usually was only interested in buying gold and silver as a metal and not jewelry (unless the item had papers to go with it), and to the best of my knowledge, he did have the highest buying prices in town. I am not trying to defend Bengyak, and I have witnessed a thing or two addressed in a review on another website, but I do not think he is as bad as the article tends to make out. If the ruby and diamond ring had been mine, I would have been filing a police report as soon as I had reason to be suspicious. I don't think I would have waited a year or more to make any inquiries. I think there is more to this story than I am reading.
Jeff Day