# The Liquidation Channel's Tanzanite Smackdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411 "2012-06-17T08:10:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/63 "2014-12-13T00:47:19Z")
I don’t know about anyone else, but I love this chat room!!! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/64 "2014-12-13T01:11:00Z")
Am I the only one who can almost hear Holiday music playing in the background while reading one of Shannon Becton’s posts? If its just me, may I humbly submit [Music to Read Shannon Becton By](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2u0BvyDxdM)… 😃 Shannon, while you’re here, would you mind if we asked you some questions? 1. None of your sales staff are actresses? None of them ever read for the part of “Sarah Newlin” on True Blood? (I do find that hard to believe) 2. Tanzanite seems to be a fascinating topic. Do you ever discuss it or its rich history over the dinner table at home or while out at restaurants with friends? 3. Whats was your opinion/reaction to the Tanzanian governments legislation banning the export of unprocessed tanzanite to India in 2003? Were you in favor? If you were opposed, did you take part in any protests? 4. Some quick internet research shows that Tanzanite is often heat treated to bring out the color of the stones. [Cite:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzanite#Heat_treatment) “When heat treated in a furnace, the temperature is usually between 370-390 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.” How much heat is applied to the Tanzanite stones normally sold via The Liquidation Channel? Would you say that it is more or less than the heat applied to an intern who accidently makes your coffee with sugar instead of Splenda? Also, is the flash-point of a regular intern the same as a cheap intern? _Please Discuss & feel free to include examples_ 5. The jewelry that your sales staff wears on air. Is it true that it is locked on and will explode if they step more than 5 feet off of the TV podium? 6. The “aggressive acquisition channels” that you use to acquire stock: Is it fair to say that there is less blood on a Conflict Diamond than one of those million dollar pieces? Also, does The Liquidation Channel offer blood and DNA cleaners with the larger pieces so they don’t light up like Bob Crane’s Tire Iron under black light at a trendy club…? 7. A prior poster from 2012 indicated that some of your pearls looked dirty and of low quality, but we do realize that this is a stock liquidation and that you have no control over individual pieces. That said, if I was buying an SUV, the seller might be obligated to tell me if it had been driven “off road”. What assurances does The Liquidation channel offer that none of its strings of pearls have ever been… how do I say this gently? …“Off-neck”? 8. As the Holidays approach, I DO understand that “Being rude and making fun of people while they are doing their job is no way to go about things.” Still, in keeping with the occasion… why are you here??? 9. I realize that you do tout tanzanite as a solid investment, especially in these uncertain economic times, a diverse portfolio of precious metals, gemstones, stocks and bonds is the key to economic freedom and success." In a world that may fall to shotguns & canned goods, how many cans of SPAM do you expect the average 1 carat Tanzanite stone to trade for? How many shotgun shells… and are those 20 or 12 gauge? Also, is Glen Beck a client…? 10. The statement “With what’s been going on in Africa these days, you never know what can happen…” might seem a tad insensitive to some of our posters. I’m sure that you meant well, but a statement of assurance by a prominent African-American would go a long way towards reassuring us. Perhaps Charlize Theron is available…? Besides, don’t you think that Tanzanite could truly bring out the fire in her eyes…? I’d like to leave you now with the deepest and warmest Holiday Wishes, which hopefully will leave you smiling more than Tanzanite > [@Balance](#): > > smuggled out in somebody’s ass . Merry Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/65 "2014-12-13T01:37:24Z")
> [@SBectonLC](#): > > We aren’t out to rip anyone off… Well, except for that time you broke into that guy’s office and [stole all the deals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-QbiPTZKzQ). ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/66 "2014-12-13T01:52:19Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I don’t know about anyone else, but I love this chat room!!! BRB ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/67 "2014-12-13T01:53:58Z")
> [@SBectonLC](#): > > It appears that this chat was started some time ago, and the Liquidation Channel would like to reach out to Drew and all the others with our deepest sympathy that we did not address your concerns earlier. Because of our limited budget and time constraints, we aren’t able to address every chat out there, but we are working on it! We hope you’ll bear with us and take our promise that going forward, we will do our best to reach out to each and every chatroom that we can that has questions for the Liquidation Channel! Now there’s a good New Year’s resolution for you; reply to ‘chats’ within, say 2 years. > [@SBectonLC](#): > > We can’t offer free shipping, even on the pricier objects, because of our shipping contracts with our vendors. We could, as other shopping networks do, simply include the price of shipping in with the price of the product, but we believe in honesty and full disclosure with our customers. When other companies offer “free shipping” they are not ever providing that shipping for free. The costs are there, I assure you. But couldn’t you absorb the costs, like other companies do? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/68 "2014-12-13T02:18:40Z")
Excuse me, SBectonLC, for my ignorance, but could you clairfy one point? > [@SBectonLC](#): > > Firstly, we do tout tanzanite as a solid investment, especially in these uncertain economic times, a diverse portfolio of precious metals, gemstones, stocks and bonds is the key to economic freedom and success. We here at the Liquidation Channel work very hard to get you the highest quality tanzanite at the lowest prices. That being said, like every investment, you would not want to put all of your money into a single type. So we do encourage you to buy as much tanzanite as you can afford, but we cannot confirm guaranteed growth of your investment. With tanzanite being 4,000 times rarer than diamond, however, the intrinsic rarity and value will always be there. **We are not legally authorized to offer investment advice** so please take that into consideration when making your precious gemstone purchases. With what’s been going on in Africa these days, you never know what can happen… If you aren’t “legally authorized to offer investment advice,” then why the hell are you even talking about tanzanite as a “solid investment?” Are you worried that there is no jewelry market for the tanzanite you sell, even though it’s “the highest quality tanzanite at the lowest prices”? And do you tell your viewers that you aren’t legally authorized to offer investment advice? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/69 "2014-12-13T02:22:36Z")
Do you send anything to the families of dead miners? Like maybe a ham or something? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/70 "2014-12-13T02:22:52Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I thought that was a hilarious parody post. If it wasn’t, I’ll eat my hat. OK, I’m not wearing a hat, but still I’m thinking parody. If it wasn’t, that guy needs help. Signing off from the chatroom. Do [what the colonel did](http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100321.txt). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/71 "2014-12-13T04:38:51Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I will lower the price so much that the anal tanzanite rape will no longer be impossible! That’s not funny, dude, I knew a guy who died after he was anally tanzanite raped. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/72 "2014-12-13T04:52:37Z")
Good parody posts. That’s all I can say in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/73 "2014-12-13T06:08:13Z")
It’s real. > **[Shop LC | Online Shopping Channel: Jewelry, Gemstone, Fashion, Beauty](https://www.shoplc.com/)** > > Through the delivery of high quality, affordable products, made possible by our low-cost direct sourcing, we change the world and touch people's lives one piece at a time! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/74 "2014-12-13T06:18:40Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > It’s real. > > [http://www.liquidationchannel.com/](http://www.liquidationchannel.com/) Let’s see, what can I say that won’t get me a note or a warning? I don’t mean I think the Liquidation Channel is a fake. I believe SBectonLC isn’t really Shannon Becton, but someone who is having us on. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/75 "2014-12-13T06:39:45Z")
> [@SBectonLC](#): > > With what’s been going on in Africa these days, you never know what can happen… \*Me Tanzanite. You Jonesing. \* ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/76 "2014-12-13T16:45:28Z")
> [@SBectonLC](#): > > … all major social chatrooms like Facebook and Twitters…! OMG. The Twitters is a chatroom now. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/77 "2014-12-13T18:04:05Z")
[QUOTE=SBectonLC] In regards to the sexual comments, during this time of holiday cheer and merriment, we ask here at the Liquidation Channel that you refrain from comparing our products to lewd and criminal sexual acts. [/QUOTE] Nonsense - there’s nothing that says “holiday cheer and merriment” like lewd and criminal sexual acts. Trust me, I know. Regards, Shodan Who Is Trying to Figure Which Tanzanite Gemstone Will Fit His Anus Most Festively ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/78 "2014-12-13T18:57:01Z")
The pointiest. S. Drager ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/79 "2014-12-13T20:15:04Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > OMG. The Twitters is a chatroom now. This chatroom is a-twitters now… 😃 > [@Shodan](#): > > Nonsense - there’s nothing that says “holiday cheer and merriment” like lewd and criminal sexual acts. Trust me, I know. > > Regards, > Shodan Who Is Trying to Figure Which Tanzanite Gemstone Will Fit His Anus Most Festively Note to Self: Never ask Shodan how he gets the ornamental star to the top of his tree… ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/80 "2014-12-13T21:41:34Z")
> [@SBectonLC](#): > > I thought I would check back in on the chat and see if there were any further questions or concerns that you all had about the Liquidation Channel. I would love to address each and every one of your questions and be able to serve you all well. What sort of liquid do you use? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411/81 "2014-12-13T22:17:53Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Note to Self: Never ask Shodan how he gets the ornamental star to the top of his tree… Paper towel tube, and a lot of egg nog. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-liquidation-channels-tanzanite-smackdown/625411.md?page=3)