The Board of Selectmen handed down a 7-day suspension to Gold Buyers at the Mall following a public hearing on Tuesday.
When Bob Knapp logged on to Danvers Patch last month, he was surprised what he saw. Knapp, director of loss prevention for Gold Buyers at the Mall, read a story about the company’s location at Liberty Tree Mall and saw that the location was facing accusations that it accepted an improper type of ID from a seller. Last Tuesday night, after an extensive discussion, the Board of Selectmen decided to impose a seven day suspension that is being served this week in connection to that violation. The suspension, the board said, was actually a prior suspension that been held over the head of the business for a year following a prior infraction. The business had to avoid trouble for a year to avoid the penalty. Members of the Board of Selectmen were…
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A cash for gold business at the mall is accused of not accepting the correct ID from a customer after facing similar accusations in October.
Already on thin ice, Gold Buyers at the Mall is now facing new accusations that it failed to accept the correct identification from a customer. On Thursday, Police Chief Neil Ouellette told the Board of Selectmen that the second-hand gold and jewelry business at Liberty Tree Mall allegeldy accepted a Brazil passport as ID from a customer selling them an item. That violates the town's bylaws, which allow only four forms of ID - a state-issued driver's license, Massachusetts state ID, military ID or a U.S. passport. "She believed the passport was OK," Oullette said about the store manager. While it's one violation from November, what complicates the situation for the business was a seven day suspension that board handed out to the business …
