JMCenter
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2012
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- 39
Hello PS Community Members, I've been lurking the forums for the past couple of weeks after finally deciding I'm ready to spend the rest of my life with my significant other. Since making this life altering decision, I've been attempting to educate myself on engagement rings along with looking both high & low and all places in between for the "perfect ring." Today I recently stumbled upon one that caught my eye! It's a traditional three stone engagement ring featuring princess cut diamonds. The thing that most caught my eye was these specifications of the diamond & ring given on the IGI certification. Now of course there seems to be controversy surrounding this particular labs reports since they seem to be a little bit "softer" in terms of grading, which is fine by me.
My question is for you guys is, are variant/replica IGI certificates produced? I ask because the one included with this particular ring looks like one I've yet to come across in my adventure both in the real world & virtual realm. The price is great, so it just leaves me wondering if their could be any foul play involved with this particular piece. I know with IGI you typically are able to go back to their database and pull up the report with the use of the # provided on the certificate but in this instance the # provided is not recognized by the system, I did notice while on their website that the reports pre-June 2004 are not recognized by the system. Obviously the issuance date is valid as it lies within bounds of their systems standard but I was wondering if the 2003 noted near the lower left edge of the may have to deal with it or is that year merely affiliated with the IGI trademark? Unfortunately the ring itself is roughly five hours away so to visually check it out takes a bit of commitment, so I was hoping you all may be able to aide me, the following are the pictures that have been supplied to me by the seller.
**edited by moderator. please upload photos to forum directly**
If you guys have any input on the situation I would greatly appreciate it! Again I'm not here to join in on the debate of who's lab reports are better than who's merely wondering if this particular certficate is indeed authentic? or doctor'd up to look like something produced by the lab.
Thank you very much!
Justin
My question is for you guys is, are variant/replica IGI certificates produced? I ask because the one included with this particular ring looks like one I've yet to come across in my adventure both in the real world & virtual realm. The price is great, so it just leaves me wondering if their could be any foul play involved with this particular piece. I know with IGI you typically are able to go back to their database and pull up the report with the use of the # provided on the certificate but in this instance the # provided is not recognized by the system, I did notice while on their website that the reports pre-June 2004 are not recognized by the system. Obviously the issuance date is valid as it lies within bounds of their systems standard but I was wondering if the 2003 noted near the lower left edge of the may have to deal with it or is that year merely affiliated with the IGI trademark? Unfortunately the ring itself is roughly five hours away so to visually check it out takes a bit of commitment, so I was hoping you all may be able to aide me, the following are the pictures that have been supplied to me by the seller.
**edited by moderator. please upload photos to forum directly**
If you guys have any input on the situation I would greatly appreciate it! Again I'm not here to join in on the debate of who's lab reports are better than who's merely wondering if this particular certficate is indeed authentic? or doctor'd up to look like something produced by the lab.
Thank you very much!
Justin