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 I'm not buying it? IS it me or does this smell fishy?

P:  12/10/2004 6:36:01 PM  
Freedom
Freedom

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I'm doing some homework on selling my jewelry and I came across these....

Something is dreadfully wrong with this...

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/for/51823778.html

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/for/51916581.html

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/for/51916069.html

Could they be stolen??


Posted:  12/10/2004 6:36:01 PM

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P: 12/10/2004 6:39:55 PM
mrsfrk
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Those are incredibly cruddy stones. Who knows, maybe the seller bought them in a lot, had them set, and is trying to make a buck.

Posted:  12/10/2004 6:39:55 PM
P: 12/10/2004 6:41:46 PM
belle
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those qualify for the "frozen spit" category...........



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Posted:  12/10/2004 6:41:46 PM
P: 12/10/2004 6:43:06 PM
mrsfrk
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Yup. Frozen monkey spit. Blech.

Posted:  12/10/2004 6:43:06 PM
P: 12/10/2004 7:15:39 PM
Freedom
Freedom

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That's really funny!!  Frozen spit.  They really do look like that.....

What's up with the high appraisals?   I'm familar with GIA and AGSL.  What's EGL?

Posted:  12/10/2004 7:15:39 PM
P: 12/10/2004 11:26:13 PM
Diamonds4Me
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Unfortunately those aren't the only ones out there.  I can't tell you how many I've come across that would have been a 1.50 ct I3x1,000,000 (ok, a little exaggerated) and still priced out as if I were looking at mine!  Wishful thinking on their part.  But something isn't right about it at all.  I found a lot on bid4assets.com. 

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Posted:  12/10/2004 11:26:13 PM
P: 12/10/2004 11:37:55 PM
Diamonds4Me
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ITEM # DRS03800


DIAMONDS
WEIGHT: 1.50CT
SHAPE CUT: ROUND
MEASUREMENTS: N/A
POLISH: VERY GOOD
SYMMETRY: VERY GOOD
CLARITY GRADE: SI2
COLOR GRADE: F - G
DO THE MATH
WHOLESALE RAPAPORT ON THE DIAMONDS IS
$6,400.00 PER CARAT
DIAMONDS WHOLESALE COST IS
$9,600.00
GOLD WHOLESALES FOR
$15.00 PER GRAM
GOLD'S WHOLESALE COST IS
$55.00
WHOLESALE COST OF THIS RING + LABOR IS
**$9,700.00**
THE RETAIL REPLACEMENT VALUE FOR
THIS DIAMOND SOLITAIRE RING IS
**$29,100.00**

A TRUE VALUE 
FREE LACQUERED MAHOGANY WOOD & LEATHER BOX
WITH EVERY PURCHASE ON SELECT ITEMS
RETAIL VALUE FROM
$25.00 - $99.00 SAMPLE RING BOX
 


Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.  If that's a $29,000 diamond then I'm a furry ape.  I must be sporting a freakin' fortune by their standards.  And SI2?  I dunno.  I've seen I1s cleaner than that...

____________________________________________________
"Be more concerned with your character, because your character is what
you really are your reputation is merely what others think you are."


"Life was perfect when the marshmallow was the size of your hand..."

Weinberg's Second Law:
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would have destroyed civilization.

Posted:  12/10/2004 11:37:55 PM
P: 12/11/2004 7:04:29 AM
diamondgeezer
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http://sacramento.craigslist.org/for/51823778.html

it is really sad that some lady is going to be given that ring

and $16,890 for this ring...??? yeah right!!! I am the farthest thing from an expert, but that ring smells like a fishermans armpit


clarity - I2 (slightly included)
if it was slightly included it would be SI. and that pic... there are more spots on that diamond than on your average McDonalds worker's face!  
 

colour - f
can anyone see the colour past the inclusions?

cut - round brilliant
wow! information overload... so I think we can also assume it is a crappy cut too


for $17,000 you could get these from whiteflash in a platinum tiffany setting...

a 1.60, a cut above, hearts and arrows cut, F, SI1, for $14500
a 1.77, ideal cut, F, VS2, for $15,500
a 1.89, very good cut, G, VS2, for $15,500
a 2.01, good cut, F, SI1, for $15,000 

AND have $1500-$2500 for the wedding dress/wedding/honeymoon/home/kids/whatever

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Posted:  12/11/2004 7:04:29 AM

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