I''m in a sort of tough situation. In short, I''m wondering if there is a governing body where some type of report can be filed against a possible biased or sort of dishonest jeweler. Or is it better to just walk away in case it was a simple case of a different opinion, and stop doing business with them?
Story:
I''ve been emerald shopping for a few months. A local jeweler showed me a number of emeralds, but all were, I felt overpriced. Every one has moderately included and a few had sever color zoning (in one, half the crown was transparent, no green at all!).
I later found a stone elsewhere, and as much goodwill for their help as anything, had the local jeweler do a written appraisal in case I decided to buy this stone. I had previously brought it to Tom Tashy in Chicago and got a verbal appraisal and inspection.
The local guy rated the emerald significantly lower quality and almost one half the retail value that Tom rated it. He also priced it significantly under the lower quality stones he was selling.
Add to this the fact that he said all his emeralds were completely untreated (no oils, opticon, etc), makes me very suspicious since it is extremely rare to find an untreated emerald. Every other dealer I spoke to tells me that they assume everything is treated, because you really can''t tell. Add to that a major different in appraisal value between him and an unbiased third party, it makes me wonder if he weren''t "punishing me" for buying one of his stones.
He has many certifications, ISA, ans used the USPAP process for grading.
So what should I do? Do gemologists ever have "opo quizzes" or is there a regulatory body that reports can be filed against to investigate? Or is this just a case of two different opinions on one emerald, and he really believed his were more valuable bcause they were intreated?
Story:
I''ve been emerald shopping for a few months. A local jeweler showed me a number of emeralds, but all were, I felt overpriced. Every one has moderately included and a few had sever color zoning (in one, half the crown was transparent, no green at all!).
I later found a stone elsewhere, and as much goodwill for their help as anything, had the local jeweler do a written appraisal in case I decided to buy this stone. I had previously brought it to Tom Tashy in Chicago and got a verbal appraisal and inspection.
The local guy rated the emerald significantly lower quality and almost one half the retail value that Tom rated it. He also priced it significantly under the lower quality stones he was selling.
Add to this the fact that he said all his emeralds were completely untreated (no oils, opticon, etc), makes me very suspicious since it is extremely rare to find an untreated emerald. Every other dealer I spoke to tells me that they assume everything is treated, because you really can''t tell. Add to that a major different in appraisal value between him and an unbiased third party, it makes me wonder if he weren''t "punishing me" for buying one of his stones.
He has many certifications, ISA, ans used the USPAP process for grading.
So what should I do? Do gemologists ever have "opo quizzes" or is there a regulatory body that reports can be filed against to investigate? Or is this just a case of two different opinions on one emerald, and he really believed his were more valuable bcause they were intreated?
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