Consumers Gem lab

[ed.touche]

I am just about to purchase a diamond from www.superbcert.com. While they give report and photos of the diamond is it worth getting these checked out by Consumers Gem lab? It will cost me $125 to do such, however, is it worth this for a peice of mind of should I just take there word for it?




Thanks.


Ed.

 

[newenglandgemlab]

Hi Ed,

If you feel comfortable with the purchase and they give you adequate paperwork for appraisal purposes without an inflated value then you will be fine. If it is a loose stone you will eventually need to have an appraisal done as a finished piece. Most internet consumers like the piece of mind of having another verification, not from the seller. Cindy

 

[ed.touche]

Thanks for the reply Cindy.




I am a complete idiot when it comes to Diamonds. Literally I know Zero (maybe a bit less!). Like every other specialist field - it literally is a minefield for those of us who only buy one diamond in a lifetime.




We are - to some extent - blinded by science. Brilliant scope and I2see reports. Hearts & Arrows and ImageScope photos, etc. I am looking at buying a diamond from Superbcert but am worried about such things as cut dimensions. Somewhere I read that while a stone can be within the parameters of AGS spec 0, the table could be at one end of the spectrum while the depth at the other end effectively making a badly proportioned AGS 0 diamond. Also, someone commented on the diamond I was purchasing; saying the H&A photo looking like folded Paper Aeroplanes. They exhibited a line down the middle of the hearts.




Would you mind taking a look please? Many thanks....


H&A photo: http://www.superbcert.com/images/products/Product_Instance_1_1_Attribute_20/776.jpg


Megascope report: http://www.superbcert.com/images/products/Product_Instance_1_1_Attribute_18/776.gif

 

[newenglandgemlab]

Hi,

Can you give me some more info on the stone? And price? This all comes into play....Cindy

 

[ed.touche]

Cindy -




Follow this link for more info you will notice at the bottom of the page is a Reports and Photos link with GIA reports and Megascope report, etc:


http://www.superbcert.com/Shop_By_Product/Diamond_Details.cfm/P/506/N/1;1




Thank you very much for looking. I REALLY appreciate it.




Ed.

 

[Patty]

Ed., I just bought a diamond from Superbcert and we did have it checked out by an independent appraiser before we bought it. I don't think that you need to worry about it matching the paperwork, but only you know if you will have peace of mind without another opinion before buying. I would buy from Barry again without an independent appraisal ahead of time because I trust him.

I'm also curious about the hearts on the SC diamonds looking like they've been "folded." I don't have my hearts and arrows picture yet from Barry but I did make a (poor quality) copy off the website before I bought it. Mine hearts do also have the "folded" look about them. The diamond is gorgeous though.

 

[Superidealist]

In a sense, you are already paying for the assurance of getting a superior diamond when you decide to buy a brand. If you trust the brand, why throw money away on an appraisal? If you don't trust the brand, why not save the premium and buy unbranded?

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On 1/12/2004 5:23:21 AM ed.touche wrote:


I am just about to purchase a diamond from www.superbcert.com. While they give report and photos of the diamond is it worth getting these checked out by Consumers Gem lab? It will cost me $125 to do such, however, is it worth this for a peice of mind of should I just take there word for it?


Thanks.

Ed.

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[pqcollectibles]

Cindy, New England Gem Lab, already gave one reason.

Check out this thread for several other reasons.