YourNewFriend
Rough_Rock
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Hi All
I am new member here and as you can see from my name, I am also your new friend.
I am searching for offical certificates for all/any diamond available. Does something like this exsist? I don't know anything about diamonds and honestly I heard yesterday for GIA laboratory (database?) for the first time ever. I bookmarked the following link:
www2.gia.edu/reportcheck/index.cfm
But to get the data, the size requires along carats number (easy to get it - available on every single diamond description) also Report Number. Where do I get this? What Im asking about are offical certificates such as:
http://www.jamesallen.com/certs/2126604044CER.jpg
But is there available any database with really huge amounts of those certificates? So I look at it for just about any kind of diamond with any specifications.
Second question which I have is if is available any Analytics software for diamonds? I don't know diamonds well and sellers could ''trick'' me with prices very easily. But Im very aware of marketings tricks saying such as ''Regular Price'' and ''Price If You Buy Today''. Obviously first one is supposted to be higher than second one but I don't trust this. With such tricks sellers just want to do business as soon as possible. What I would like to do with Analytics software (or similar source) is to enter specifications + price and then I would get some feedback (perhaps based on varying of prices for the same diamond from the past) if this price is really as cheap as possible or as accurate as possible. Im not going to hide that Im interested mostly about lowest possible prices. Who isn't
. For example what Im asking about I will show random example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Carat-Fancy-Blue-Brilliant-Round-Cut-Diamond-Loose-Gem-Stone-SI1-/330554138272?pt=Loose_Diamonds&hash=item4cf68fdea0
Here you can see the price $2995 and very few (definitely not all needed) specifications. Through which steps do I have to go to get an answer if is/was (''was'' is important too - price from the past would tell me a lot too) possible to get exactly the same diamond cheaper - anytime and anywhere? I don't think such software exsist but would you suggest any tutorial to find cheapest possible price for already known specifications? So in this particular example I would like to know if I could buy 1 carat blue loose diamond for lower price than $2995? Actually I would like to learn the process of investigating the lowest possible price online so just answering directly with potential lower price wouldn't help. Yes, research on google would be an option but only if I had time to check thousands of websites and using specifications in searchterm
.
And third question that I have is if anyone already had experience with paying for purchased online diamond via ups/dhl/fedex? Is this suggestable? Direct bank transfer can be better solution but in our country are financial rules very strict. If sending larger amount of cash to the foreign country, you get police on your door right next day asking you what it was all about. I heard for many situations like that.
I am new member here and as you can see from my name, I am also your new friend.

I am searching for offical certificates for all/any diamond available. Does something like this exsist? I don't know anything about diamonds and honestly I heard yesterday for GIA laboratory (database?) for the first time ever. I bookmarked the following link:
www2.gia.edu/reportcheck/index.cfm
But to get the data, the size requires along carats number (easy to get it - available on every single diamond description) also Report Number. Where do I get this? What Im asking about are offical certificates such as:
http://www.jamesallen.com/certs/2126604044CER.jpg
But is there available any database with really huge amounts of those certificates? So I look at it for just about any kind of diamond with any specifications.
Second question which I have is if is available any Analytics software for diamonds? I don't know diamonds well and sellers could ''trick'' me with prices very easily. But Im very aware of marketings tricks saying such as ''Regular Price'' and ''Price If You Buy Today''. Obviously first one is supposted to be higher than second one but I don't trust this. With such tricks sellers just want to do business as soon as possible. What I would like to do with Analytics software (or similar source) is to enter specifications + price and then I would get some feedback (perhaps based on varying of prices for the same diamond from the past) if this price is really as cheap as possible or as accurate as possible. Im not going to hide that Im interested mostly about lowest possible prices. Who isn't
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Carat-Fancy-Blue-Brilliant-Round-Cut-Diamond-Loose-Gem-Stone-SI1-/330554138272?pt=Loose_Diamonds&hash=item4cf68fdea0
Here you can see the price $2995 and very few (definitely not all needed) specifications. Through which steps do I have to go to get an answer if is/was (''was'' is important too - price from the past would tell me a lot too) possible to get exactly the same diamond cheaper - anytime and anywhere? I don't think such software exsist but would you suggest any tutorial to find cheapest possible price for already known specifications? So in this particular example I would like to know if I could buy 1 carat blue loose diamond for lower price than $2995? Actually I would like to learn the process of investigating the lowest possible price online so just answering directly with potential lower price wouldn't help. Yes, research on google would be an option but only if I had time to check thousands of websites and using specifications in searchterm
And third question that I have is if anyone already had experience with paying for purchased online diamond via ups/dhl/fedex? Is this suggestable? Direct bank transfer can be better solution but in our country are financial rules very strict. If sending larger amount of cash to the foreign country, you get police on your door right next day asking you what it was all about. I heard for many situations like that.