Diamond appraisal in NYC

[snofy]

I copied the post below from a 2003 thread. Does Macy''s still offer appraisal service? I was quoted $125 by justappraisers.com and I''m hoping Macy''s could be cheaper. Anyone has experience from Macy''s? My ring only cost 2-3k and I just don''t feel like spending so much on appraisal. Just want to make sure I was given the ring that I bought.

snofy


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Butterfly17

Yes,
I have to agree with DBL, I have had two rings appraised at Macy''s on 34TH street and I was really impressed with them.

In fact, I was thinking of bringing my stone in to have it checked out once it''s set.
Of course, I would prefer to have it seen by the original appraisers, but I am not going to send my ring back to AGA in Philadelphia.
I thought the appraiser there was extremely thorough, he showed me exactly what he was doing, showed me all the inclusions, showed me how he determined the color, etc.
I don''t think you need an appointment, I never made one.
The only thing bad I have to say is that because it''s a retail store, he will give you a retail appraisal price and for me, it was way off what I actually paid.
I think I paid half of the appraisal price he gave.
One thing that I thought was nice, was that he let me decide if I wanted to actually get a written appraisal and pay the fee, or if I just wanted him to check the stone and make sure I got what I was paying for.
I think the second time I went there, I actually just asked him to verify the stone, and I was never charged.
I am hoping when I take my ring to him again, he can just verify that it''s my diamond and check for damage, and not charge me!!!!

 

[oldminer]

"The only thing bad I have to say is that because it''s a retail store, he will give you a retail appraisal price and for me, it was way off what I actually paid."


AGA is NOT a retailk store. Maybe you were referring to Macy''s, but the words you typed make it rather unclear and we work hard to differentiate ourselves from being a retailer AND an independent appraiser...... We do very thorough work and sometimes will do a freebee for a continuing customer who only wants us to verify it is a diamond we saw previously.

Just wanted to make sure there is no confusion created. We love the way we feel when we help an individual to make a good purchase.

 

[snofy]

Hi David,

Thanks for your response and my apology if I''ve included something offensive here. Just to make things clear, I didn''t write the parapgraph. Everything below QUOTE was copied from a previous thread regarding appraisal in 2003. I could not seem to reply to that thread, probably because it''s too old.

snofy