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Shiny_Rock
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- Feb 8, 2013
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I just went around the mulberry bush with an appraiser who first asked me how much I paid for my AVR. She then told me I paid top retail for it and insinuated that I paid more than she felt it was worth. I let the comment go. ie: I was a good girl and decided not to back talk!
Fast forward a few days and I called and asked her if it would be proper for her to email me a copy of the appraisal before she sent it in the mail so that I could review it. This conversation led again to her feeling that I paid too much for the stone. She also mentioned that my diamond was not anything special, she had plenty in her store like it,and that it was not symmetrical. I told her that it received an ideal rating from AGS for symmetry and polish. She said she could look right at the table with her loupe and see that the table was off. She then explained to me that AGS was no where near as accurate as GIA and an "ideal" AGS rating would only receive a "good"rating from GIA. I asked her if she had reviewed the ASET that I sent her and she told me that it didn't mean anything that it "was only a drawing."
I tried to explain to her that my diamond was a branded cut AVR (that I paid a premium for) just like someone would pay a premium for a H&As brand. She said that my stone was NOT lijke a H&As which was the most perfectly cut diamond in the world and that the brand AVR was a marketing tool and meant nothing. She said that my diamond diameter was off by 0.05 mm and that H&As were only off by .02 and therefore my stone was not symmetrical. She said she had 14 years experience.
She said that these people who sell these diamonds just recut old diamonds and there is nothing special about it. She mentioned that my diamond was an old OEC that had been recut to be a little nicer. She did say that my diamond was beautiful and insinuated that I shouldn't be insulted at all by what she had just said to me.
I ended the conversation by saying, please just send me the appraisal, which she did and fortunately it was more than I paid so for insurance purposes it will be perfect. I did have to ask her to add the branded name August Vintage Round which she willing did.
Thanks for reading my vent because I was soooo peeved. I feel a bit better now ... maybe.
Fast forward a few days and I called and asked her if it would be proper for her to email me a copy of the appraisal before she sent it in the mail so that I could review it. This conversation led again to her feeling that I paid too much for the stone. She also mentioned that my diamond was not anything special, she had plenty in her store like it,and that it was not symmetrical. I told her that it received an ideal rating from AGS for symmetry and polish. She said she could look right at the table with her loupe and see that the table was off. She then explained to me that AGS was no where near as accurate as GIA and an "ideal" AGS rating would only receive a "good"rating from GIA. I asked her if she had reviewed the ASET that I sent her and she told me that it didn't mean anything that it "was only a drawing."
I tried to explain to her that my diamond was a branded cut AVR (that I paid a premium for) just like someone would pay a premium for a H&As brand. She said that my stone was NOT lijke a H&As which was the most perfectly cut diamond in the world and that the brand AVR was a marketing tool and meant nothing. She said that my diamond diameter was off by 0.05 mm and that H&As were only off by .02 and therefore my stone was not symmetrical. She said she had 14 years experience.
She said that these people who sell these diamonds just recut old diamonds and there is nothing special about it. She mentioned that my diamond was an old OEC that had been recut to be a little nicer. She did say that my diamond was beautiful and insinuated that I shouldn't be insulted at all by what she had just said to me.
I ended the conversation by saying, please just send me the appraisal, which she did and fortunately it was more than I paid so for insurance purposes it will be perfect. I did have to ask her to add the branded name August Vintage Round which she willing did.
Thanks for reading my vent because I was soooo peeved. I feel a bit better now ... maybe.