Help! I think we purchased a fraudulent diamond!!!

[nicdru]

My fiance purchased a round diamond 2.04c from brilliance.com. Accompanying it was the EGL certificate. However, I just happened to stumble across the SAME diamond with the EXACT EGL report on abazias.com. How is this even possible? AAAAH, I''m so worried!!! I emailed brilliance.com but won''t hear back from them until tomorrow, if even that. Anyone have any similar experience? thanks..

 

[whatmeworry]

Relax. It''s probably a diamond listed by multiple vendors. Once you bought it, it hasn''t been removed from the virtual database and so it''s still being listed as available. If you tried to buy it from Abazias, they will probably tell you that it is no longer available.

 

[stone-cold11]

ditto.

 

[Kaleigh]

The same stone can be listed by many vendors, it happens all the time. Nothing to worry about, your stone isn''t fraudualent in the slightest. Deep breaths all is fine.

 

[lily000]

I''m by no means an expert, and hopefully someone who is will answer you soon, but I do know that some websites list diamonds that they do not actually have in hand. They list all the possible diamonds they are able to source from an outside distributor. So, it is possible that the two websites are the listing the exact same diamond...and now that you bought it, it will be removed from any other sites.

I really hope everything works okay! Try not to worry too much until you hear back from the site.

 

[lily000]

wow...I type too slow. looks like you''ve already received this answer multiple times, sorry.

Good luck!

 

[denverappraiser]

Here's an article in the journal on that topic.


Neil Beaty
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Professional Appraisals in Denver