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Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2003
- Messages
- 2
HERE GOES!
1.IS THERE A HIGH AND LOW RAPAPORT LIST? I HAVE A COPY OF ONE AND IT SAYS "JANUARY 31ST, 2003 VOLUME 26 NO 5 APPROXIMATE HIGH CASH ASKING PRICE INDICATIONS................"
2.IS THERE ALSO A MORE RECENT RAPAPORT SHEET OUT?
3.MINE ALSO SAYS PEAR ON IT; ARE THESE PRICES THE SAME FOR ONE THAT HAS PRINCESS?
4.I BOUGHT A PRINCESS CUT, 1.21 CARAT, I COLOR, VS2 CLARITY, AND PAYED $4100 FOR IT. DID I GET RIPPED????CAUSE THE JEWLER I BOUGHT THIS ROCK FROM FAXED ME OVER THE RAPAPORT SHEET WHICH I AM REFRANCING ABOVE, AND BASED OFF THIS SHEET AND WHAT HE TOLD ME WHEN I CALLED HIM TO SEE ABOUT UPGRADING IT HE CHARGED ME $500 MORE THE THE RAPAPORT HAD IT FOR. I KNOW THE RAPAPORT IS JUST A TOOL THEY USE TO FIGURE OUT A ROUND ABOUT PRICE BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALMOST ALWAYS GET THEM LOWER THEN THE RAPAPORT PRICE! NOW I KNOW I MADE A FEW BIG MISTAKES BEFORE I BOUGHT THIS ROCK. I.E. I DIDNT GO AROUND TO THE OTHER JEWLERS ASKING THEM HOW MUCH A ROCK WITH THESE SPECS WOULD RUN, I DIDN''T BOTHER TO ASK HIM TO SHOW ME THE RAPAPORT BEFORE I BOUGHT IT SO I COULD SEE THE PRICE AND HOW HE WAS FIGURING IT, I LET MY EMOTION AND EXCITMENT GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT I WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR, AND I BOUGHT THIS DIAMOND WHEN I REALLY WENT THERE LOOKING FOR A BETTER GRADE AND COLOR!
5. I HAVE TALKED TO THE JEWLER AND EXPLAIND THAT I NOW WANT A BETTER GRADE COLOR AND A BETTER CLARITY, AND HE IS LOOKING FOR ONE BUT HOW DO I NOW NIGOTIATE WITH HIM SO THAT I DONT GET RIPPED AGAIN SINCE THERE ARE NO REFUNDS ONLY IN STORE CREDIT!
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!
1.IS THERE A HIGH AND LOW RAPAPORT LIST? I HAVE A COPY OF ONE AND IT SAYS "JANUARY 31ST, 2003 VOLUME 26 NO 5 APPROXIMATE HIGH CASH ASKING PRICE INDICATIONS................"
2.IS THERE ALSO A MORE RECENT RAPAPORT SHEET OUT?
3.MINE ALSO SAYS PEAR ON IT; ARE THESE PRICES THE SAME FOR ONE THAT HAS PRINCESS?
4.I BOUGHT A PRINCESS CUT, 1.21 CARAT, I COLOR, VS2 CLARITY, AND PAYED $4100 FOR IT. DID I GET RIPPED????CAUSE THE JEWLER I BOUGHT THIS ROCK FROM FAXED ME OVER THE RAPAPORT SHEET WHICH I AM REFRANCING ABOVE, AND BASED OFF THIS SHEET AND WHAT HE TOLD ME WHEN I CALLED HIM TO SEE ABOUT UPGRADING IT HE CHARGED ME $500 MORE THE THE RAPAPORT HAD IT FOR. I KNOW THE RAPAPORT IS JUST A TOOL THEY USE TO FIGURE OUT A ROUND ABOUT PRICE BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALMOST ALWAYS GET THEM LOWER THEN THE RAPAPORT PRICE! NOW I KNOW I MADE A FEW BIG MISTAKES BEFORE I BOUGHT THIS ROCK. I.E. I DIDNT GO AROUND TO THE OTHER JEWLERS ASKING THEM HOW MUCH A ROCK WITH THESE SPECS WOULD RUN, I DIDN''T BOTHER TO ASK HIM TO SHOW ME THE RAPAPORT BEFORE I BOUGHT IT SO I COULD SEE THE PRICE AND HOW HE WAS FIGURING IT, I LET MY EMOTION AND EXCITMENT GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT I WAS REALLY LOOKING FOR, AND I BOUGHT THIS DIAMOND WHEN I REALLY WENT THERE LOOKING FOR A BETTER GRADE AND COLOR!
5. I HAVE TALKED TO THE JEWLER AND EXPLAIND THAT I NOW WANT A BETTER GRADE COLOR AND A BETTER CLARITY, AND HE IS LOOKING FOR ONE BUT HOW DO I NOW NIGOTIATE WITH HIM SO THAT I DONT GET RIPPED AGAIN SINCE THERE ARE NO REFUNDS ONLY IN STORE CREDIT!
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!