This is my first pricescope post, so just wanted to say thanks to everybody who contributes. It has certainly helped my search.
So today I just got a diamond from a vendor I found out about through this website. It is an EGL diamond, so I was expecting to drop the color and clarity at least 1 grade if not more. I took it to an appraiser for him to look at and a couple things sent up some red flags.
The first one is that he looked up the diamond on both EGL-USA and EGL International''s websites for an online verification and neither had the cert online. We actually didnt expect it to show up on EGL-USA''s site because the cert doesnt say EGL-USA, it just says EGL. I spoke w/ the vendor and he was surprised and thought maybe it wasn''t up yet because it was certified recently - July 19th, 2009. But he claims he has a hard copy of the cert and that they got it direct from EGL. I know there is an EGL-Israel, which has the worst reputation, so could this diamond be from EGL-Israel? How can I tell by looking at the cert? Even if it is EGL-Israel, if I am happy w/ what the appraiser told me and think I got a fair deal on the diamond should I really be concerned about not being able to verify the diamond online? The appraiser did tell me he felt as though the diamond on the cert was the same diamond I brought to him. The vendor also has a full value trade up policy.
The second problem, which isnt nearly as big a deal i suppose, has to do w/ an inscription. The comments section of the cert says the diamond is an excellent cut hearts & arrows. The appraiser said usually when it says this in the comments section they inscribe the diamond w/ the cert # unless the buyer asks them not to. I talked to the vendor and he said the inscriptions used to be popular, but aren''t really done so much any more so it wasnt odd that my diamond did not have any inscription on it.
I am trying to make a quick decision on whether this is the diamond for me. I appreciate any feedback. Let me know if I need to explain anything more clearly, or you need some other info.
Thanks.
So today I just got a diamond from a vendor I found out about through this website. It is an EGL diamond, so I was expecting to drop the color and clarity at least 1 grade if not more. I took it to an appraiser for him to look at and a couple things sent up some red flags.
The first one is that he looked up the diamond on both EGL-USA and EGL International''s websites for an online verification and neither had the cert online. We actually didnt expect it to show up on EGL-USA''s site because the cert doesnt say EGL-USA, it just says EGL. I spoke w/ the vendor and he was surprised and thought maybe it wasn''t up yet because it was certified recently - July 19th, 2009. But he claims he has a hard copy of the cert and that they got it direct from EGL. I know there is an EGL-Israel, which has the worst reputation, so could this diamond be from EGL-Israel? How can I tell by looking at the cert? Even if it is EGL-Israel, if I am happy w/ what the appraiser told me and think I got a fair deal on the diamond should I really be concerned about not being able to verify the diamond online? The appraiser did tell me he felt as though the diamond on the cert was the same diamond I brought to him. The vendor also has a full value trade up policy.
The second problem, which isnt nearly as big a deal i suppose, has to do w/ an inscription. The comments section of the cert says the diamond is an excellent cut hearts & arrows. The appraiser said usually when it says this in the comments section they inscribe the diamond w/ the cert # unless the buyer asks them not to. I talked to the vendor and he said the inscriptions used to be popular, but aren''t really done so much any more so it wasnt odd that my diamond did not have any inscription on it.
I am trying to make a quick decision on whether this is the diamond for me. I appreciate any feedback. Let me know if I need to explain anything more clearly, or you need some other info.
Thanks.
) that if the first two numbers are from the year then it is EGL Israel. i.e. - 2009 would be 2xx9 or 29 as the first two digits of the cert #. But I looked up a cert # for a different diamond that followed that same theory and that one showed up on EGL International. So maybe you can clarify more for me. Thanks a lot!
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