Pay for stone & then appraisal or take dealer to appraisal

[Billy Mays]

What should I do?

In an ideal world the dealer would give me the stone and I would take it to get appraised and then come back to him and pay. Of course that's asking a lot of him.

Here are the facts:
1) He has a 30 day return policy.
2) Since he has to pay his vendor he's not exactly happy about taking cash and then if there are issues and I need a refund having to ask for the cash back.
3) He needs to pay the vendor like yesterday. This means he has to front him if I do not pay today.
4) Appraiser can tell me if the stone is worth less than I paid and I would feel a little uncomfortable with the dealer sitting right there (would he influence the appraisal?).
5) Appraiser can see me tomorrow at 9AM.

Options:
1) Hand over cash for stone today and go to appraiser tomorrow on my own.
2) I take the dealer to the appraiser tomorrow morning and then give him cash.

What should I do?

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Re: Pay for stone & then appraisal or take dealer to apprais

If I recall correctly, it was GIA Excellent, right? You can compare prices right here on PS. Is the inclusion an issue? You said it was eyeclean, right? Do you have doubts that this is the stone on the cert? If you do, then you do need an independent person to verify that for you.

 

[Billy Mays]

Re: Pay for stone & then appraisal or take dealer to apprais

Completely eye clean, G SI 1, triple excellent. I guess the issue for me isn't so much the price - it's the appraiser looking at the stone in person and independently telling me that knot shouldn't keep me up at night or telling me the knot is really bad and not to pay what I am paying.

This would be with David Wolf who is loved on here.