Suspicious Ebay Seller and UGL connection?

[brt_mbl]

So I know buying diamonds on ebay is risky business. I made that mistake once before discovering pricescope, but fortunately got all my money back! I recently discovered some suspicious things about a certain seller:

1) His feedback is 100% even though he clearly has 2 unretracted negatives. He has an awful lot of mutually withdrawn feedback that seem like they should not have been, as if he has an inside with someone.
2) His adress is VERY close to the UGL adress listed by the BBB:

UGL Inc
73 West 47th Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10036

AJD
15 West 47th Street
New York, NY 10036

Maybe I am paranoid, but could he be reponsible for fixing his own cert''s to sell diamonds? Just a thought...
And a warning, anyone out there still thinking about buying from a "reputable" ebay seller... he''s not one, unless you want what he claims is a VS2 but really is an I3.

Thanx from the newbie!

 

[kristy_lyn]

A friend of mine bought a diamond there, and of course it didn''t appraise to what it was listed at.

I don''t think he left any negative comments, though.

 

[denverappraiser]

I certainly won’t speak on behalf of UGL documents but, as a non-New Yorker, I do understand the address problem. It’s a different planet on that side of the Hudson river. Different buildings on 47th street might as well be in different states. Heck, different floors of the same building is a huge deal. This is not something to hold against them. There’s more people in the 10036 zip code than in the entire state of Wyoming.

Neil Beaty
GG(GIA) ICGA(AGS) NAJA
Professional Appraisals in Denver

 

[decodelighted]

Date: 8/21/2006 6:58:36 PM
Author: denverappraiser
Different buildings on 47th street might as well be in different states. Heck, different floors of the same building is a huge deal

Not to mention the fact that a good % of the gem trade of the entire USA crosses 47th street at some point .. it''s the very heart of NYC''s famed Diamond District.

 

[brt_mbl]

I suspected it might be the diamond district... now I know... thanks. I''m on the left coast, so it''s a whole different world out here!