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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9824371, member: 79705"]I'm in agreement that the "expert" isn't to be trusted. He could be trying to see if you'd sell it for cheap, or he could be thinking more about BIG collectors (and he'd be right about the damage probably) and not the small collectors (clearly, we're ALL interested!). I'm not really surprised he didn't offer a lot of detail as part of their business is appraisal, so you have to pay-to-play. I don't know how he expected you to follow through with such a lackluster initial review, instead of just telling you their fees though. I'm baffled that he thought the stones weren't worth testing. Really odd.</p><p><br /></p><p>Too bad the jeweler didn't have a better tester. You may have to call around? Sapphire seems odd to me for a large piece like that, and if she doesn't have a better tester, I wonder if they're just testing close to quartz? </p><p><br /></p><p>What I really want to know is what's missing or what they were part of! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 9824371, member: 79705"]I'm in agreement that the "expert" isn't to be trusted. He could be trying to see if you'd sell it for cheap, or he could be thinking more about BIG collectors (and he'd be right about the damage probably) and not the small collectors (clearly, we're ALL interested!). I'm not really surprised he didn't offer a lot of detail as part of their business is appraisal, so you have to pay-to-play. I don't know how he expected you to follow through with such a lackluster initial review, instead of just telling you their fees though. I'm baffled that he thought the stones weren't worth testing. Really odd. Too bad the jeweler didn't have a better tester. You may have to call around? Sapphire seems odd to me for a large piece like that, and if she doesn't have a better tester, I wonder if they're just testing close to quartz? What I really want to know is what's missing or what they were part of! :bookworm::bookworm::bookworm:[/QUOTE]
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