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There are women (and men I suppose) who pay 10.000 for a handbag, when a 10 cents plastic-bag would serve the same function. Same with watches, cosmetics, and art, and, and, and everything else. Paying a high price for an expensive brand and treasuring what you buy and thereby valuing yourself (or the lucky recipient) is FUN: it is all in the head, no objective truths there.

For some it is economical: Searching the web for hours/days to find a certain gem 30% cheaper is simply not reasonable, they rather safe the time to earn more money on their job, or have more free time, and simply buy the most expensive quality they can find, quickly. Especially when I don't know much about a product (not the case with you guys and gals) it is often the easiest to buy from an expensive but trusted brand, well knowing that you pay a premium but who cares if you don't want to waste your time on weeks of research?
 
Norman.......there aren't many women paying $10K for a handbag so please calm down. It 's fine if you want to buy gems from Ed, but I'd suggest you not come online to convince others that you are getting great advice and good deals with your discounts when other's have differing experiences.
Years ago, I inquired about a gem and the process started to move forward with conversations, questions and answers. Then it appears he actually looked at the gem we'd been conversing about and I received notice that it was no longer for sale. Left me high and dry.......that was the beginning and end of our relationship. It's one thing to make a mistake, but to not know what you are selling and not honor the customer after numerous conversations about a gem........well, that crossed a 'fair trade' standard of my own...............it's called "trust."
 
Norman.......there aren't many women paying $10K for a handbag so please calm down. It 's fine if you want to buy gems from Ed, but I'd suggest you not come online to convince others that you are getting great advice and good deals with your discounts when other's have differing experiences.
Years ago, I inquired about a gem and the process started to move forward with conversations, questions and answers. Then it appears he actually looked at the gem we'd been conversing about and I received notice that it was no longer for sale. Left me high and dry.......that was the beginning and end of our relationship. It's one thing to make a mistake, but to not know what you are selling and not honor the customer after numerous conversations about a gem........well, that crossed a 'fair trade' standard of my own...............it's called "trust."
 
'Digdeep', and others, I apologize for my many insensitive posts. Re-reading, I sound condescending and 'stupid-rich' in some, sorry for that, really, I know many people out there fight to make ends meet and it is totally inappropriate to disregard that struggle as 'No-Fun' or 'party-pooping'. I was not born wealthy and spent many years/decades fighting to pay my bills, including one bankruptcy, though I didn't think of gems those days, but I now rest on my laurels and enjoy the fruits of hard work and some luck, and at times my expa(e)nsive mood gets the better of me. I'll try and minimize such outbursts but apologize preemptively.
As for your experience with WildFish, wasn't it better to honestly admit a gem was gone, rather than not to, buy a replacement, or come up with some made-up excuse? Ed seemed to have invested some time into your emails, and why would he do that if he had no gem for sale? Perhaps the story is incomplete but I don't understand why you felt 'high-and-dry', if the gem was sold, or went missing while you conferred with him. Unless you put down a deposit, I don't understand. Can you explain, and perhaps the moderators allow Ed to comment for ones? I assume there is another side to the story?
I've not met many people as honest as Ed, rare in the gem trade which, I dare say, is not exactly known for integrity in sales, all here present trade-persons excluded of course, and if you read the hundreds or thousand of glowing feed-backs Ed collected, I don't seemed to be the only one either. Having had my own business, I know how hard it is to walk the line between making a sale and being honest with your customers, and Ed is remarkably well adapted there. The fact that he is openly selling at premiums for such a long time, and mostly to returning customers, seems to confirm that. On top of this he stands up for his liberal believes, even if it costs him dearly, like when he took sides in last year's US elections and lost a good % of customers for his opinion. Not many business people do that, even not those who have little to loose with dead-sure golden parachutes, but I regress...
 
Most of the sellers listed on the gemstone section of this forum are lovely honest vendors, that's why they are listed on here. I would suggest Ed has not been that honest with some of his more airbrushed/create photos of stones in the past having said that I believe these days he does attempt to provide more accurate photos which I concede is not always that easy to do, when we are talking about gemstones. There are a number of people on here that have not always had the best experiences from him. And don't get me started on his pyramid like schemes...... Anyway, I do realise no vendor is 100% perfect all of the time.

So if you want to buy from him, that's your decision but beating the Ed is wonderful and the be all and end all here is not going to gain you that much support especially from members who have been here a while, that's all anyone is pointing out to you.
 
Norman, thank you for your reply..... Unfortunately, my experience with Ed was not that the gem had been sold to someone else. Ed removed the gem from his site after my correspondence as he didn't want to sell it for the price it was listed........there was no other buyer or purchase involved. I'd understand if a mixed up purchase was playing out........but it was not. I wanted to clarify this as it was Ed's behavior in removing the gem for more money.......of course, he asked me to look at buying a different gem on his site after being left high and dry on this one! I walked away (actually I was moving faster than a walk and spitting mad at the time)............I never came back to see IF the gem was relisted. Lesson learned....
 
https://www.wildfishgems.com/inc/pdetaili?pid=20988

https://www.wildfishgems.com/inc/sdetail/untreated_zimbabwe_euclase_0_30/10826/20988

Another euclase...0,30 ct 1500 $ so 5000 $ pct...

By the way - Euclase from Simbabwe is colored by iron - the crystal from this thread and used as a reference in the pics is colored by chrome and from Columbia...but who cares.

And I am soooooo happy that I bought a similar round 0,21 ct EY from Zimbabwe like this stone for only 40 EUR ( 48 Dollar so 228 pct )

Was really FUN...
 
I clicked on one of the links in the above post -- I was surprised to see the photo that Molly Malone posted on page one under the "more images" for euclase that Ed is selling. Molly doesn't post without verifying sources and she did so in this thread........now the pic is part of selling euclase at Wildfish.
 
Yes, it is misleading....
 
I will tell him about the crystal, or he will read here, though he does note he shows an image he got from Pricescope because he fails to get that part of color on his photos. I cannot see much bad intention there.
I'd love to know why/what happened to your stone, Digdeep, since this so does not fit my experience: on my first purchase, his shopping-cart produced an error with my coupon but he insisted on taking only that lower price. You can say that was extra clever marketing, and yes it was, but stringing somebody along just to squeeze more money, that does not sound right to me. There must have been some other reason. May I ask what stone it was? Perhaps I can shed some light on what happened?
 
Norman, I've never dealt with a vendor who pulled a stone because they didn't want to sell it at the price they listed and communicated. I've shared my experience and I'm done commenting as I have no desire to rehash the ashes further........... The End
 
Norman: I have held off of saying something thinking this, and your other efforts to market Ed's stones, would die out naturally. As that is not the case, I'd like to suggest that I know of no other case where a PS member openly discusses getting a substantial discount from the vendor and yet does not see any conflict of interest in coming on here to consistently and solely promote the vendor. I'm a bit surprised that it is allowed. As a result, I would respectfully ask that you stop defending him as he is perfectly capable of defending himself. I would also suggest that you limit your discussion of Ed and his stones to a minimum as imo it reads as shilling when many of us - not just the few who've responded on this thread - take issue with his stones, his photos, his pricing and his gimmicks.

I love seeing your purchases and what you've done with them (for example, your wife's lovely ring) and I personally love your enthusiasm and kind and thoughtful posts, so please don't see this anything against you personally. =)2
 
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