Cehrabehra
Super_Ideal_Rock
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there are a LOT of issues that come up here regarding these little pebbles that take our hearts and steal our money! I think it''s okay to be irrational and get worked up about it sometimes.... and I think it''s wonderful when we can be supportive of one another through the process. Whatever brings us to joy, right?Date: 12/29/2006 7:09:42 PM
Author: kenny
For all my drama I let the vendor keep his money.
Harriet will get more money back than I.
She''s a lawyer.
She''s smarter.
Honestly.....diamonds shouldn''t be distressing.Date: 12/29/2006 5:41:12 PM
Author: Harriet
Too distressed to look objectively.
Kenny you have something she can never have,,,, that kicken rare asscher... there is a huge difference between that and another round amoung rounds.Date: 12/29/2006 7:09:42 PM
Author: kenny
Drama or no, in the end I let the vendor keep his money.
I think Harriet will be getting a big check in the mail.
She told us right away that she''s a lawyer.
She''s smarter.
oh but I forgot humor - always good to keep humor about us, right?Date: 12/29/2006 7:21:12 PM
Author: kenny
Indeed Cehrabehra.
Date: 12/29/2006 7:23:20 PM
Author: kenny
mrssalvo said:
''. . . you are buying the stone not the paper. . . ''
the PRICE is set by the paper.
The vendor does not look at the stone and say, ''Hmmm $6,457.
She looks at the *paper*, and the stone and says, ''Hmm $6,457.
Date: 12/29/2006 5:53:54 PM
Author: kenny
I didn't use PS to try to get more money back from a vendor.
Date: 12/29/2006 5:53:54 PM
Author: kenny
In fact, I'm keeping my stone without even asking for any price adjustment whatsoever.
At 6:42 she stated that she is no longer distressed!Date: 12/29/2006 8:00:11 PM
Author: kenny
aljedewy wrote:
''Honestly.....diamonds shouldn''t be distressing.''
The more distress she expresses the more ''emotional evidence'' for her case, and the more guilty WF is, so the higher her refund.
Smart lady.
Honestly, you''re WAY off base here.Date: 12/29/2006 6:24:04 PM
Author: kenny
diamondseeker2006 wrote:
''The price difference for Harriet is probably $7000 or more between the I and a J.''
My actual vs. Lab report discrepency was probably only about $1000.
But, the principle is the same.
Vendors base their price on the lab report, not fancy microscope pics, not appraiser opinions and not the ''but do you love the stone?'' approach.
After the sale if the stone doesn''t match report the price should be fixed.
(Plus I think actual color grade can be legally one grade off the lab report - no pro has disputed this yet.)
I blew off $1000.
I''m not sure I''d blow off $7000.
But I wouldn''t turn into a drama queen here to up my refund.
I believe it is in poor taste (or worse).
I would have the class to handle the matter in private if I was going after the bucks.
that''s not really how it works with cushions - since there are no cut parameters but if you go and look up stones you can find a full carat difference between stones with the same price clarity and color. I asked about it once and he said that some suppliers just charge more and he didn''t know why but they of course have to pass that on. Who knows why that is.... but I''ve seen cushions that are comparable on paper with $10k differences in price and no *concrete* reason for it.Date: 12/29/2006 7:23:20 PM
Author: kenny
mrssalvo said:
''. . . you are buying the stone not the paper. . . ''
Why do people keep saying this?
No, of course you are not buying the paper, but the PRICE is set by the paper.
And price is important, even to someone buying a $48,000 diamond.
The vendor does not look at the stone and say, ''Hmmm $6,457.
She looks at the *paper*, and the stone and says, ''Hmm $6,457.
And if she did, THAT''s what your bug-a-boo is, isn''t it Kenny? That if she WERE able to get a reduction, she would then be more successful than you at getting a favorable resolution?Date: 12/29/2006 7:09:42 PM
Author: kenny
Drama or no, in the end I let the vendor keep his money.
I think Harriet will be getting a big check in the mail.
oh GAB - count how many posts she''s spent being dramatic here.... most of her posts here are fact filled and half of them are praising those who are involved in this transaction. I hardly consider a damsel in distress. She''s certainly not whiney by any stretch.Date: 12/29/2006 8:00:11 PM
Author: kenny
aljedewy wrote:
''Honestly.....diamonds shouldn''t be distressing.''
The more distress she expresses the more ''emotional evidence'' for her case, and the more guilty WF is, so the higher her refund.
Smart lady.
HI:Date: 12/29/2006 6:24:04 PM
Author: kenny
........Keep that gorgeous stone and shut up.
Date: 12/29/2006 8:07:23 PM
Author: decodelighted
On the topic of this specific stone ... I just wouldn''t want it anymore. I think all the pros & the vendor & the customer have all been great ... I just wouldn''t want a huge ''J'' that ANYONE can mistake for a ''K''. ESPECIALLY if I *wanted* an ''I'' color. It''s too much color for an e-ring that size. At ANY price. Period. Full stop. ... But that''s just my opinion.![]()
I just calls em as I see em......as you say.Date: 12/29/2006 8:24:31 PM
Author: kenny
Al
I won''t bother correcting you.
I don''t mind people thinking things about me that aren''t true.
Everyone can read and form their own opinions.
Mine, too.Date: 12/29/2006 8:27:00 PM
Author: mrssalvo
Date: 12/29/2006 8:07:23 PM
Author: decodelighted
On the topic of this specific stone ... I just wouldn''t want it anymore. I think all the pros & the vendor & the customer have all been great ... I just wouldn''t want a huge ''J'' that ANYONE can mistake for a ''K''. ESPECIALLY if I *wanted* an ''I'' color. It''s too much color for an e-ring that size. At ANY price. Period. Full stop. ... But that''s just my opinion.![]()
this would be my feeling as well.
Yes, it absolutely is......so let''s make sure we''re accurate.Date: 12/29/2006 6:33:33 PM
Author: kenny
Accuracy is important, isn''t it?