I would love to hear any information or advice on my dilemma.
We purchased my ring online from a jeweler out of my state. I spoke with the seller several times and felt confident he was honest jeweler. I had a few days grace period to decide if I would keep the ring or return it for a refund. I figured I would have it appraised when I got it to decide if I wanted to keep the ring. We paid $4000 which seemed to be a good deal for what we wanted.
We recieved the ring and it was beautiful--great color, sparkle, size, six-prong setting...
I took it to an appraisal service who appraised it as an H-I color SI 1. The appraisal came back at $8000. At this is point I decided the ring was a what the seller said it was and decided to keep it.
I then wanted to get it sized buy a jeweler who came recomended by a few people. The ring went straight from the apprasier to the jeweler. I got a call the next day that the stone was loose and the prongs needed to be tightened..
I told them to go ahead and fix it. I recv''d the ring back and pleased with the appraisal and the sizing.
A few days later I was looking at my stone and realized I could see some inclusions on the side I hadn''t noticed before. I ran my finger nail across the girdle and felt what I could only describe as a chip or ding in the ring. It is barely visible to the eye but I know it is there and you can see it if you look very very closely.
I called a high end estate jeweler in my area in a panic. They looked at it under a loupe and agreed there was a chip. She said the chip may have been a natural inclusion or possibly the chip was there under a prong the whole time and no one ever caught it and when the prongs were tightened the stone may have shifted to show the inclusion. She said the ring would still be considered an SI 1 or 2. I am sick about the chip and now that I know it is there I can''t even look at my ring without feeling horrible..
I have now had the ring for about 2 weeks so way past the return period.
I guess my questions to you wise folks are what can be done at this point??
Does this inclusion effect the value tremendously? Can it be repaired or recut for a reasonable price. Does this diminish the value. Should I contact the orignal seller or should I talk to the appraiser?
Any ideas would be great-- I have not put my ring on for 2 days because I am so sick over it.
Sorry this is so long but I am really in a panic and any help would be great.
Thanks in advance, J-
We purchased my ring online from a jeweler out of my state. I spoke with the seller several times and felt confident he was honest jeweler. I had a few days grace period to decide if I would keep the ring or return it for a refund. I figured I would have it appraised when I got it to decide if I wanted to keep the ring. We paid $4000 which seemed to be a good deal for what we wanted.
We recieved the ring and it was beautiful--great color, sparkle, size, six-prong setting...
I took it to an appraisal service who appraised it as an H-I color SI 1. The appraisal came back at $8000. At this is point I decided the ring was a what the seller said it was and decided to keep it.
I then wanted to get it sized buy a jeweler who came recomended by a few people. The ring went straight from the apprasier to the jeweler. I got a call the next day that the stone was loose and the prongs needed to be tightened..
I told them to go ahead and fix it. I recv''d the ring back and pleased with the appraisal and the sizing.
A few days later I was looking at my stone and realized I could see some inclusions on the side I hadn''t noticed before. I ran my finger nail across the girdle and felt what I could only describe as a chip or ding in the ring. It is barely visible to the eye but I know it is there and you can see it if you look very very closely.
I called a high end estate jeweler in my area in a panic. They looked at it under a loupe and agreed there was a chip. She said the chip may have been a natural inclusion or possibly the chip was there under a prong the whole time and no one ever caught it and when the prongs were tightened the stone may have shifted to show the inclusion. She said the ring would still be considered an SI 1 or 2. I am sick about the chip and now that I know it is there I can''t even look at my ring without feeling horrible..
I have now had the ring for about 2 weeks so way past the return period.
I guess my questions to you wise folks are what can be done at this point??
Does this inclusion effect the value tremendously? Can it be repaired or recut for a reasonable price. Does this diminish the value. Should I contact the orignal seller or should I talk to the appraiser?
Any ideas would be great-- I have not put my ring on for 2 days because I am so sick over it.
Sorry this is so long but I am really in a panic and any help would be great.
Thanks in advance, J-
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