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Rough_Rock
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Gutman,
Sorry for the long post below, but a similar thing happened to me.
I had a similar thing happen to me some years back with a very reputable Boston jeweler. I picked out a mounting for a diamond for one of my grandmothers rings, it was not a real stone, but nobody could believe that it was fake. All my friends and family thought the stone was real and thought that perhaps my grandmother never mentioned to us that it was indeed real. When she passed away I claimed the ring as mine and wanted to reset it so that I could wear it on a daily basis. I brought the stone to the store and picked out a nice heavy cathedral setting with side stones. The jeweler told me that this was an expensive CZ after checking it for what seemed like minutes, and he told me that it had a very beautiful cut. I had been going to this jeweler for years, as had my family. They set the ring for me while I waited. On the way home I dropped by my mothers work and everybody loved the ring. They all could not believe how beautiful it was and said that it had to be real. I remember one of my mothers co-workers telling me that I should go across the street to another jeweler and ask them if it was real. Had I done that, this whole story might have turned out differently. I remember for the next two days constantly washing my hands and cleaning my ring. I could not keep my eyes off my CZ ring - I was 22 at the time and having a 2 carat on my finger that sparkled like this was unheard of.
Well, I was on college break and of course sleeping until late in the morning. My phone rang on the 3rd day of having my ring, half asleep I answered the phone, and when the person on the other line asked if I was the same ******** that goes to ******* Jewelers I said yes. (I think back now and wonder if I would answer the same way today, but I was awoken out of a sound sleep). The owner of the store proceeded to tell me that my ring had the wrong stone in it. I had a real diamond in my setting and my stone (my CZ) was set in someone who purchased this 2 carat, $25,000 stone that was being used as an engagement ring. The owner said that they were sending somebody right over to my house to get my ring and that they would reset my stone in my setting. Apparently, the person who had my stone had already been back to the jewelry store with the ring and my CZ and thus the phone call to me. I gave them directions to my house and they showed up about an hour later. I turned over the ring and did not think twice about it. I could not keep the ring knowing that it did not belong to me. I was told to come to the store later in the day to pick up my ring. When I went back later in the day to pick up my ring, they set out a case of diamond cocktail rings and asked me what I liked. I picked out one thinking that I would get a discount on the ring, but in turn they handed it to me - it was valued at almost 1,000 and I thought that was rather nice of them. They told me that they were very grateful that I returned the stone and that I was under no obligation to do so. I asked them what happened and they showed me my ring and the ring with the 25K stone, and said the diamond setter was doing both rings on his bench and he got confused because the setting were virtually the same.
To this day I go to this jeweler, my engagement ring and wedding bands came from them, and I do get a discount every time I return there. I am well taken care of and all the sales people know me (they are all family), even after all these years.
It is not to say that I don''t think of that ring from time to time, but I know that I did the right thing.
Gutman, I hope they step up to the plate with you in your instance, but I would definately have it appraised before I make any committments to the jeweler and good luck in your decision.
P.S. Nobody believes me when I tell this story as it is so outrageous!
Sorry for the long post below, but a similar thing happened to me.
I had a similar thing happen to me some years back with a very reputable Boston jeweler. I picked out a mounting for a diamond for one of my grandmothers rings, it was not a real stone, but nobody could believe that it was fake. All my friends and family thought the stone was real and thought that perhaps my grandmother never mentioned to us that it was indeed real. When she passed away I claimed the ring as mine and wanted to reset it so that I could wear it on a daily basis. I brought the stone to the store and picked out a nice heavy cathedral setting with side stones. The jeweler told me that this was an expensive CZ after checking it for what seemed like minutes, and he told me that it had a very beautiful cut. I had been going to this jeweler for years, as had my family. They set the ring for me while I waited. On the way home I dropped by my mothers work and everybody loved the ring. They all could not believe how beautiful it was and said that it had to be real. I remember one of my mothers co-workers telling me that I should go across the street to another jeweler and ask them if it was real. Had I done that, this whole story might have turned out differently. I remember for the next two days constantly washing my hands and cleaning my ring. I could not keep my eyes off my CZ ring - I was 22 at the time and having a 2 carat on my finger that sparkled like this was unheard of.
Well, I was on college break and of course sleeping until late in the morning. My phone rang on the 3rd day of having my ring, half asleep I answered the phone, and when the person on the other line asked if I was the same ******** that goes to ******* Jewelers I said yes. (I think back now and wonder if I would answer the same way today, but I was awoken out of a sound sleep). The owner of the store proceeded to tell me that my ring had the wrong stone in it. I had a real diamond in my setting and my stone (my CZ) was set in someone who purchased this 2 carat, $25,000 stone that was being used as an engagement ring. The owner said that they were sending somebody right over to my house to get my ring and that they would reset my stone in my setting. Apparently, the person who had my stone had already been back to the jewelry store with the ring and my CZ and thus the phone call to me. I gave them directions to my house and they showed up about an hour later. I turned over the ring and did not think twice about it. I could not keep the ring knowing that it did not belong to me. I was told to come to the store later in the day to pick up my ring. When I went back later in the day to pick up my ring, they set out a case of diamond cocktail rings and asked me what I liked. I picked out one thinking that I would get a discount on the ring, but in turn they handed it to me - it was valued at almost 1,000 and I thought that was rather nice of them. They told me that they were very grateful that I returned the stone and that I was under no obligation to do so. I asked them what happened and they showed me my ring and the ring with the 25K stone, and said the diamond setter was doing both rings on his bench and he got confused because the setting were virtually the same.
To this day I go to this jeweler, my engagement ring and wedding bands came from them, and I do get a discount every time I return there. I am well taken care of and all the sales people know me (they are all family), even after all these years.
It is not to say that I don''t think of that ring from time to time, but I know that I did the right thing.
Gutman, I hope they step up to the plate with you in your instance, but I would definately have it appraised before I make any committments to the jeweler and good luck in your decision.
P.S. Nobody believes me when I tell this story as it is so outrageous!
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