Ruby not what I was told...HELP!

[iLander]

Thanks everyone for your input. I know this is our fault for not being better consumers, but I'm disappointed none the less. Financially I was relying on selling it and had someone who wanted to buy it but wanted an AGL cert, which is why I had it done 5 years later. I was going to have it sent to GIA when we bought it, but we had waited so long for the stone and she offered to send it to a different lab in town. It was certified, we purchased it. the end. Little did i even know that they spelled the region the stone was supposedly from wrong, which is why the guy i was selling it to didnt trust the cert.

so when I sent it to AGL I was convinced it was what i thought it was. well, it isnt. Its a crap stone and there really isnt anything I can do about it. I'm not going to push her to buy the stone back, its been so long. I am still sending her the info, because part of me really thinks we got duped. And everytime we talk to her it is a different story. I loved it and enjoyed it for years and if I get through my current financial struggles maybe I will be glad I didnt sell it. But today, I just wish I would have known more.

I'm lost; why is it a crap stone? Is it full of beryllium? Glass?

Does anybody know what she means?

If I had a ruby that big, I would hike it over to Sotheby's and have them give me an auction estimate. They can even give you an estimate by mail with a photo and a copy of the cert. There could be an opportunity for a PROFIT here.

If it's not a crap stone (whatever that means).

 

[Amys Bling]

packrat- no offense taken- I don't live there! I was curious which way to take the joke

 

[packrat]

Whew, ok!