Vendor Question - The Sapphire Merchant, New Zealand, are they legit?

[theonequestion]

They operate http://thesapphiremerchant.co.nz and http://thesapphiremerchant.com

1) Are they legit, anyone bought from them?

2) They offer GFCO GEM LAB certification which is not GIA, are they reputable enough?

Thank you.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Can’t comment on the vendor as I’ve never bought from them.

Regarding the GFCO cert, all my stones with GFCO certs have had results that align with Lotus and GIA once I have the stones retested by those labs. Now that’s a very small sample though. Keep in mind it costs only $10 to get a GFCO but $100-$200+ for Lotus or GIA.

GFCO is a lab in Thailand.