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Ever had a diamond swapped

tccox
during a trip to a jeweler? Several years ato 20/20 or one of the investigative shows sent after jewelers who took rings in for cleaning resizing or whatever, and then switcing to lesser quality stones.
Happened to couzin of mine. She took ring in for cleaning and when it came back, just did not look right. Luckily, she had the xray or whatever of her original and the jeweler decided he may have put the wrong stone back in her ring.
20/20 took diamonds in that has been lazer etched to jewelers who advertized they did their own work but when confronted with evidence that stones had been switched, decided that outside sources must have switched them.
It never fails to amaze me what lengths some people will go to gyp you out of property. These jewelers are no better than the thief who breaks into your house. Tom
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  • fishkiller41
    Did someone steal a diamond from you?

    Jeff
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  • spasmcreek
    YES...low life scumbags...bought a 1/4k beautiful hi quality diamond in engagement ring....wife left it a same place couple of years later to be cleaned.....i noticed about a year later that the stone was junk ... around the girdle the bottom facet edges were fuzzy...heard other stories about this dealer over the years & finally figured out why he was wealthy...also there is NO NO NO reason to remove a stone for cleaning..you can clean jewelry just as well as them by using a $20 sonic cleaner or soft toothbrush with non abrasive paste...the (outside source comment means turning it around & blaming customer..ba$$turds
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  • kimi
    Never leave a good, high quality diamond with a jeweler unless you have had it professionally appraised. And, if you do, tell the jeweler that you have the appraisal paperwork on it. Also, take it back to the same appraiser to ensure you get "your" stone back and not a lesser quality one.
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  • tccox
    Fishkiller, Jeff, do you need someone to read this for you?? Tom
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  • v35
    Swapping stones has been going on forever according to an engineer friend whose family owned a stall in the NY Diamond exchange.
    Never have the ring out of sight while cleaning and don't leave it with a jeweler.
    Unknown to me, my wife broke a prong off her engagement ring and left
    it with a trusted jeweler to be repaired. I'm sure the stone was swapped because of a subsequent evaluation.
    What's important is that she thinks it's the original.
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  • dolfan
    Diamonds and watch movements from expensive watches, like Rolex, can be swapped. You really got to know and trust the jeweler.
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  • Captplaid
    Have diamond rings cleaned at the dental office. No swap is going to take place there.

    My wife used to be a dental assistant. They cleaned rings all the time.
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  • tccox
    Captplaid, intresting!! How do they clean them? Ultrasound or what?? Tom
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  • David Nunn
    Heard tell of a mechanic shop one time where they would take your premium tires off and replace them with cheapies.
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  • chuck
    Their is no reason to leave a ring or what ever at a jeweler over night, stay with you stones and watch, it does not take long to re size or clean a ring or what ever.
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  • Zebra
    Originally posted by chuck
    Their is no reason to leave a ring or what ever at a jeweler over night, stay with you stones and watch, it does not take long to re size or clean a ring or what ever.
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    Chuck is right! A good jeweler can resize a ring in less then 20 minutes while you watch. And "most" jewelers are not gemologists.
    Always take your jewelry to large established business with GIA credentials.
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  • GuvamintCheese
    They replaced my car with an exact replica, at a car wash. [:D]
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  • reloader44mag
    quote:Originally posted by Zebra
    Originally posted by chuck
    Their is no reason to leave a ring or what ever at a jeweler over night, stay with you stones and watch, it does not take long to re size or clean a ring or what ever.
    [/quote

    Chuck is right! A good jeweler can resize a ring in less then 20 minutes while you watch. And "most" jewelers are not gemologists.
    Always take your jewelry to large established business with GIA credentials.

    Yeah that way they will know if its worth swapping your diamond out or not
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