Find the Right Diamond Appraiser
So I assume that you have got diamonds, all sorted out and sparkling. Now you are looking for the right diamond guy to make you the diamond appraisal. What you need is an honest, independent diamond appraiser (for reasons that will be obvious to you in a while), and mark my words, these are just as hard to find as the diamonds themselves. But I can give you a few markers on which type to avoid.
First and foremost, there are the ones who have no certification from the Gemological Institute of America (some of you might be hearing this name for the first time). There are courses in diamonds, diamond grading and colored stones, and people become gemologists only after passing these (there are levels even in these studies). So, needless to say, you need to get the papers out before you talk business.
Next come the types who are interested in your diamonds and jewelry more than they should be. These are the people who would mostly try to buy the diamonds. So, obviously, they will lowball the diamond price and diamond quality to make more money for themselves. If not this, then they might even express their disinterest in buying your diamonds, and then suggest a potential diamond buyer. Again, you know what he is doing - fixing a backdoor diamond deal with the diamond buyer to have a share of the margin (which happen to be enormous in diamond business). Whatever might be the case, these people are unethical and have hidden motives. So the moment a diamond appraiser says anything even remotely related to buying your diamonds, put your diamonds in your pocket and run. The right person knows what to say and what not to say.
Lastly, we come to the diamond guy who charges his fees as a percentage of the true value of the diamond. Alright, so he might not want to buy the diamonds himself, but we are not so dumb as not to notice that he will mess up the diamond prices to make more money and we will never know the true value of our diamonds.
That’s all there is to it; I hope I have saved you from a few ditches. Here’s a list of diamond appraisers, and search for a diamond appraiser here.
