For example, what does it mean here above where it says: 'They said they cannot get the idealscope image for this one.' Not sure how the ship is being run, and by whom specifically for JA. Time will tell if there is room for a third legitimate opinion. It is very difficult for relatively new or small player to break into the big leagues, especially in this slow economic period. They may have missed their opportunity when Collector''s Universe pulled back, but the current owner is a super gemologist and does a superior job. I think one day we may see the US lab named GCAL located in NYC also come onto the main stage for accuracy and consistent grading. You just can''t paint with a broad brush with such global firms or brand names. IGI trains many young gemologists in India and throughout the rest of the world and does an excellent job. It is owned and operated separately from the US facility, I believe although I am sketchy about the details.

IGI-India is hgihly regarded in their domestic diamond market. I can buy, sell and appraise diamonds with no reports all day long, but consumers feel they are most comfortable with documents and I agree that a report can bring a comfort factor to a transaction. Reports do vary from lab to lab although we have much faith in AGSL and GIA reports. Let the price of a diamond be a good reference to the quality, regardless of the color and clarity grade a report may state. You won''t find many IGI diamonds on Pricescope in the USA because the client demographic is a different one and their documents just won''t suit most on-line shoppers when it comes to better cut diamonds. These firms tend to sell diamonds which are distant from ideally cut and have customers who assume one lab is the same as any other lab. IGI-USA is best suited for the mass market chains in the USA. ItвЂ™s not the lab that makes it beautiful. Each stone and each deal should be evaluated on itвЂ™s own merits. They have several different labs and some are well regarded in their markets. If itвЂ™s priced well below similarly graded stones from other labs and from the same dealers, you can bet that the dealer or their supplier has decided the best way to maximize the price is to leave it alone and sell it at a вЂdiscountвЂ™ from the grade provided rather than get a more respected brand of paper and sell for a premium. It was then repeated by every pair of hands itвЂ™s been through since who have the potential to increase their own margin by changing the pedigree.

Too many mistakes and someone is going to get fired. Mistakes happen and a stone will slip through that should have gone to a different lab but, as you are noticing, the difference can be quite a bit of money and this decision (which lab to use for that particular stone) was made by an expert who had the stone in hand at the time. They chose the lab they chose because they thought it would bring the best price at the end of the chain, meaning you. ItвЂ™s safe to guess that the people upstream from you, meaning the cutter, importer and your retailer, are all fairly well educated in terms of grading and that they are interested in maximizing the prices. The rest has to do with the differences in the grading. IGI service is anywhere from $25-$50 less expensive than GIA service. JOIN OUR FORUMДisparate pricing is a pretty good clue of a problem on the specific stones youвЂ™re considering. Ask our PriceScope members and industry experts for a second opinion or get lost in the thousands of user-shared diamond and jewelry images for inspiration.

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