I’ve just received the fourth and last parcel from my eBay bidding
nearly a month ago. Every one was a gross misrepresentation of goods.
The last parcel was by far the worst. Three pointers described as VS
were absolute garbage. Half were broken stones, the rest were I1, I2
and poorly cut. I couldn’t bother color grading them. One diamond
from Australia was described as down graded to VS2 because of tiny
chips on the girdle. The diamond was practically unusable. Another
diamond from California came with an EGL certificate. It was a 0.73
ct. round diamond. The color on the certificate was J but the actual
color was well below my lowest grading set color L. I’m fairly
certain the stone was substituted. It’s too much trouble to send the
stuff back and try to get my taxes back (25%) . I’ll simply chalk it
up to experience and never bid on ebay diamonds again. This all was
no surprise to me but I thought it was worth a try to check ebay out.
Obviously, the negative feedback is from jewellers, the positive from
the unknowing public. IT really is true “If it sounds too good to be
true, It probably is.” Wouldn’t it be nice for everybody in Orchid to
send a complaint to eBay. Yah right! eBay knows where its bread is
buttered.
R Hood