Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Play Safe with Certified Diamonds

Diamonds have always been such huge an investment, that today every prospective buyer is and should be aware of all the pros and cons while making this investment. They may be a horde of diamonds or a single stone; one should never fail to check their authenticity and the trustworthiness of the dealer.

Usually a diamond purchaser is ignorant of most of the facts about diamonds and that adds to the dealer’s scope of deceit. Here are a few simple and easy ways you can avoid diamond frauds:-

  • Learn carefully about the 4 C’s and other prerequisites of diamond evaluation and go shopping like a smart and confident buyer.
  • A jewelry dealer may also supply you an improper diamond mounted on a jewelry piece, so that the flaws get hidden. Certified diamonds thus become a great advantage in this case where you know how exactly your diamond is.
  • Always insist on knowing the exact individual weights of your diamonds, as the seller might even fool you there by confusing you.
  • Have a close look at the diamonds in natural day light as well as dark light and do not trust on how they seem under flash or in-store lighting.
  • Always examine the legitimate credentials of the dealer before you make a haphazard purchase of diamonds offered at discounted prices by the dealer.
  • A better and easy way out of this whole confusion is to buy certified diamonds by any reputed gemological laboratory like GIA or AGS.
Last but not the least, buy diamonds with utmost care and cognizance and relish their splendor for a lifetime.