[Jewelry making - Article 00513] - Re: [Orchid] Inflated appraisals

[Daniel Spirer]

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    Yes the appraisal is being inflated purposely to make you feel like
    you got a good deal. You don't say how much you paid but it sounds
    like it was significantly less (I certainly hope so). So what you
    can do? Not much really unless you want to pursue some legal venues.
    First of all you should report the appraiser to the Jewelers
    Vigilance Committee. They may be able to take some action on it.
    Then, depending on how much you want to push this, you could inform
    the seller that you are going to have your recently purchased items
    appraised by another (legitimate) appraiser and that if the
    appraisals don't match that you are going to bring him to court and
    sue for triple damages (which you are entitled to do) or that you
    want him to in fact replace the pieces with something that actually
    has the stated value. Of course all of this requires a bunch of time
    and effort on your part so the question is how much time do you want
    to spend on it? I would certainly report him to the JVC (I think you
    can do it online so it's relatively easy). Maybe a letter from them
    would at least knock a little sense into them. 

Daniel R. Spirer, G.G.
Daniel R. Spirer Jewelers, LLC
1780 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
www.spirerjewelers.com
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