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During the course of the last year we have subjected Mr Bates to justifiable scrutiny.
Colour Grading Diamond Master Set?
The world jewellery and diamond governing bodies such as CIBJO and the WFDB do not permit jewellery or diamond dealer members to have cross ownership or interests in laboratories.
"I have never hidden the fact from anyone that I run a very small and exclusive design studio. When and if I require diamonds I will source them from many avenues in order to gain the best deal for my clients, At a retail level I have absolutely no preference of one type of cert over another"
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However Diamond Imports have been emailed by Mr.Bates that Auscert is allowing other Australian " labs " the use of their instruments if required.
How benevolent. A non compliant lab assisting another non compliant lab or as my late father used to say, "You sleep with dogs you catch their fleas."
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"If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise... "
Rudyard Kipling
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Since there is only one recognised compliant diamond grading laboratory in Australia that has correctly colour graded diamonds and tested for synthetic diamonds since it's inception,that is DCLA in Sydney, with all due respect we are rather hesitant in using Auscert's questionable services while they continue to trade in gemstones and jewellery and falsely claiming they are independent.
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Who Uses Non Compliant Diamond Grading Certificates?
Without naming any of our competitors the potential diamond buyer should seriously question why would a diamond vendor sell diamonds with a non compliant diamond grading certificate ?
More importantly if an Australian diamond vendor ,and in particularly a diamond website that conspicuously has all the logos from non compliant labs on their websites and the DCLA logo is missing, ask yourself why ?
The reason is either they have been banned because they are unethical or DCLA are tough diamond graders that will not compromise their reputation or be bullied into submission by a diamond vendor disappointed with a grading report.
This is the reason why there are those diamond vendors and drop shippers who now sell diamonds with their own in-house grading reports or manufacturers' grading reports because they are not real diamantaires who are able to buy wisely and become frustrated when a DCLA diamond certificate downgrades their diamonds.
Buying Diamonds In Melbourne Australia
The Melbourne diamond scene for years has been like a small village of misfits. There is no place like it in the world.
Basically if someone farts they all hear it.They all know each other. They all bitch about each other. Gossip mongers, friends one day enemies tomorrow there is no accountability.Most of the older established diamond dealers have moved on or passed away.
There are a handful left that I still have respect for but basically Melbourne has been over run by the "cowboys". A new breed of diamond merchant that has no respect for the time honoured principals of ethics and pride.Unprofessional, uneducated and uncaring.
All they want is your money without considering the long term future relationships that can develop future business.
The fact that we receive more complaints about Melbourne than any other part of the country confirms our suspicions that the diamond buyer must at all times exercise caution when purchasing a diamond from those who hide behind their facades.
The main offenders are website dealers who offer very little knowledge or service.
Those retailers who avail themselves of unrecognised diamond certificates as a shield of protection do not realise the potential damage to their reputations and the risk of losing a good client because they choose to use " Mickey Mouse "diamond grading reports or do their own in-house diamond grading reports.
Considering most diamond merchants all know each other and those who act as go-betweens by falsely claiming they are independent diamond graders when they are not is no accident that some diamonds receive up grades that no independent diamond grading laboratory would give normally. A bit of the " nudge nudge wink wink say no more " old buddy network can influence a diamond's grade without even looking at it.
We know for a fact that one retailer in another state does not even submit his diamonds for viewing but obtains the grades he requires through an online programme. The online "lab" just rubber stamps them and a pseudo diamond grading report complete with an overstated jewellery appraisal comes with the diamond purchase.
After over thirty years in the jewellery business I know it goes on despite the protests and denials.I have been told that these same Melbourne dealers ridicule me about being the unoffcial spokesman for DCLA.
If that is so then I am satisfied that I am biting and proud of my association.
It would be a lot less time consuming if I just sat on my arse and said nothing.In fact sometimes I feel I should say nothing but there are those honest jewellers and trades people in the industry who are simply being cheated of their livelihoods at the hands of those fly-by- nighters who have appeared on the scene in recent years with no track record in the jewellery industry.
I can not appoint myself as a doctor or a lawyer overnight yet anyone can profess to be a jeweller or a diamond dealer. Always check the credentials of diamond vendors and jewellers.
Their reputations are their strongest asset.
Diamond and Gemstone Bourse
Monica Crofts 9th.flr.227 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
THIS IS THE SAME ADDRESS AS AUSCERT (SGTL)
" The Valuation's purpose is to provide a current retail dollar value. An Independent State Registered Valuer should supply the valuation. It is not recommended that you take a valuation from the vendor from whom you just purchased the item. Instead, ask them to supply an independent or third party valuation for the piece " Quote: Auscert Diamond Certificates and Diamond Valuations
Someone needs to explain to Messrs Bates and Crofts that a genuine independent diamond grading laboratory does not share the same premises as a gemstone trader AND THAT THEY SHOULD PRACTISE WHAT THEY PREACH !
The word bourse is a French word refering to the stock exchange or market place and has been also adopted by the diamond trade eg.Israeli Bourse meaning the Israel Diamond Exchange, New York Bourse etc.
Any appearances of perceived independence by this dynamic duo are now void AND HAVE NO VALIDITY !
Monica Crofts has been well known to me in the coloured gemstone business because of her late husband for as long as I remember although we have never met.Why she has chosen to affiliate herself with an unknown identity like Mr.Bates perplexes me.Her late husband was an exceptional gem merchant who I had the pleasure of meeting.
Monica is a member of the National Council of Jewellery Valuers (NJCV)
This is an additional attempt to lend credibility to an unrecognised and non compliant Auscert diamond grading certificate in Australia
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An independent appraiser has no vested (personal or subjective) interest in the item you own or are buying.
*The objective opinion you get as to the grading or replacement value of an item by an independent appraiser is uncoloured by commercial concerns such as buying or selling.
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The independent appraiser loses that objectivity when he or she also sells
For more information about the unqualified valuers in the NJVC read here
Mr Bates is a retail jeweller, but has opened a diamond grading laboratory with Monica Crofts as his supporting crutch with no laboratory experience.Either way they are both NOT observing correct worldwide protocols no matter how much they claim they do because they are traders first and self appointed graders second.
Surely my years of experience and higher qualifications would allow me to do the same but then I could not classify myself as being truly independent.
I would seriously welcome another compliant independent diamond grading laboratory in Australia but currently the competing non compliant labs in Australia do not even make it to first base and nor would I.
Imagine the outcry if DCLA commenced importing their own diamonds, grading their own diamonds and selling their own diamonds ? I would be the first to complain.
Yet those Australian non compliant diamond grading laboratories already do this and despite this betrayal are not condemned but in fact condoned and both diamond vendors and retail jewellers who retain their inaccurate services are colluding knowingly.
It is no secret who these people are.All you have to do is look at their websites or see what certified diamonds they are selling. Mixing recognised diamond certificates with non compliant unrecognised certificates to confuse their clients.These are the diamond vendors to be avoided.
As I write this, a lady who was ready to purchase a diamond from a competitor was told the diamond was now not for sale because she insisted on going to DCLA to verify the grading of a GIA certificate after I advised her to do so. This shows the type of grubby people out there now selling diamonds who know full well that not all diamond grading laboratories grade the same.Buyers Beware.
An International Diamond Council diamond grading laboratory such as the DCLA, despite not having the same high profile of the famous GIA a non IDC lab, is still a superior grader and we can prove this time again and again.
Years and years of marketing GIA and brainwashing because as everybody knows GIA " the world's foremost authority in gemology " has convinced us this is so despite their cut grade parameters which do not add up and our constant rechecking of colour grading which tends to be between half and one whole colour grade below the IDC standards. This is why we strongly recommend a second opinion of GIA certified diamonds prior to purchase from an independent lab.
Even more so since the bribery scandals despite us all constantly being reminded that " GIA – the World’s Most Trusted Name in Diamond Grading and Gemstone Identification " is always " the world's foremost authority in gemology."
Prior to purchasing any GIA graded diamonds it always now a matter of procedure to check the diamonds are true to their colour.
Years ago I would have never even contemplated checking.I now compare all GIA diamonds to DCLA graded diamonds and often have to reject many GIA D to G colours because of obvious inconsistencies.
I noticed this also happening quite often even three years ago in our Israeli office and only realised later why there were old certified GIA diamonds constantly being used as a reference because GIA colour grading standards had deteriorated on many diamonds. There was a lot of confusion but everyone agreed that something was just not kosher.
Read our next story on GIA colour grade deception here .
In the meantime Auscert may misrepresent the diamonds they are grading intentionally or unintentionally and the potential risk is yet to be realised as I have constantly mentioned. The added problem is Messrs Bates and Crofts are grading the diamonds they are selling. This is just NOT appropriate because of the obvious conflict of interest no matter how much they may protest.
Monica Crofts and Mr.Bates should decide which direction they are heading. Traders or Graders but not both.
Make sure your diamond comes with an independently recognised diamond grading report AND ALWAYS VERIFY WITH A SECOND INDEPENDENT OPINION.
It's your only protection.
DanIel F Katz GG
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