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PostPosted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:11 am 
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http://cgi.ebay.com/AMERICAN-CUT-Untrea ... dZViewItem


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Heck, I'd buy it from the guy just to encourage his honesty! :lol:


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There was another seller who kept offering "ugly" stones... I'm sure we had a thread about this...


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That would be my stone on ebay. Thanks for the positive input on my honesty! I actually put up an "ugly tourmaline" in an ebay auction about a year ago too. I figure somebody has to be different and give honest descriptions of stones, which I always do to the best of my ability, though it is fairly rare on ebay!

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OMGosh! An honest man? Image Quick! Someone call the Department of Extinct Species and let them know!!! :lol:


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Goodness!! Of all deliberate bad publicity, this is the funniest bit yet... it does make you feel sorry for the poor sapphire chap :lol:

"Personally, I think it was bad enough that I had to spend hours cutting it. I shouldn't have to keep encountering it in my safe when I'm looking for other stones" ROFL!

It looks like a couple of folks want to see for themselves how bad that can be ;) (5 bids)


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Sometimes, I think that honesty and a sense of humour is worth much more than "fabulous" "spectacular" "awesome" and all of the other superlatives that you see so often on Ebay.

n00b, I remember a thread ages ago about someone who had listed "ugly green tourmaline" and a few other "ugly" stones that they were trying to get rid of.


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I think that was new member/excellent cutter Daniel who posted above about the earlier tourmaline. At least he's the only one I've seen actually put ugly in the title on eBay.


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valeria102 wrote:
It looks like a couple of folks want to see for themselves how bad that can be ;) (5 bids)


Heck, one of those bidders is me! :) As far as I'm concerned, an eye clean, untreated, well-cut 1.12 carat sapphire is worth at least $24, even in that color.


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I looked at Daniels site. I must say that I am very disappointed and shocked: disappointed with every photo that I ever took; shocked that the photos have not been unfairly retouched and, yet, exhibit such beauty!

Daniels work is exactly what I wish mine approached. You can bet that I will have one of his soon, banking that the quality received is the same as see'd (excuse the license).

Great work Daniel.

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Now I'm peeved. noob, you're not allowed to bid on the ugly sapphire unless you're willing to sell the slightly pink/peach red 5.45 garnet you stole from Gene.

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Heh, I'm going to have Gene's garnet (well, I suppose it's not his anymore...) made into a pendant for Christmas... either for my mother or my fianceé... we'll have to see who it would look best on once it's done.


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Hi Everyone!

Thanks for the positive input on my stones, photos and honesty. I never could figure out the bright side of misrepresenting stones, then having them all returned and losing all the customers that could have become "regulars". I guess some people make their living on non-refundable shipping and handling charges...selling the same stone over and over and over. Hopefully one day they will be on the list at the Department of Extinct Species and I won't be.

Oh, and in case anyone's interested, the 1.12 carat ugly green sapphire went on ebay for $37.36 At lease a few people got a good laugh out of it, which I'm sure was worth more than the sale price!

Thank you all again! It really brightened up my morning to read all these posts.

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