I would like to warn all members that there is a person on this site from Pakistan that is claiming to be a miner and gemstone dealer. Be warned he has little knowledge of gemstones other than to offer you what appears to be very good stones… which once paid for never arrive. He will send you a couple of worthless poor quality stones and a couple of synthetic stones and a heap of excuses. I put my hands up to being a fool in believing that as a member of this organistion he would be genuine so the fault lies with me. I did however want to warn other members to be very cautious.
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Whats the Name?
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Sounds like the same person that has beenon facet Book
you should let the admin people about him so they can remove the bugga
Ed
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What’s the name , please?.
Could you please provide the name? I have been receiving pressure to buy from a Pakistan based dealer. While the prices seem good the quality is questionable.
Hi Shawn,
If you tell me the name of the guy that is trying to sell to you I will be happy to tell you if it is the same person. However I stress that there is a lot of poor material that comes out of there. Often you get a picture of a piece but when it arrives it is nothing like the picture. I don’t want to cast aspirations purely on my own personal experience by giving out a name. Let me know.
Please see my reply to Shawn below
Sorry I put Shawn should have been sevenson
Thank You
You know you should tell everyone the name. If you are going to say a man cheated you, then you should tell all of us his name so we dont buy from him. There are many Pakistani dealers floating around and it is not good to disparage all of them when only one is here. There may be more here but to know the name of the one you are talking to would be good. Thanks and have a good Christmas and Happy New Year.
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Do we have a name or email address for this Fake?
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Well, if they aren’t willing to share the name, I guess they are not sincere in wanting to prevent it from happening to others.
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My legal understanding says this persons name cannot be posted. HOWEVER please contact the power behind the scene and let them deal with this person WHICH THEY DEFINITELY MUST DO. We need dependable persons only on this site. Someone can sneak in, but once known, must be removed.
About a year ago, I had dealings on eBay with a seller from either Pakistan or India. They were selling OR sunstones. Their other stones were offered with sp. gravity and index of refraction data. This one stone did not include the data. It was cheaper, so I bought it. Only later did I notice the discrepancy, so I wrote and asked for the data. They agreed to provide it, but didn’t write back. A week later, I wrote again, asking for the data. The reply I received was simple, “Thank you.” It didn’t cost me a lot of $$, so I just chalked it up to experience. I don’t remember the name of the seller and after so much time, I don’t wish to look for it. But I do remember that their name was the same as the seller off the stones with identifying data. How could the same seller be both responsible and so crooked? Are their con artists who ‘borrow’ somebody else’s identity in order to defraud buyers? I don’t know if that actually happens, but it might explain my experience.
“My legal understanding says this persons name cannot be posted.”. As long as the statement about the person is honest, there is nothing that I know of that says you can’t legally say the name of the person. I have been a legal assistant for the last 20 years, and I have never heard of anything of the sort. I post on wordpress all the time, names of companies and persons, if they truly rip someone off. They cannot sue you for something that is true.
plz it could be nice of you if you mention his name
Yes I have personally had to contact Ebay many times about fraudulent sellers claiming they are selling natural (X) gemstone only to find out they are treated or synthetic or glass. Basically 95% plus have been from India and about 5% from China. They advertise or say anything even having the gems certified by a B.S. Lab. Honestly it gives everyone in the business cause to get on Ebay’s Back side to Blackball these sellers yet it never seems to happen. They even post the negative feedback but still many are taken. I even threaten to get Interpol involved but the problem is the dollar amounts are so low usually under $200. No legal entity wants to spend the time on the small frauds like this. The best we can all do is Stop Buying from India Sellers until they themselves , The honest ones and there are some but few, get rid of the bad ones ( clean House so to speak) But I don’t expect anything to happen all too soon. Best to buy direct from an American ( South and North) or German or British affiliated Countries even Russia, where recourse is easier. I have only had one bad experience with any other country sellers but India takes the prize for deceitful sellers. Stop Buying from them no matter how too good to be true the prices are. You will save yourself and get rid of the con artists.
The oldest scam in the world is selling false stones as good stones. If its cheap then its probably synthetic. A give away is strings of “natural” stones all of the same color. See Etsy for examples. Ebay has featured slabs of colored cubic zirconia being sold as facet grade zircon! As the Romans said “caveat emptor” or let the buyer beware! The best insurance is to keep learning about gemstones and to handle the real article. And to only deal with firms that have realistic prices on their merchandise.
Hi
I believe your legal assesment it wrong. There are people all over the internet that tell when they have been scammed and tell by who. I am sure if you just google Diamond and gemstone scammers you will find plenty. Have a good day.