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Fakes & FraudsOh dear. Another dodgy 'diamond' dealer, this time on eBay

12th Jan 2019 22:31 UTCNick Gilly

He goes under the name of '9stones', seems to be based in Arkansas, and has lots of colourful 'diamond' rough specimens for sale:


https://www.ebay.com/sch/9stones/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=


Looking at the pics it looks like spinels, corundums, topazes, maybe garnets and God-knows what else in there, many at outrageous BIN prices.


Buyer beware!

13th Jan 2019 01:57 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

Even though we are not the mineral police, I do see a bit of wishful hoping here....

13th Jan 2019 06:17 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager

Most seem to be Australian sapphires, I put in a complaint.

14th Jan 2019 19:46 UTCIan Nicastro

It doesn't seem like you can report someone for swindling folks with inaccurate descriptions of items... it's literally not a choice. The reporting system seems highly structured and automated, with no text write up involved.
 
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