I bought a diamond ring for my daughter today on 4th July 2015 and i was talking to to seller about VVS, we agreed a price of 900 euro for 0,25 crt. I thought this is cheap because in the Netherlands i paid about 1300 euro for the caraat for my wife. Finally when i paid he gave me the certificate and on this certificate vs1, vs2 was marked. I told him that i bought vvs for my wife in the Netherlands with a 0.25 crt. He looked at the the stone of my wife and said this is vs1. When i told him this was not agreed, he told me that i told him about vs1 and vs2, and than 0.25 crt was not possible for vvs. He called his goldsmiths and send us to their factory to put the stone in the ring. He told us that as we already paid we do not have to come back to the shop. Now i understand why. We went with the goldmsith to his factory these were pakistanies. I asked that guy if it is true that you cannot have a 0.25 crt for vvs, he told me that is possible. I went to another diamon shop they also told me that it is possible to have 0.25 or 0.3 crt for vvs. They checked the stone of my wife’s ring and told us this was vvs, while the liar of emarld said this was vs1. So i went back to this cheaters and told them that i am not satisfied. The liar was not in the shop anymore, a woman helped us and told me that the liar went home. There was a chinese coulple in the shop looking for a stone of about 30.000 euro. When she heard me arguing, she came and stand besided me and listen to my store. Now the lady seller, was helping me fine. There was a white golden ring with a vvs 0.3 crt stone, she was willing to change this for me, but i had to pay 250 euro more. I told her that i am not going to pay more while they were trying to cheat, me, finally we agreed that i would pay her 50 euro more. I got another certificate and on this certificate vvs, vvs1 is marked colour F and crt is 0,30. We had to go back to the goldmith he had to take out the stone from a white gold ring and put it on the golden ring we bought first. Wen i asked him to check the stone for me if it is indeed vvs, it seems like he was afraid to do that. He told me do not worry, because you have a certificate. I am going to test this in the Netherlands. I thought that jewisch people were honoust people, but sadly this is not the case. I will never and ever buy gold or diamond again in another country, but only in my own country in the Netherlands, even if they are more expensive. Esmerald are cheaters!!!!!!! This is another story from another couple: On recommendation of family who bought jewelery at Emerald, my husband and I decided to buy my engagement ring there. We didn't know anything about diamonds back then so we tought it was normal to get such a great deal. We got a 2 carat allegedly flawless diamond for € 7.000!! We started at € 30.000, and after bargaining for a good hour we ended up taking the 'flawless' diamond ring home for € 7.000. Back home we did some research on diamonds, yes I know we should have done that earlier..stupid stupid. We decided to appraise my ring (in Germany where we live). The results were shocking. The diamond wasn't worth one single €. It wasn't a diamond at all. We were told it was made of waste material. With a couple of male family members we went back to the store and got our money back. This store is a joke and poor tourists are easy targets/victims. Please take note: if something is too good to be true, it's probably not true! See http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g188636-d311280-r247525366-Diamond_District-Antwerp_Antwerp_Province.html
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