Jewellery Appraisers Bought Fake Gemstones At The Jewelry Fair.

A few days ago, Miss Wang (a pseudonym) bought 4 jewels called Tanzania at a Jewelry Exhibition hosted by a convention and Exhibition Center in Madian, Beijing. He wanted to match his heart shaped Tanzania necklace with a pair of earrings, but later found that the 4 jewels he had just purchased were all fake.

Miss Wang told reporters that she wanted to go to the exhibition last Sunday to see what good new gemstones were on the market recently.

"Because I have a heart-shaped necklace of Tanzania, so I want to match a pair of heart-shaped Tanzania studs, and see that the cutting process of this gemstone is good, so I asked the price."

1300 yuan per carat, Miss Wang said that the price is almost the same as Tanzania's market price, and in her view, the color and shape of jewels are no problem, so she decided to buy it.

Although she has been studying jewelry for two years, Miss Wang did not dare to judge the jewel at the time. "Only the big talent dare to buy it at the exhibition, and the appraisal of the jewels is much harder than the jade."

So she wanted to make a test at the exhibition, but it was told by the sponsor that there was no gem identification instrument. The other party said that the exhibition would not be finished until Tuesday. All the stalls signed the contract with the Organizing Committee and handed in the deposit. If there were any problems, they could be brought back.

Subsequently, Miss Wang made a professional appraisal of the gem. The result showed that the 4 jewels she bought were not Tanzania but the low value synthetic cubic zirconia, and the necklace of this material could only be sold for tens of yuan.

So she inspected the jewelry identification book provided by the merchant at that time, and the appraisal book itself was no problem, but later asked some friends in the industry, they said that the organization that issued the appraisal book was not too reliable.

On the morning of the second day, Miss Wang came to the exhibition with fake jewels and identification results, but found that the merchant was no longer there.

Then she immediately contacted the Organizing Committee of the exhibition and called the police, and recovered the losses under the help of many parties.

There is widespread chaos in jewelry exhibitions.

One industry insider who contacted many jewellery told reporters that most people choose to buy jewelry at the exhibition for two reasons. First, the price is low, and two is optional.

But if buyers do not have a certain level of identification, the possibility of being cheated is very large. "Beijing has jewelry almost every day."

But the quality of jewellery is a fish in the air. It can be found that there are many fake things, and it is difficult for ordinary people to identify them.

Insiders say.

According to the person, due to the conditions, the general jewelry exhibition will not prepare jewellery appraiser at the scene, most of the time, some experts will be invited to conduct on-the-spot identification.

It is understood that experienced judges can judge the true or false of the jewels in terms of color, shape and weight, but only the results of the machine can guarantee that there is no mistake.

"The key now is that there is something wrong with the jewellery purchased at the exhibition, and who the customer should look for? The mobility of the merchant is very large. After finding the problem, there will be no one to find it.

But after buying three years, five years later, I found that it was a fake. What can I do? I can't find anyone at all.

Therefore, professionals call on the exhibition organizers to strictly examine the identities and product quality of the merchants and strengthen their restrictions and management in the contracts. If there are problems, the organizers should take the responsibility to ensure the interests of consumers.

Subsequently, the reporter consulted a jewelry identification center staff, she told us that ordinary consumers are very difficult to identify with the naked eye of gemstones.

On the one hand, consumers need to increase the amount of jewelry knowledge when they are unable to go to the appraisal institution for testing. On the other hand, they should ask businesses to provide identification certificates at the time of purchase, and verify whether the issuing agencies of the certificate have corresponding qualifications and whether the certificate itself is fraudulent.

How to verify whether the certificate provided by the merchant is valid? The staff member said: "the certificate provided by the merchant will have the address, contact method and qualification certificate of the certification body. If you have all of these, you can dial the telephone number of the institution to inquire the authenticity of the certificate. If the conditions permit, try to use the phone to inquire. This way of inquiry is less likely to fake the website than to inquire about it."