Yeah , fair enough . The one we got from has closed down now , it was just a little family run business . The only reason that I felt comfortable doing that was because my mother had been there in person before and bought from them . Also , we paid with paypal and everything came with a GIA certification and valuers ' certification with a wellregarded valuer . Lots of research via Pricescope forums helped too they told us who to trust for the valuation . Would highly recommend Pricescope forums to anyone actually . they also helped us avoid one of the taxes I think the 5 % one you don ' t have to pay if a ring is manufactured in the US . I wanted some good quality pearls for the wedding and Pricescope recommended an awesome website where we got a pearl necklace valued here in Perth at $ 10 000 for $ 3000 .