*what if* you found a large diamond on the floor of an establishment...

[Aquaman]

A couple years back an off duty police officer found a knapsack full with 1 million dollars (of course it's probably drug money). He turned it in and after 30 days 3 non-credible groups claimed it. It went to court and since no credible owner came to claim it........... the cop got the 1 million.

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[Red Dawn]

I new a guy who found a bag full of Jewelry in the parking lot of a Casino in Lake Tahoe.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: kenshorin
All's I got to say to all the people who say they would do the "right" thing is... give me an f'in break. My ass would be at a pawn shop faster than you can say "It's all about the benjamins, baby".

What if it were something just worth $50 to you but a personalized bracelet of some sort that obviously misses its owner ? Is that still how you feel ? Curious.

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Whomever lost it, will be absolutely crushed if it is real. I can only imagine what that would feel like. How long and hard someone had to work for the money.... yikes! It probably fell out of the setting.

I would have to say that I would tell the manager of the establishment that I foung a diamond and leave my number. If someone came looking for it, to call me.

I could never keep it or sell it knowing that someone else was heart broken.

i think if someone had a diamond like that....one that was worth 10 grand, they can afford another one easy

u think donald trumph would be crushed? or his wife? just an example

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Whomever lost it, will be absolutely crushed if it is real. I can only imagine what that would feel like. How long and hard someone had to work for the money.... yikes! It probably fell out of the setting.

I would have to say that I would tell the manager of the establishment that I foung a diamond and leave my number. If someone came looking for it, to call me.

I could never keep it or sell it knowing that someone else was heart broken.

i think if someone had a diamond like that....one that was worth 10 grand, they can afford another one easy

u think donald trumph would be crushed? or his wife? just an example

If they had a diamond worth 10 grand I am pretty sure they would have it insured.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: neonerd

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Whomever lost it, will be absolutely crushed if it is real. I can only imagine what that would feel like. How long and hard someone had to work for the money.... yikes! It probably fell out of the setting.

I would have to say that I would tell the manager of the establishment that I foung a diamond and leave my number. If someone came looking for it, to call me.

I could never keep it or sell it knowing that someone else was heart broken.

i think if someone had a diamond like that....one that was worth 10 grand, they can afford another one easy

u think donald trumph would be crushed? or his wife? just an example

I don't know about being able to afford another one easy - I know someone who's girl was hard set on a particular stone that went $8k and he worked his ass off for it. But back to this situation - yeah on the side... I'm thinking... they probably have insurance on it... and be able to do the claim even if they did get the diamond back. There's so many ways either side COULD play this.

 

[allisolm]

Gotta first verify authenticity, caret, and color for myself... so I can have the real owner prove it when they call...

Don't know if that will work. I have no idea about the carat, color, etc of my own diamond as it was my mother's in her engagement ring before I got it.

You could watch the lost and found in the newspaper classifieds to see if someone reports it lost.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
if you found someone's engagement ring diamond....

1) unless it's over XX carrots, it'll be impossible to get money from

2) many many large stones (0.75carrots< X) are passed down through families.... heirlooms.... if that's the case... some poor girl is going to hate herself for the rest of her life for loosing it on a sh!tty setting.

You won't get any money unless its the Hope Diamond (FREAKING HUGE), call the establishment and report it so that if somone comes back with an "oh noe i lost a diamond," they can be pointed to you Diamond values are artifically pinned high and a stone you spend a grand on today is worth almost NOTHING tomorrow!

STONES BIG ENOUGH FOR INVESTMENT ARE SO HEAVY THAT IF THE OWNER LOST IT, THEYD KNOW ASAP

REALLY, TURN IT IN!

Is anyone else amazed by the various formatting here? The only thing we dont have is italics in there. Otherwise, we have normal, bold, underlined.... Wow. A plethora of fancy formatting.

 

[PliotronX]

I'd pick it up and duck for cover as Muldoon exclaims "oooh'd boy, da dia-mond!!" and tries to beat me senseless with his nightstick.

 

[MustISO]

I found an AMEX gold card last night. I turned it in because it's probably not easy to do anything with the card. Now a diamond or cash...

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: rh71
and you don't know if it's real but if it is - it's worth quite a few grand...

what do you do ?

The same thing I would want someone to do if they found a diamond I lost.

 

[Rufio]

Originally posted by: Shockwave

Originally posted by: acemcmac
if you found someone's engagement ring diamond....

1) unless it's over XX carrots, it'll be impossible to get money from

2) many many large stones (0.75carrots< X) are passed down through families.... heirlooms.... if that's the case... some poor girl is going to hate herself for the rest of her life for loosing it on a sh!tty setting.

You won't get any money unless its the Hope Diamond (FREAKING HUGE), call the establishment and report it so that if somone comes back with an "oh noe i lost a diamond," they can be pointed to you Diamond values are artifically pinned high and a stone you spend a grand on today is worth almost NOTHING tomorrow!

STONES BIG ENOUGH FOR INVESTMENT ARE SO HEAVY THAT IF THE OWNER LOST IT, THEYD KNOW ASAP

REALLY, TURN IT IN!

Is anyone else amazed by the various formatting here? The only thing we dont have is italics in there. Otherwise, we have normal, bold, underlined.... Wow. A plethora of fancy formatting.

shockwave, it's only normal, bold, and underlind text....

don't you have fonts on your computer?

eheehee

to op: i would make a concerted effort to find the owner. if i could not after a month, then i'll do what i wnat with it.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: kenshorin
All's I got to say to all the people who say they would do the "right" thing is... give me an f'in break. My ass would be at a pawn shop faster than you can say "It's all about the benjamins, baby".

For what 50 bucks? Thats deplorable. Get it appraised and get the serial number, then take it to the PD tell them you found it, and notify management of the fact that you found it and that its at the PD.

 

[maziwanka]

Originally posted by: rh71
recreational establishment

see if it belongs to anyone first. if no one claims it, then i guess i'd keep it.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: kenshorin
All's I got to say to all the people who say they would do the "right" thing is... give me an f'in break. My ass would be at a pawn shop faster than you can say "It's all about the benjamins, baby".

Because it could be from someone's engagement ring, and therefore its sentimental value to them is so far beyond any potential value it could have for me. Finding a couple grand on the street would be nice, but I have a heart.

 

[IHYLN]

I just got a ring for my fiancee not too long ago and I spent a fair bit of money on it (roughly 10k) and I'd be damned not to insure it!

 

[Aharami]

i agree with most here. at first, i'd want to keep it...or sell it to get the money. but my conscience would get the better of me....i'd end up turning it in

 

[edro]

I hope it's not a Jewish life diamond from the holocaust... those things are haunted. (or so I saw on the History Channel)

 

[sillymofo]

You'd just hope that it's not one of these diamond. If you lose a diamond, how would you feel?

 

[mugs]

For future reference, about how much does it cost to insure a ring?

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
You'd just hope that it's not one of these diamond. If you lose a diamond, how would you feel?

wow!!! are these prices the average prices? 1 karat diamont costs $14K!!!!!

damn you DeBeers

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
You'd just hope that it's not one of these diamond. If you lose a diamond, how would you feel?

wow!!! are these prices the average prices? 1 karat diamont costs $14K!!!!!

damn you DeBeers

Those are artificial diamonds, a real one would cost you quite a bit more.

The prices for these natural colored diamonds can easily top $100,000 per carat, with some reaching well over $1,000,000.

Artificial diamonds ARE "real" diamonds, they just aren't found in nature. I hope they catch on, I wouldn't mind seeing De Beers screwed over. I'm not sure if they've started making uncolored artificial diamonds yet, they started with the colored ones because there's so much more profit in them.

The only obstacle to artificial diamonds is people's preconceived notions that they're "not the same." Apparantly paying 10 times more for the same thing shows how much you really care though.

One downside to cheap diamonds would be that they'd probably become really popular with people who have terrible taste, and they'd lose some of their "special"ness

 

[rahvin]

I hope someone is taking note of thieves in the thread so they can be added to the do not trade list in FS/FT. Lot of dishonest thieves in here.

 

[psydancerqt]

mugs, i dont have insurance on my ring, but if i need any repairs done such as cleaning, if a prong comes loose, or if i lose the diamond and not the ring it's all covered. i think my bf paid around $50 for that.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: mugs
For future reference, about how much does it cost to insure a ring?

Depends on the appraisal of the ring. I think it was $150/yr. on a $5k - $7k ring.