I paid $16,000 for a diamond necklace on my Caribbean cruise. Here is its actual value
Chief Fiasco Fixer / Consumer reporter
Alton Locklear returned home from his latest Royal Caribbean cruise with a $16,000 diamond necklace he purchased on the ship. But all was not as it seemed. He says salespeople inside the Effy jewelry shop aboard Utopia of the Seas wildly overinflated the value of that necklace. When Locklear took his sparkly souvenir to a local jewelry appraiser, he received shocking news. Not only was the total carat weight way off, but the diamonds adorning the necklace were lab-grown. Those details significantly diminished its value. Now Locklear is hoping that Consumer Rescue can help. He wants to return the jewelry and retrieve his $16,000.
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