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Since the stone you were inquiring about had no price listed, and no picture...I presume it was posted in DT's "Jewelry Classifieds"

People "in the Biz" are not allowed to advertise there, but anyone else in the world can join up and post a piece for sale there. I've seen quite a few posts in that section from first-time and presumably last-time DT posters.

I wouldn't condemn the whole site because of the rudeness of one unidentified stranger.

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BTW, I recently cited Pearl-Guide on DT as an excellent source of info on pearls with no problems/repercussions. That referral is still there.

I think that these online forums are all different, with different rules and different goals. None of them is perfect, including PG. It's up to the consumer/participants to pick out what's useful, and disregard the rest.

I DO think that in general, established members of one forum publicly trashing another one is not a very good idea.

JMO
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