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trusting a stone cutter
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 101242" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>Yes you can get stones cut much more cheaply in Thailand - low wages and a favourable exchange rate.</p><p></p><p>Ironic how so many of us bemoan the offshoring of Australian jobs but when it comes to having a stone cut, many people send the work straight overseas to save money.</p><p></p><p>We do send some smaller bits of rough - below 7-8 carats - to Thailand but I will not send anything much over that size. It sticks in my throat that Australia produces outstanding sapphires but when they find their way onto the world market, the best ones are inevitabley sold as Thai or Ceylon stones and the second-grade ones as Australian.</p><p></p><p>All of my better stones will be getting cut here in Oz.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 101242, member: 2976"] Yes you can get stones cut much more cheaply in Thailand - low wages and a favourable exchange rate. Ironic how so many of us bemoan the offshoring of Australian jobs but when it comes to having a stone cut, many people send the work straight overseas to save money. We do send some smaller bits of rough - below 7-8 carats - to Thailand but I will not send anything much over that size. It sticks in my throat that Australia produces outstanding sapphires but when they find their way onto the world market, the best ones are inevitabley sold as Thai or Ceylon stones and the second-grade ones as Australian. All of my better stones will be getting cut here in Oz. [/QUOTE]
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