Review of Sithy Gems & Lapidary

Stay away from Sithy Gems in Sri Lanka. I have mined for opals in Nevada for the last (15) years and have some great ones to get cut and polished. The Sithy Gems web site seemed reasonable and I didn’t find negative reviews when I searched the web to check them out, so I decided to take a chance. Here is proof for other people that Sithy Gems is a dishonest place, and you will probably get robbed by them if you send them nice stones.
The emails with Sainul at Sithy Gems in Sri Lanka sounded good and I was promised excellent work at a good price. I sent 190 carats of opal, with 70 carats in three stones of solid grade A fire. The other stones had a face of grade A fire attached to lesser quality material. He said there was 55 carats of completed opals and charged me about 100 dollars for the lapidary work. When I received the final stones they had kept all of the grade A stones and sent me the polished junk that was left over. They know how to use the PayPal system by waiting aver 30 days to get the stones to me after I paid them. When I objected to them taking the stones and asking for them back they did not reply, despite several emails. Lesson learned and passed on to others. Stealing your top stones is a way of business for Sithy Gems in Sri Lanka.