From: Gary S. Gevisser
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 12:10 PM PT
To: Tracey Lyles
Subject: RE: Website Feedback- Gevisser
And good
morning-afternoon to you.
Just
earlier I got off the phone with master oil painter and professor of professors
Sebastian Capella who is assisting my wife and me with building an art studio
at our stone home deep inside the
Not to
mention I only found out the other evening that my artist-math wizard French
Canadian wife of some 4 years this coming April 22nd owns possibly
two diamonds that I joked about throwing in to our fireplace at the stone home
to see if they would burn given how it is just the arrangement of the molecules
that distinguishes charcoal from a diamond.
Do you
think a real diamond versus one produced in a machine would burn into thin air?
Before I
make a decision about what exactly I am going to buy my wife for our
anniversary bearing in mind based on the financial advice I have given Marie
Dion Gevisser over the years and we have been together well over 12 years,
visiting “to-get-her” [sic] South Africa, the country of my birth, back in 1995, it is much more than possible
that MDG could buy herself as well
as me a top-of-the-line Lear jet.
With all
that said, and please excuse my run on sentences, not to mention you might not
know that the Latin adverb “sic” is used when the word or expression in quotes
is incorrect and of course you know that kids use the word “sic” to mean
“cool”, what can you tell me about Edward Jay Epstein’s internet only book, The
Diamond Invention?
Warm
regards,
From: Tracey Lyles [mailto:tlyles@robbinsbros.com]
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:41 AM
To: Gary S. Gevisser
Subject: RE: Website Feedback- Gevisser
Hi there:
As a result
of the controversy regarding conflict diamonds, the Diamond Trading Company
(formerly DeBeers) has stopped buying diamonds on the open market. Instead the
DTC relies on its own mines and production from other countries where it has
marketing joint ventures with local producers.
The DTC has
tied its sightholders to an ethical pledge, which precludes trading in conflict
diamonds. This type of conviction to the process by the world’s most
influential diamond organization helps to ensure that our customers can be
secure in the knowledge that their diamonds are conflict free.
Please
visit the following link for more information on the DTC. I hope I was able to
address your concerns:
Best
regards,
Tracey
Lyles
Media
Services Manager
Robbins
Bros., World's Biggest Engagement Ring Store
From: Gary S. Gevisser
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:30 PM
To: Tracey Lyles
Subject: RE: Website Feedback- Gevisser
Dear
Tracey,
What
can you tell me about the DTC?
Warm
regards,
From: Tracey Lyles
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:18 PM
To: gevisser@sbcglobal.net
Subject: RE: Website Feedback- Gevisser
Dear Gary:
Thank you for your email.
Since the inception of our company, Robbins Bros. has
followed a rigid policy that ensures the diamonds we purchase are mined and
distributed under the highest ethical standards. As a direct diamond importer
we only purchase diamonds that originate with Diamond Trading Center (DTC)
sight holders that are precluded from trading in conflict diamonds.
Robbins Bros. is unilaterally against the importation
of conflict diamonds. We couldn’t imagine being a part of anything that would
cause hardship or injury to others. So we won’t do business with anyone who
deals in the mining, trade or sale of conflict diamonds. We steadfastly support
and are 100% compliant with The Kimberley Process and The Clean Diamond Trade
Act. Thankfully, these worldwide efforts insure that virtually no Conflict
Diamonds come to the
Please let me know if you need further assistance or
information.
Warm regards,
Tracey
Lyles
Media
Services Manager
Robbins
Bros., World's Biggest Engagement Ring Store
Office:
818-662-0357 x8286
Gary Gevisser , gevisser@sbcglobal.net
How other than your word do I know that a diamond I were to purchase from you
isn't a "conflict diamond"
