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Information Page | AfricaGems

*If you have any questions just call AfricaGems at 888-566-9436

or email at sales(@)africagems.com

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DOMESTIC USA Insured Shipping Rates
* $8.00 - Insured USPS Economy Mail Service (4 - 7 days Shipping Time - (Orders Less Than $100)
*$18.00 - FedEx 2 Day Shipping Service (2 Day Shipping Time)
*$40.00 - FedEx Next Day Standard Service (Next Day Delivery)
*Free 2 Day FedEx USA Shipping - On USA orders OVER $1000

INTERNATIONAL Insured Shipping Rates
*$18.00 - International Global Post Economy Mail 10-45 Transit Days - tracking not available to all countries.  Orders below $400 only
*$55.00 - Canada FedEx
*$75.00 - International FedEx Economy
*$95.00 - Internation FedEx Priority
Order value greater than $1000 qualify for FREE International Economy FedEx Shipping

Shipping Information - Domestic USA
Most gemstones and jewelry items are in stock and will ship within one to three business days
On occasion, we procure gemstones and jewelry items from other reputable, wholesale gemstone dealers and jewelry manufactures. When an item is not in our inventory, then a delay in shipping can be expected of up to 3 to 7 business days. If a ring needs to be sized, then a delay of up to 8 business days can be expected. If a jewelry item is a custom made piece, you will be contacted and informed of the status of the custom made item but most pieces can be done in 10-14 business days. When your gemstone or jewelry item is shipped, you will be emailed a tracking number. Please remember that you MUST BE be present to receive delivery of your gemstone/jewelry item. UPS/FedEx is instructed to deliver only when you are present to sign for the package, and they will ask for positive identification. 

Shipping Information - International Destinations
We ship gemstones and gemstone jewelry to most international destinations outside of the USA with a few countries excepted. Most gemstones and jewelry items are in stock and will ship within one to three business days. For international orders paid for by credit card, the bank contact number that issued the credit card will be sometimes be required, as well as an image of identification and the credit card. 

International Duty & Customs
Please be aware that you are responsible for any duty, customs, taxes or other special charges incurred upon receiving your gemstone or jewelry item. Please inquire as to the custom/duty charges in your country. In case of a return, International clients must arrange their own return shipping.

Guarantee Policy
Our only goal is for you to be COMPLETELY SATISFIED with your purchase. That means you will receive a quality gemstone or jewelry item, professionally and accurately described for a competitive low price, in a timely manner, and with excellent customer service.
We stand behind our gemstones and jewelry 100%. If you are not FULLY satisfied with any aspect of your gemstone/jewelry item(s), service or shopping experience, you are entitled to a 100% refund of your purchase price. We DO NOT charge a restocking fee, shipping costs or credit card fees.
Your inspection or evaluation period is 30 days, from the time you receive your gemstone. Should you decide to get a 2nd professional opinion, this should allow you enough time to do so. If you need a bit more time, just inform us to accomodate your request
All sales are considered FINAL after the stated inspection period.

Return Procedure
In the exceptional case when a gemstone/jewelry item must be returned, the return process is very simple. We will handle most aspects of your return transaction, including emailing you a prepaid USPS or UPS/FedEx shipping label that includes insurance coverage(**Domestic USA Shipping Only - International Clients Must Arrange Shipping). You MUST contact us to authorize your return. We CANNOT accept unauthorized returns under any circumstances. Contact us by email (sales@africagems.com) for a return authorization number and return instructions. The return authorization number must be clearly visible on your return package. DO NOT put any markings on the package that refer to gemstone(s) in anyway or form. AfricaGems.com takes NO responsibility for return shipments. It is your responsibility to properly package your return shipment per instructions that we send you. After the returned gemstone(s) is received, it will be inspected. Gemstones and jewelry items must be in ORIGINAL condition in order to qualify for a refund. If any gemstone/jewelry item(s) is shipped with a certificate such as a GIA, AGL, GRS or other tier 1 gemological lab, the certificate must be returned in original condition. Any damaged or missing certificate will be charged a $200.00 replacement fee.
If no damage or abuse of any kind has occurred, you will receive a refund within 3 business days. Damage or abuse is defined as worn jewelry, gems that have been set, chipped gemstones etc..
Refunds can only be processed to the credit card that made the purchase.

Payments-Details of Payment Policy
You can also contact us by telephone (888-566-9436) to arrange payment by VISA, MASTERCARD or AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER, check, wire transfer or other means.
AfricaGems.com accepts PayPal, Personal or Business checks, Wire Transfers, Cashiers Check, Money Orders and plain old cash. We offer a courtesy 2.5% discount when payment is by wire transfer.
Checks must clear our bank before merchandise is shipped. Please note that we ONLY SHIP TO CONFIRMED shipping addresses. That means we can only ship to the billing address of record or to another CONFIRMED shipping address that the credit card company has on record. You order can be severly delayed if the address is not confirmed. To confirm another shipping address besides your billing address, call your credit card company and they can quickly assist you in. Positive ID is required by FedEx/UPS before package is released.

Privacy
When you purchase a product from AfricaGems.com, we will ask you to provide certain information about yourself, such as your name, shipping/billing address, telephone number, email address, credit card information. We will also maintain a record of your product purchases. In addition, we may need to contact you via phone or email to address questions or issues specific to your order. AfricaGems.com will use the personal information you provide for internal purposes only, and not rent, sell or subscribe your information to any other entity. We will use your information to confirm and track your order, subscription or registration, analyzing trends and statistics, and informing you of our new products, services and offers.


Packaging & Certifications
Gemstones are carefully packaged in attractive, high quality plastic gemstone boxes with foam and cotton padding with glass tops. The tops are secured with tape that can easily be removed for you to inspect the gem closely. A gemological certificate issued by such reputable gem laboratories as GIA, AGTA, EGL, ECERT, and AGS accompanies some gemstones. If the gemstone has one of these certificates, they are shipped with the gemstone at no additional charge. If the gemstone does not have a third party certification and one is desired, arrangements can be made to get one issued. The cost of these certificates is an additional charge.

Gemstone Measurements
Gemstone/jewelry images are not to scale. All gemstones are weighed in carats. 5 carats equal one gram, 28.37 grams equals one ounce. All gemstones/jewelry items are measured by millimeters. 10 millimeters equal one centimeter and one centimeter is approximately 0.4 inches. A gemstone is measured first by the length, width and then depth.

Gemstone Photography
All gemstone/jewelry images are of the actual item with the exception of calibrated-standard gems. We do not use stocked imagery. All gemstones/jewelry are photographed in a specially designed setup utilizing the latest in lighting and digital camera techniques. Incandescent lighting is sometimes used to supplement the fluorescent lighting to show certain types of gems (emeralds, rubies, amethyst) more accurately. We do not Photoshop our gems to alter colors, hues or to hide flaws. We only use Photoshop to size, crop and optimize (to load faster) images for online viewing. Please note that all monitors are calibrated differently and those images will look different on different monitors.

Advantages of Buying at AfricaGems.com
Marc Sarosi has been in the gemstone industry since 1984 and he created AfricaGems.com in 1997, as one of the very first gemstone websites. We have flourished ever since because of a few simple things ;
Honesty-Every gemstone/jewelry item we sell is 100% guaranteed and with full treatment disclosure.
Reliability-Being in the gemstone business since 1984, we know our gems and sources. We have a vast array of resources in the gemstone world. Just ask.
Accuracy-We accurately describe and photograph our gemstones and jewelry-nothing is hidden.
Security & Privacy-Shopping on our site is 100% secure and your privacy is assured.
Selection-With thousands of high quality gems to choose from, very few online sites or jewelry stores can offer a similar selection with our low prices.
Pricing-We will never be undersold on any gemstone or jewelry item.

Shopping Security
AfricaGems.com is built on a Yahoo store platform. Yahoo monitors its systems 24 hours per day and devotes significant resources to maintaining highly reliable servers for hosting and security. Yahoo utilizes the latest SSL security standards. Your shopping information and credit card information are never compromised or used by third parties.

Taxes
Sales tax is only charged for sales within the state of California. If you are a resident of California and you indicate a California shipping address, we must charge a sales tax of 8.50% of the product price. If you are located anywhere outside the state of California, no sales tax applies.

Pricing Policy
AfricaGems reserves the right to cancel any order due to pricing or stocking issues. 3rd party Vendors on occasion have supplied us with incorrect prices on items or have indicated an item is in stock when in fact it is not. AfricaGems will contact you right away to notify you of this error and will issue a discount coupon towards the purchase of another item.

Website Standard Terms and Conditions

1. Introduction
These Website Standard Terms And Conditions (these “Terms” or these “Website Standard Terms And Conditions”) contained herein on this webpage, shall govern your use of this website, including all pages within this website (collectively referred to herein below as this “Website”). These Terms apply in full force and effect to your use of this Website and by using this Website, you expressly accept all terms and conditions contained herein in full. You must not use this Website, if you have any objection to any of these Website Standard Terms And Conditions.

This Website is not for use by any minors (defined as those who are not at least 18 years of age), and you must not use this Website if you a minor.

2. Intellectual Property Rights
Other than content you own, which you may have opted to include on this Website, under these Terms, AfricaGems.com and/or its licensors own all rights to the intellectual property and material contained in this Website, and all such rights are reserved. You are granted a limited license only, subject to the restrictions provided in these Terms, for purposes of viewing the material contained on this Website.


3. Restrictions You are expressly and emphatically restricted from all of the following:
publishing any Website material in any media; selling, sublicensing and/or otherwise commercializing any Website material; publicly performing and/or showing any Website material; using this Website in any way that is, or may be, damaging to this Website; using this Website in any way that impacts user access to this Website; using this Website contrary to applicable laws and regulations, or in a way that causes, or may cause, harm to the Website, or to any person or business entity; engaging in any data mining, data harvesting, data extracting or any other similar activity in relation to this Website, or while using this Website; using this Website to engage in any advertising or marketing; Certain areas of this Website are restricted from access by you and AfricaGems.com may further restrict access by you to any areas of this Website, at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion. Any user ID and password you may have for this Website are confidential and you must maintain confidentiality of such information.

4. Your Content
In these Website Standard Terms And Conditions, “Your Content” shall mean any audio, video, text, images or other material you choose to display on this Website. With respect to Your Content, by displaying it, you grant AfricaGems.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute it in any and all media.
Your Content must be your own and must not be infringing on any third party’s rights. AfricaGems.com reserves the right to remove any of Your Content from this Website at any time, and for any reason, without notice.

5. No warranties This Website is provided “as is,” with all faults, and AfricaGems.com makes no express or implied representations or warranties, of any kind related to this Website or the materials contained on this Website. Additionally, nothing contained on this Website shall be construed as providing consult or advice to you.

6. Limitation of liability In no event shall AfricaGems.com , nor any of its officers, directors and employees, be liable to you for anything arising out of or in any way connected with your use of this Website, whether such liability is under contract, tort or otherwise, and AfricaGems.com , including its officers, directors and employees shall not be liable for any indirect, consequential or special liability arising out of or in any way related to your use of this Website.

7. Indemnification
You hereby indemnify to the fullest extent AfricaGems.com from and against any and all liabilities, costs, demands, causes of action, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of or in any way related to your breach of any of the provisions of these Terms.

8. Severability If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these Terms unenforceable or invalid as a whole, and such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.

9. Variation of Terms
AfricaGems.com is permitted to revise these Terms at any time as it sees fit, and by using this Website you are expected to review such Terms on a regular basis to ensure you understand all terms and conditions governing use of this Website.

10. Assignment
AfricaGems.com shall be permitted to assign, transfer, and subcontract its rights and/or obligations under these Terms without any notification or consent required. However, .you shall not be permitted to assign, transfer, or subcontract any of your rights and/or obligations under these Terms.

11. Entire Agreement These Terms, including any legal notices and disclaimers contained on this Website, constitute the entire agreement between AfricaGems.com and you in relation to your use of this Website, and supersede all prior agreements and understandings with respect to the same.

12. Governing Law & Jurisdiction
These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, and you submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in California for the resolution of any disputes.