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The appraisal at the end of the video says "$2,375" according to the transcript (was watching without audio) and the sample appraisal (which I guess as your sibling pointed out was just meant as a sample of what an appraisal would look like, in which case I think it would have been better form not to include actual numbers) lists $2150 which is close to that value so I assumed that's the actual appraisal.

Given that the sample actually shows a ring and refers to it in the full text, that's obviously not referring to the object but now I'm wondering about the $2,375 figure in the transcript. Is that just a really bad auto-transcription error?



Yes seems like audio transcript error. The audio says 192375 instead of 2375 . Same number just the first few digits got cut off.


Trusting AI to get anything right is still a huge problem.


Seems like a good reason to double check your auto-subtitles. That's a massive difference and the appraisal was meant to be a big reveal at the end so this isn't just a minor detail.


Watched with subtitles and audio, and there are lots of errors in the transcript.


The funniest error was [Music] every time it was just a grinding noise.


Yeah my wife and I were chuckling at that too.


The “dot” for “dop” mistakes were curious, not because they existed, but that the transcription engine got it right a few times.


cut morganite retails for ~$300 USD/ct. this finished gem is a smidge over 297 carats.


That explains the listed price, it doesn't explain the disparity to the transcript. Given the comments, I presume he said a different figure in the audio track than the transcript (and therefore subtitles) says?


Yes, he said $192 375


How much was the stone he started with?


700 carats


I meant in $


I’m guessing that uncut stone was around $40,000, but he never says because he clearly doesn’t want to reveal his margins.


ohhh. never mentioned.


I'd have thought that the bigger the gem, the larger the markup.




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