Any person purporting to rely on an GTI report is subject to these general terms and conditions.

An GTI report is not an appraisal, warranty, or guarantee of the value, grade, color and/or other characteristics included in the GTI report. A report entails only an opinion by GTI on an article, following the results of contracted services performed by GTI on the article, using equipment possessed by GTI and techniques known to GTI at the time of examination of the article by GTI. Opinions may vary as to the characteristics covered in the report depending on when, how and by whom (including the gemologist preparing the report) the article is examined and the techniques and equipment that have been used by different laboratories (technologies and equipment employed in treatments, processing and synthesis are continuously evolving and may vary). 

Neither GTI nor its employees shall, at any time, be held responsible for any difference of

Opinion or discrepancy which may result from the application of other grading, assessment and/or identification methods, tools or techniques. The results of another examination of the article may vary from the report based on a variety of factors. 

GTI disclaims all express, implied, and statutory warranties, including but not limited to, any possible implied warranties for fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, and/or non-infringement.

(1) neither GTI nor any of its employees or agents shall have any liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense resulting from or caused by any error in or omission from the report, even if the loss, damage, cost or expense was caused by GTI or any of its employees or agents; and (2) in any event, GTI and its employees and agents shall not be liable for any compensatory, punitive, exemplary, incidental, consequential, direct, indirect, special, statutory and/or any other damages, resulting from or caused by any error in or omission from, or for the issuance of or use of, the report, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.