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The video (very end) and the website both say 192k. Where did you see 2150?

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?

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 $

ohhh. never mentioned.

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

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

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.

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