Anybody on here a jeweler?
Diamonds
Anybody on here a jeweler?
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Despite how much I hate her... My step mom is a jewler. Why?
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Uncle is. If you're looking to get a diamond ring, the only advice I ever picked up was that it was a lot cheaper to get the rock first, and then pay to have it set.
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Here is the diamond I'm probably going to settle on, in a white gold setting with 4 tiered baguette side stones with similar color and clarity (tcw 3/8). The Carat, Table, Color and Clarity, Girdle, Culet and Flourescence are exactly what I was looking for.
Although the "very good" polish and symetry grades would probably only get a "good-very good" GIA rating, the determination that it is "premium cut" is helpful. The natural diamond type is IaAB, which I don't really care about because I'm not buying for investment and it can't be determined under any loop I've ever seen.
I know that the depth is just a bit too deep and that the cert is EGL, but I'm willing to make the compromise in the name of price. I was originally looking at GIA H color VS-2 stones and they were about $300-$400 more, so I will probably get a very similar stone.
Total price with setting I'm looking at is $5569, maybe the company I'm looking at will cut me a $100 break. Determining whether I should insure it as scheduled property on its own with State Farm for around $75 per year or Allstate (where I work) as scheduled property on a renters policy for a total of $169 per year (including coverage for my other stuff and liability) which would come with a multi-policy discount of 4% for my auto which would save me about $40 per year.
I think I'm just about over the finish line. I'll let everybody know when the thing is in my hands, my bank account closes and sweat starts pouring down my forehead.
Certificate: EGL
Shape: Round
Cut: Premium
Carat: 1.03
Color: G
Clarity: VS1
Measurements: 6.49-6.45-4
Depth Percentage: 61.8 %
Table Percentage: 59 %
Girdle: M
Culet: None (Pointed)
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Very Good
Fluorescence: None (Inert)
Last edited by ICantSpellDawg; 12-23-2009 at 15:02.
"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."
-Eric "George Orwell" Blair
"If the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court...the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned the government into the hands of that eminent tribunal."
(Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861).
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There's nothing wrong with an EGL certification. Diamonds are worthless on resale, so all that you should care about is how it looks.
If you can get to NYC, I have a friend who is a diamond wholesaler. For about the same price as you just listed there, he got me a ring with a total carat weight of a little over 2, with the main stone at 1.4 carats. That said, what you just listed isn't a bad price at all, and far better than I would normally expect for retail. This economy is probably pretty good for buying jewelry. Don't forget to negotiate... the jewelry business is always open to negotiations on price.
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Online! From Union Diamond. Any tips on that? BBB accredits them with an A+ and they are a US company with local roots in Georgia. Blue Nile was a bit higher. I just don't trust local jewelers.
What kind of friend? NYC is supposed to be the worst place in the world to buy a diamond, but I've heard of people who know people getting a deal. If I lower the color to EGL H or I and the clarity to SI1-I I could get a much bigger stone, but then you can see lots of carbon and feathering without a loop. Since you are a seasoned veteran I'm all ears.
Last edited by ICantSpellDawg; 12-23-2009 at 15:15.
"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."
-Eric "George Orwell" Blair
"If the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court...the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned the government into the hands of that eminent tribunal."
(Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861).
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