Date: 6/11/2009 3:16:06 PM
Author: rialaine
Oh my goodness!
Yeah my FF had the same thought process until I started saying things like 'So & so's ring came from a mall store. Have you ever seen how over priced those stores are? And the quality is usually horrible too.' I'd drop hints like that. Especially when a commercial from Zales, Kays etc etc came on the TV.
Then he caught on & started asking me 'So what stores are good stores? How do you know what makes a quality diamond?' etc etc & then I started teaching him. It really started clicking after we went ring shopping & now he wants to learn even more.
I told him 'You wouldn't pay sticker price for a car would you? You wouldn't just got to a random car lot & pick out a car without knowing anything about it or what its bluebook price is, would you?.... Its the same thing with a diamond.' Now he's all excited about the hunt & getting the bargain.
I don''t know where the online diamond stigma came from, but it''s hugely annoying. We buy everything else online, y''know??Date: 6/11/2009 6:44:31 PM
Author: laughwithme
For your sake....please encourage him to do his research!!!!
I know for a fact that behind my FI''s back, some friends were talking negatively about his decision to buy at Whiteflash, since its an online vendor. You better believe they got dead silent when they finally saw the ring on my hand...three girls have told me that it is the ''sparkliest diamond they have ever seen.'' One girl even said it was more sparkly than her best friend''s Tiffany diamond
Oh, forgot to mention, it''s an AGS0 princess.
PLEASE tell him what sort of quality is out there!!!