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Re: Let's talk branded pieces...Yssie, DS, and all other fan
So I talked to a WF rep about the ACA... it's not eyeclean
It's *almost* eyeclean. As in, you have to look for the inclusion. I spotted it right away in the blown up photo, the crystal under the start facet, but... that's a blown up photo... DS, thank you! I would certainly trust your recomendation as a double-check of whether it's worth having shipped out to inspect in-person as FD smartly suggests! Based on feedback so far I don't think it's likely to be the stone for me though - I'm a lot more nitpicky about inclusions these days.
I want a 4ct J VS2 - as close to 10mm as possible. There are 3.5ct J VS1s in-budget and 4.2ct J SI1s in-budget (budget's up to 45 - finally final!!!) and not much going on in the middle WF has rough to cut a ~3.4ct J VS1 for a very (VERY) reasonable cost, but... again, smaller than I want, I'd be paying for clarity I won't appreciate. I've asked if there's anything that could make a slightly larger, slightly lower-clarity stone - we'll see! I really don't want to go the custom cutting route but the dearth of NotTotalCrap is astounding
Oh, I have to say - I'm not pleased with JA at the moment. I completely fail to understand how it can take three weeks to process a wire transfer refund - they refused to FedEx me the refund cheque even after offering to pay the extra. I'll be calling in as soon as the stone reaches their offices and having a nice long chat with whoever I need to have a nice long chat with to get me my 30k a good bit faster than that Refunds are a long process but exchanges are much faster, of course!
Rose, FD, DS, m2b - you're all so sweet to humour me and my waffling
So I talked to a WF rep about the ACA... it's not eyeclean
It's *almost* eyeclean. As in, you have to look for the inclusion. I spotted it right away in the blown up photo, the crystal under the start facet, but... that's a blown up photo... DS, thank you! I would certainly trust your recomendation as a double-check of whether it's worth having shipped out to inspect in-person as FD smartly suggests! Based on feedback so far I don't think it's likely to be the stone for me though - I'm a lot more nitpicky about inclusions these days.
I want a 4ct J VS2 - as close to 10mm as possible. There are 3.5ct J VS1s in-budget and 4.2ct J SI1s in-budget (budget's up to 45 - finally final!!!) and not much going on in the middle WF has rough to cut a ~3.4ct J VS1 for a very (VERY) reasonable cost, but... again, smaller than I want, I'd be paying for clarity I won't appreciate. I've asked if there's anything that could make a slightly larger, slightly lower-clarity stone - we'll see! I really don't want to go the custom cutting route but the dearth of NotTotalCrap is astounding
Oh, I have to say - I'm not pleased with JA at the moment. I completely fail to understand how it can take three weeks to process a wire transfer refund - they refused to FedEx me the refund cheque even after offering to pay the extra. I'll be calling in as soon as the stone reaches their offices and having a nice long chat with whoever I need to have a nice long chat with to get me my 30k a good bit faster than that Refunds are a long process but exchanges are much faster, of course!
Rose, FD, DS, m2b - you're all so sweet to humour me and my waffling