Hi everyone,
I recently began looking into purchasing a ring (about a month going now). I had no idea when I initially began, and so I was mostly looking at physical mall stores (Helzberg, DeVons, Jareds, etc.), until I heard that mark up prices a lot compared to online retailers! I found this site through Google search and read some great reviews and advice My girlfriend and I did look at rings and I got a pretty good idea of the style of rings she wanted, but I wanted to get your opinions before deciding on anything. I recently began looking into JamesAllens and found some ones that I like, but I'm currently at work so I don't have links to them...
I really hope you can help me out! I'm currently a graduate student (so not the biggest budget...), so my budget is about $3,000 to $4,500 (but I can go to $5,000 if I really need to!). There was one at DeVons she absolutely loved, but the price was around $8,000 (F,VS1, 0.70 center stone c.w.).
She loves cushion cuts with a single halo. She has pretty tiny fingers and doesn't want anything too overpowering. She isn't too materialistic, but I want to get something that complements her and something she'd be proud to wear around . The main ones I've been looking into were Cushion Cuts, F-G, VVS1-VS1 (as long as there are no obvious inclusions glaring back at me), 0.69-0.99 c.w., excellent cut, something more squarish. But I have literally no experience in diamonds except for what I've been reading up on over the past few weeks. So if any of the criteria is too absurd or I'm focusing on the wrong C's, please let me know!
I plan on proposing early to mid August if that helps! When I asked their customer service representative, he said the style of setting and diamond would only take 12-13 days to finish and send over to me.
And I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong thread!
I recently began looking into purchasing a ring (about a month going now). I had no idea when I initially began, and so I was mostly looking at physical mall stores (Helzberg, DeVons, Jareds, etc.), until I heard that mark up prices a lot compared to online retailers! I found this site through Google search and read some great reviews and advice My girlfriend and I did look at rings and I got a pretty good idea of the style of rings she wanted, but I wanted to get your opinions before deciding on anything. I recently began looking into JamesAllens and found some ones that I like, but I'm currently at work so I don't have links to them...
I really hope you can help me out! I'm currently a graduate student (so not the biggest budget...), so my budget is about $3,000 to $4,500 (but I can go to $5,000 if I really need to!). There was one at DeVons she absolutely loved, but the price was around $8,000 (F,VS1, 0.70 center stone c.w.).
She loves cushion cuts with a single halo. She has pretty tiny fingers and doesn't want anything too overpowering. She isn't too materialistic, but I want to get something that complements her and something she'd be proud to wear around . The main ones I've been looking into were Cushion Cuts, F-G, VVS1-VS1 (as long as there are no obvious inclusions glaring back at me), 0.69-0.99 c.w., excellent cut, something more squarish. But I have literally no experience in diamonds except for what I've been reading up on over the past few weeks. So if any of the criteria is too absurd or I'm focusing on the wrong C's, please let me know!
I plan on proposing early to mid August if that helps! When I asked their customer service representative, he said the style of setting and diamond would only take 12-13 days to finish and send over to me.
And I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong thread!