Negotiating Prices w/ Engagement Rings Direct

[Schultegat]

It seems that Mark over at ERD has received many rave reviews on this site. I live in NYC an plan on visiting Mark shortly in order to purchase a diamond. Is it customary to negotiate the price or is the price listed on ERD''s wedbsite firm?

 

[aljdewey]

Honestly.......his prices are usually EXTREMELY competitive to begin with. I don''t know that there''s much more he could do. You can always ask, of course, but he''s already among the best prices around, so don''t get your hopes up.

 

[gongjoo143]

Hi there,

I bought my ring from Mark at ERD, and referred a few of my friends to him as well. About negotiating prices, I found the same stone using Pricescope''s search and told him other vendor''s prices. Since he had spent a lot of time and effort locating the diamond (eye clean 2 ct F I1), I only thought it was fair to settle on a price between the lowest and highest. After all, the difference only came out to a couple hundred dollars and we had been communicating for about 6 months already.

A friend of mine that bought a beautiful diamond with custom setting from Mark had him go with the lowest price they could find on the web. So... yes, I believe you can negotiate prices with him, but I think it''s best to go with a fair price.