I hope this is okay to post - I thought it could be helpful for those who are considering both companies. I have read previously about how SP had the best prices for eternity bands, but that their prices had come up quite a bit in recent months. I had been looking at both and decided to go with WF for a 5 stone platinum 1.25 carat total weight with ACA melee. Color is F-G, clarity is VS. I just ordered this ring today (yipeee!)
Anyways, just taking the prices off of the SP website (so to be fair, I did not get a personalized quote from them), their 5 stone platinum 1.0 ctw with premium to ideal stones and F-G, VVS - VS clarity, is roughly the same price as my 1.25 platinum 5 stone with ACA melee. The next size they have in stock on their website is 1.38 ctw (so .13 more total weight divided between the 5 stones when compared with my WF 1.25 ctw) and it is roughly $1000 more than my custom WF 1.25 ctw ACA band will be. This is just the regular SP diamond bands, not the Raphael. (Also, the quote I was given from WF for a 1.0 ctw 5 stone with ACA was a few hundred under the price for the SP 1.0 ctw 5 stone).
I was quite surprised that WF was not just equivalent in price to SP, but was definitely more affordable! I have seen many of the SP pictures on this forum and of course, they are absolutely beautiful and I''ve heard their return policies are great, so that is a bonus. There would be a 50% restocking fee if I decided to return my custom WF band.
I hope noone takes this as a slam to SP, as from everything I have read, they are a great company with beautiful pieces - I just thought it was interesting and wanted to share. This is my first experience with WF (or any online diamond/jewelry website) and I have benefited greatly from the info others had posted, so I thought I would pass on some info based on my experience.
Oh - the other thing - I am assuming that the total amount and quality of the platinum used in the rings from both companies is roughly equivalent? Hope I''m right and am not leading people to believe something that is incorrect.
Anyways, just taking the prices off of the SP website (so to be fair, I did not get a personalized quote from them), their 5 stone platinum 1.0 ctw with premium to ideal stones and F-G, VVS - VS clarity, is roughly the same price as my 1.25 platinum 5 stone with ACA melee. The next size they have in stock on their website is 1.38 ctw (so .13 more total weight divided between the 5 stones when compared with my WF 1.25 ctw) and it is roughly $1000 more than my custom WF 1.25 ctw ACA band will be. This is just the regular SP diamond bands, not the Raphael. (Also, the quote I was given from WF for a 1.0 ctw 5 stone with ACA was a few hundred under the price for the SP 1.0 ctw 5 stone).
I was quite surprised that WF was not just equivalent in price to SP, but was definitely more affordable! I have seen many of the SP pictures on this forum and of course, they are absolutely beautiful and I''ve heard their return policies are great, so that is a bonus. There would be a 50% restocking fee if I decided to return my custom WF band.
I hope noone takes this as a slam to SP, as from everything I have read, they are a great company with beautiful pieces - I just thought it was interesting and wanted to share. This is my first experience with WF (or any online diamond/jewelry website) and I have benefited greatly from the info others had posted, so I thought I would pass on some info based on my experience.
Oh - the other thing - I am assuming that the total amount and quality of the platinum used in the rings from both companies is roughly equivalent? Hope I''m right and am not leading people to believe something that is incorrect.
(Hope you don''t mind Dancing Fire!) Except my fingers are much much bigger than his wife''s, unfortunately.
300x240.png)