phiberoptik
Rough_Rock
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- Jul 17, 2007
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Ok so I have a few posts on here and Ive read quite a bit throughout here and Ive tried to teach myself the above the basic knowledge about diamond shopping.
I stopped in a local place yesterday to see what they had to offer and I actually left rather stressed out.
I said I was a budget minded person and she started showing me designer stuff where the setting was less than $1000 away from my budget limit. Nice stuff exactly like I want mine to look like, but out of my price range.
We started talking diamonds and I said that I would like to see diamonds and know the %''s and angles and stuff since GIA does not do a cut certification on fancy cut diamonds (I am looking at princess cuts). She spent over 5 minutes virtually arguing with me about this. Pointing out symmetry and polish and such. I kept stressing I just wanted to make sure that they werent going to sell me a diamond and say its Excellent cut and GIA certified because I know GIA is not the one calling it Excellent and that I have seen different places claim different labels without following the same cut standards.
I mentioned that I would like to see idealscope images of diamonds if possible. She looked like I had just asked her to take her shirt off for me! She had no idea what i was talking about... insisted that I meant Gem scope, and proceeded to tell me I didnt know what I was talking about. I said an ideal scope shows a red/black/white image of the diamond showing where the light reflects and doesnt reflect. She then said that I was talking about a proportion scope and that it would not help me tell the cut quality of the diamond. AM I CONFUSED HERE??? Is MY info wrong? All I hear people talk about on here are idealscope images....
Im so flustered because I am very nervous to purchase online and I cannot find a place that sells both a setting I like and a diamond I like. If I buy a diamond, most B&M places are going to be pricks about setting it for me because its not THEIR diamond.
HELP. This is becoming a NON-fun occasion for me.
Thank you PS''rs
I stopped in a local place yesterday to see what they had to offer and I actually left rather stressed out.
I said I was a budget minded person and she started showing me designer stuff where the setting was less than $1000 away from my budget limit. Nice stuff exactly like I want mine to look like, but out of my price range.
We started talking diamonds and I said that I would like to see diamonds and know the %''s and angles and stuff since GIA does not do a cut certification on fancy cut diamonds (I am looking at princess cuts). She spent over 5 minutes virtually arguing with me about this. Pointing out symmetry and polish and such. I kept stressing I just wanted to make sure that they werent going to sell me a diamond and say its Excellent cut and GIA certified because I know GIA is not the one calling it Excellent and that I have seen different places claim different labels without following the same cut standards.
I mentioned that I would like to see idealscope images of diamonds if possible. She looked like I had just asked her to take her shirt off for me! She had no idea what i was talking about... insisted that I meant Gem scope, and proceeded to tell me I didnt know what I was talking about. I said an ideal scope shows a red/black/white image of the diamond showing where the light reflects and doesnt reflect. She then said that I was talking about a proportion scope and that it would not help me tell the cut quality of the diamond. AM I CONFUSED HERE??? Is MY info wrong? All I hear people talk about on here are idealscope images....
Im so flustered because I am very nervous to purchase online and I cannot find a place that sells both a setting I like and a diamond I like. If I buy a diamond, most B&M places are going to be pricks about setting it for me because its not THEIR diamond.
HELP. This is becoming a NON-fun occasion for me.
Thank you PS''rs