Hello Everyone!
I'm looking for an engagement ring. I’ve spent the last month going to just about every retail jeweler in the Cincinnati area. I’ve read through a lot of stuff on these forums to educate myself but I think I need you're help.
I am looking for a Princess Cut Diamond (Non-negotiable, Girlfriend has her heart set on that). I want to put it in either a Thin Solitaire or a Thin Band with Accents down the side. My budget is right around $2,700 to $3,000 Max…so assuming I can get it on a ring for around 700 to 800, I really would like to keep this diamond in the $2,000 to $2,200 range. I really would like to get as close as I can to a carat (not a big deal if its .89 or something in the ball park). Now I get with my budget constraints I am not going to be able to get a perfect diamond, but all I want is something that looks good. After reading a lot of stuff on here I understand that if I get a well cut diamond I can drop in color and clarity, so I am willing to drop my expectations there. If going with a company that doesn’t use GIA certification can save me some money, that sounds great to me. So what we are looking at here is.
Carat - .89-1.10 roughly
Color >=I
Clarity >=SI2 (unless you all think that these inclusions at this point would be really noticeable)
Cut – Ideal to very good
Cert – as long as it is certified, I don’t care who did it.
Budget - $2000-$2200 (for the stone only)
I’ve searched quite a few sites and some decent results. Here are two listed diamonds that
The first is 1.08, I, SI1, $2,025. I just emailed them to insure it was an Eye Clean Diamond, if it was available, and if they could send me a photo…hoping to hear back soon.
http://www.abazias.com/database/NewDiamondInfo.asp?stock=138057400
The next Diamond I found on USA Certed:
Princess Cut: .91, H, VS1, the problem is they don’t tell me what grade the cut is… I emailed them asking who certified the diamond and what the cut grade is but I haven’t heard back yet.
They have an odd URL where I cannot post the URL link but this is all the information that there is on the diamond ^^^^^.
Neither of these has a cut grade which makes me very nervous, but after looking up what kind of Depth % and Table % along with L/W Ratio I want, both of these seem like decent cuts.
Do you think that either of these diamonds are a good value? Or if I buy one of them are they going to get here and then I am going to be disappointed??
I don’t have my heart set on either one of these…So I am open to any and all recommendations for me based on your experience in the diamond world and what I am trying to accomplish here. Just tell me what you where you think I can get my best value because that’s really what I want.
Sorry for such a long post, but I wanted to make sure all the info was in there.
Thank you so so so much!!
Bryan From Cincinnati
I'm looking for an engagement ring. I’ve spent the last month going to just about every retail jeweler in the Cincinnati area. I’ve read through a lot of stuff on these forums to educate myself but I think I need you're help.
I am looking for a Princess Cut Diamond (Non-negotiable, Girlfriend has her heart set on that). I want to put it in either a Thin Solitaire or a Thin Band with Accents down the side. My budget is right around $2,700 to $3,000 Max…so assuming I can get it on a ring for around 700 to 800, I really would like to keep this diamond in the $2,000 to $2,200 range. I really would like to get as close as I can to a carat (not a big deal if its .89 or something in the ball park). Now I get with my budget constraints I am not going to be able to get a perfect diamond, but all I want is something that looks good. After reading a lot of stuff on here I understand that if I get a well cut diamond I can drop in color and clarity, so I am willing to drop my expectations there. If going with a company that doesn’t use GIA certification can save me some money, that sounds great to me. So what we are looking at here is.
Carat - .89-1.10 roughly
Color >=I
Clarity >=SI2 (unless you all think that these inclusions at this point would be really noticeable)
Cut – Ideal to very good
Cert – as long as it is certified, I don’t care who did it.
Budget - $2000-$2200 (for the stone only)
I’ve searched quite a few sites and some decent results. Here are two listed diamonds that
The first is 1.08, I, SI1, $2,025. I just emailed them to insure it was an Eye Clean Diamond, if it was available, and if they could send me a photo…hoping to hear back soon.
http://www.abazias.com/database/NewDiamondInfo.asp?stock=138057400
The next Diamond I found on USA Certed:
Princess Cut: .91, H, VS1, the problem is they don’t tell me what grade the cut is… I emailed them asking who certified the diamond and what the cut grade is but I haven’t heard back yet.
They have an odd URL where I cannot post the URL link but this is all the information that there is on the diamond ^^^^^.
Neither of these has a cut grade which makes me very nervous, but after looking up what kind of Depth % and Table % along with L/W Ratio I want, both of these seem like decent cuts.
Do you think that either of these diamonds are a good value? Or if I buy one of them are they going to get here and then I am going to be disappointed??
I don’t have my heart set on either one of these…So I am open to any and all recommendations for me based on your experience in the diamond world and what I am trying to accomplish here. Just tell me what you where you think I can get my best value because that’s really what I want.
Sorry for such a long post, but I wanted to make sure all the info was in there.
Thank you so so so much!!
Bryan From Cincinnati
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