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I love James Allen, I find their business model really helpful in both shopping and learning the "look" of different diamonds.
But i have one gripe that i just wanted to get out there. They charge more for different alloys. For example, their basic bare bones super cheap $180 setting that everybody knows- in rose gold, its $530 dollars!
I have purchased that setting and i paid 180 for it in yellow gold (now that will cost you $440) and it was ok. I say ok because for the price, it did its job, but in no way is it worth $530 dollars. Its thin, its basic, it has a cheap peg head with somewhat bulky prongs.
this is the most obvious difference, but its seen in many of their settings. You dont want white gold? well pay more then. Im sure it has something to do with buying in bulk or whatever, but you dont see these obvious price differences at other stores, and it means people who dont want other metals are SOL
thats all, rant over.....
But i have one gripe that i just wanted to get out there. They charge more for different alloys. For example, their basic bare bones super cheap $180 setting that everybody knows- in rose gold, its $530 dollars!
I have purchased that setting and i paid 180 for it in yellow gold (now that will cost you $440) and it was ok. I say ok because for the price, it did its job, but in no way is it worth $530 dollars. Its thin, its basic, it has a cheap peg head with somewhat bulky prongs.
this is the most obvious difference, but its seen in many of their settings. You dont want white gold? well pay more then. Im sure it has something to do with buying in bulk or whatever, but you dont see these obvious price differences at other stores, and it means people who dont want other metals are SOL
thats all, rant over.....