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Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2010
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Hi all. I''ve been searching for the perfect ring since early October 09, cheating the typical ways of course, paying attention to the styles of rings my GF pays attention to in stores, on TV shows (the Hills, Batchelor etc) and in magazines. HW''s gorgeous Cushion Halo seemed to be the style that got the most attention most consistently, but after pricing a genuine HW, it was back to the drawing board.
I had never heard of PS, but after talking to a number of local jewelers (I''m in Sydney Australia), I wasn''t sure any of them could do a version that I would be happy with. Then, turning to the internet, my eyes were opened, RAPIDLY. Pricescope, ChunkyCushionLover, Pushincushion, Mark Turnowski, 2ndtime, Winnie, Fatguy, (and many, many others) all became very familiar to me. So much knowledge and so much passion and inspiration all in the one place, it was only a matter of time before I found the perfect ring. Then it happened, I came across ddcha''s Rockytalk thread https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/another-mark-t-cushion-masterpiece-in-the-works-advice-welcome.111929/, and that was the end of it. All I had to do was to determine if Mark could find me a suitable diamond and make me that ring, within my budget (come to think of it, that''s a horrible word when you use it wrt the most romantic purchase of one''s life, and I must admit it was fluid concept anyway as it turned out
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Now, 2.28ct H VVS2 was always going to be out of my price range (particularly due to having to pay in Aussie dollars, extra for international wiring then an additional 15% duty to get it into the country), but if I could get something that closely resembled Dianna''s ring for my GF that didn''t look like an obviously "scaled down to a budget" design then that''s what I wanted.
The rest (so far at least) has been a very exciting and painless process, from my first conversion with Mark on 12 Jan, until yesterday when he emailed me with the "your beautiful ring is ready" message. Amazing how fast it has been when I look at the elapsed days, but I must say that even those short three weeks have seemed like an eternity given my excitement of finally deciding what I wanted and Mark being able to convince me that he can do it within my budget.
So, I have wired the final payment and it''s simply a matter of waiting till Mark receives the funds and sends it via Fedex to me. Should get it either late this week or (more likely) early next week. In the meantime, the following are the highlights of my short journey with Mark so far.
I had never heard of PS, but after talking to a number of local jewelers (I''m in Sydney Australia), I wasn''t sure any of them could do a version that I would be happy with. Then, turning to the internet, my eyes were opened, RAPIDLY. Pricescope, ChunkyCushionLover, Pushincushion, Mark Turnowski, 2ndtime, Winnie, Fatguy, (and many, many others) all became very familiar to me. So much knowledge and so much passion and inspiration all in the one place, it was only a matter of time before I found the perfect ring. Then it happened, I came across ddcha''s Rockytalk thread https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/another-mark-t-cushion-masterpiece-in-the-works-advice-welcome.111929/, and that was the end of it. All I had to do was to determine if Mark could find me a suitable diamond and make me that ring, within my budget (come to think of it, that''s a horrible word when you use it wrt the most romantic purchase of one''s life, and I must admit it was fluid concept anyway as it turned out
Now, 2.28ct H VVS2 was always going to be out of my price range (particularly due to having to pay in Aussie dollars, extra for international wiring then an additional 15% duty to get it into the country), but if I could get something that closely resembled Dianna''s ring for my GF that didn''t look like an obviously "scaled down to a budget" design then that''s what I wanted.
The rest (so far at least) has been a very exciting and painless process, from my first conversion with Mark on 12 Jan, until yesterday when he emailed me with the "your beautiful ring is ready" message. Amazing how fast it has been when I look at the elapsed days, but I must say that even those short three weeks have seemed like an eternity given my excitement of finally deciding what I wanted and Mark being able to convince me that he can do it within my budget.
So, I have wired the final payment and it''s simply a matter of waiting till Mark receives the funds and sends it via Fedex to me. Should get it either late this week or (more likely) early next week. In the meantime, the following are the highlights of my short journey with Mark so far.
Thanks. I do remember some of your posts when you were choosing your diamond, but don''t remember seeing the final product. Did I miss it?
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