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James Allen - colored stones

P: 6/17/2009 9:39:52 AM
hoofbeats95 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 891 Last Post: 10/8/2009 Member Since: 11/23/2008	Does anyone have a colored stones set into any James Allen settings? I was just browsing that site and the prices are pretty affordable for some of the settings that I like. I assume they will set your colored stones? If you have James Allen settings please post. :)
Posted: 6/17/2009 9:39:52 AM

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P: 6/17/2009 9:52:33 AM
Chrono Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,303 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 4/22/2004	I have not but I did spy some pretty settings.
Posted: 6/17/2009 9:52:33 AM

P: 6/17/2009 10:09:54 AM
arjunajane Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,764 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 1/18/2008	BEG does - I think her Homer sapph is in the JA common prong solitiare, no? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "And let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing." Kahlil Gibran
Posted: 6/17/2009 10:09:54 AM

P: 6/17/2009 10:12:23 AM
Magenta Cut Rock Total Posts: 140 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 4/6/2009	Date: 6/17/2009 9:39:52 AM Author:hoofbeats95 Does anyone have a colored stones set into any James Allen settings? I was just browsing that site and the prices are pretty affordable for some of the settings that I like. I assume they will set your colored stones? If you have James Allen settings please post. :) They will set them, but they'll charge $150 extra for outside stones. It's in their FAQ. There was a gorgeous stone on here in the timeless setting a few weeks ago - don't remember who's it was, but it looked very nice.
Posted: 6/17/2009 10:12:23 AM

P: 6/17/2009 10:17:15 AM
hoofbeats95 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 891 Last Post: 10/8/2009 Member Since: 11/23/2008	Oh shoot. Well then it would make more sense to order the setting and have a local jeweler set the stone.
Posted: 6/17/2009 10:17:15 AM

P: 6/17/2009 10:51:44 AM
D&T Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,440 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 10/27/2008	I was just about to say the same thing as Magenta, I talked with them directly and yes it is a whopping $150 setting fee.. the timeless the other poster had was in green gold I beleive, very beautiful.
Posted: 6/17/2009 10:51:44 AM

P: 6/17/2009 7:31:15 PM
Chrono Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,303 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 4/22/2004	$150 is a hefty fee to set an outside stone. Will JA sell the setting without setting it?
Posted: 6/17/2009 7:31:15 PM

P: 8/2/2009 11:33:15 PM
Magenta Cut Rock Total Posts: 140 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 4/6/2009	Date: 6/17/2009 7:31:15 PM Author: Chrono $150 is a hefty fee to set an outside stone. Will JA sell the setting without setting it? I was recently reading the FAQ, and looking at it again - it appears that they will. Might be worth trying.
Posted: 8/2/2009 11:33:15 PM

P: 8/3/2009 12:22:39 AM
Brown.Eyed.Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,739 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 6/4/2008	Date: 6/17/2009 10:09:54 AM Author: arjunajane BEG does - I think her Homer sapph is in the JA common prong solitiare, no? Hey AJ! Thanks for remembering - my RH sapphire is indeed in the JA common prong. HB, here are a few links to the ring: 1, 2, 3, and 4 **********************
Posted: 8/3/2009 12:22:39 AM

P: 8/3/2009 12:23:34 AM
Brown.Eyed.Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,739 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 6/4/2008	Date: 6/17/2009 10:12:23 AM Author: Magenta Date: 6/17/2009 9:39:52 AM Author:hoofbeats95 Does anyone have a colored stones set into any James Allen settings? I was just browsing that site and the prices are pretty affordable for some of the settings that I like. I assume they will set your colored stones? If you have James Allen settings please post. :) They will set them, but they'll charge $150 extra for outside stones. It's in their FAQ. There was a gorgeous stone on here in the timeless setting a few weeks ago - don't remember who's it was, but it looked very nice. I forgot - I was charged a fee for setting an outside stone, though mine was $100 (and I paid another $50 for them to do claw prongs). This was back in Sept. or Oct. of 2008 though, so I don't know if they've upped it to $150 since. **********************
Posted: 8/3/2009 12:23:34 AM

P: 8/3/2009 12:24:48 AM
Brown.Eyed.Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,739 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 6/4/2008	Date: 6/17/2009 7:31:15 PM Author: Chrono $150 is a hefty fee to set an outside stone. Will JA sell the setting without setting it? Oops, sorry for responding in all separate posts, but I believe they will - I would have gotten the setting separately, but after talking with them, we decided it was best to have them custom make the head and set it since the girdle of the sapphire was really thin (I think because of the concave faceting?) and they wanted to get it right. **********************
Posted: 8/3/2009 12:24:48 AM

P: 8/3/2009 12:29:14 AM
packrat Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,787 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 12/12/2008	mommachristine has one too, in the timeless setting, green gold head and wg shank.
Posted: 8/3/2009 12:29:14 AM

P: 8/3/2009 12:15:23 PM
tabulem Rough Rock Total Posts: 24 Last Post: 8/13/2009 Member Since: 7/3/2009	I emailed JA about this just a couple of weeks ago. They told me it would be $100 to set a sapphire into one of their settings. I also saw $150 in the FAQs, but $100 is what they told me by email. I am inclined to just pay it so they can make the head right and everything... but how much do you guys think it would cost to have a local jewelery set it?
Posted: 8/3/2009 12:15:23 PM

P: 8/3/2009 12:22:51 PM
Chrono Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,303 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 4/22/2004	What a local jeweller charges depends not only which state you are in but varies from store to store in the same town. Ive seen some as little as $50 and some up to $150. Since it is a JA setting, I am more inclined to have them set it as well.
Posted: 8/3/2009 12:22:51 PM

P: 8/3/2009 12:38:32 PM
D&T Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,440 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 10/27/2008	Date: 8/3/2009 12:15:23 PM Author: tabulem I emailed JA about this just a couple of weeks ago. They told me it would be $100 to set a sapphire into one of their settings. I also saw $150 in the FAQs, but $100 is what they told me by email. I am inclined to just pay it so they can make the head right and everything... but how much do you guys think it would cost to have a local jewelery set it? for me it was anywhere from $24-$45 (depending on the size of the stone, prongs or complexity of the head) the last two have been $30 for me simple six prongs.
Posted: 8/3/2009 12:38:32 PM

P: 8/5/2009 7:44:57 AM
sapphire.panda Rough Rock Total Posts: 32 Last Post: 10/17/2009 Member Since: 8/1/2009	When I inquired about the James Allen "Etoile" style setting (the best reasonably priced Tiffany Etoile-style setting I've seen), I was told that they will only sell their simplest prong settings for outside jewelers to mount the stone in. The setting I was interested in is a heavy half-bezel which has to be custom made for the stone, and they insist on setting it themselves. I believe the $150 setting fee includes insurance against breakage during setting for your stone.
Posted: 8/5/2009 7:44:57 AM

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