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Obnoxious upgrade question... |
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| P: 7/7/2004 12:22:54 PM | |
treysar Ideal Rock Total Posts: 935 Last Post: 4/29/2009 Member Since: 6/5/2004 |
Nevermind!! 
***2 one way tickets and a diamond ring, hell it don't matter what the rain might bring...*** |
| Posted: 7/7/2004 12:22:54 PM | |
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| P: 7/7/2004 12:34:40 PM | |
Patty Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,031 Last Post: 6/4/2008 Member Since: 12/7/2003 |
Ahhhh, treysar, so your friend thinks instead of focusing on a setting that makes her diamond LOOK bigger, maybe she should just get a diamond that IS bigger? What are the specs on your friend's current stone? Did she buy it from an online vendor? What is the trade up policy of her vendor? It is not obnoxious to want a larger stone. Some people just do and that doesn't make them bad people. 
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| Posted: 7/7/2004 12:34:40 PM | |
| P: 7/7/2004 12:52:47 PM | |
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treysar Ideal Rock Total Posts: 935 Last Post: 4/29/2009 Member Since: 6/5/2004 |
nevermind!
***2 one way tickets and a diamond ring, hell it don't matter what the rain might bring...*** |
| Posted: 7/7/2004 12:52:47 PM | |
| P: 7/7/2004 12:54:17 PM | |
moremoremore Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,825 Last Post: 2/9/2009 Member Since: 3/15/2004 |
I don't think it's bitchy just b/c someone wants to upgrade a 2 ct stone! Well, for 2000 you might not get a bigger stone...but you could probably get a better cut stone with the same color and clarity....or maybe same cut but you could jump in color or clarity...probably not both...
______________________________ Stewart says: I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggon'it, people like me. |
| Posted: 7/7/2004 12:54:17 PM | |
| P: 7/7/2004 12:55:17 PM | |
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moremoremore Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,825 Last Post: 2/9/2009 Member Since: 3/15/2004 |
oops...one carat...I'm confused..not the first time...
______________________________ Stewart says: I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggon'it, people like me. |
| Posted: 7/7/2004 12:55:17 PM | |
| P: 7/7/2004 2:20:04 PM | |
valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003 |
There is a problem with the upgrade - how is she going to "get rid" of the current stone? Unless the same seller takes it in for an upgrade, it is unlikely that she will recuperate anything close to the price she paid  The 2k will likely barely cover the loss! Assuming that this is a 5k diamond and she can get the sum back, the added expense will get a 1.5cts I-Si piece. IS that worth the trouble ? Actually, the description of the existing diamond sounds very good - this should be a particularly clean SI piece and the proportions sound promissing as well. I would not suspect this for H&A, but it can well be a piece with great brilliance nevertheless and quite a good buy (in absence of branding). Unless some of this is way optimistic, the idea to set this stone in a nicer setting rather than get a bigger, but not better diamond sounds very reasonable. Actually, I am already thinking of a pair of trillions or half moons to cover the remaining finger area on the sides of the stone It can't hurt that such stones are meant to look large for their weight to begin with...Just a thought, of course. Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian] |
| Posted: 7/7/2004 2:20:04 PM | |
| P: 7/7/2004 3:11:27 PM | |
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moremoremore Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,825 Last Post: 2/9/2009 Member Since: 3/15/2004 |
I assumed she meant with the same jeweler who would give 100% upgrade value...what ever that's worth! I'm thinking though, it's not worth it. I would get a really nice setting!
______________________________ Stewart says: I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggon'it, people like me. |
| Posted: 7/7/2004 3:11:27 PM | |
| P: 7/7/2004 4:55:42 PM | |
fire&ice Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,827 Last Post: 3/30/2009 Member Since: 7/22/2002 |
Unless she can wrangle up more than 2k, she probably isn't going to end up w/ something substantially bigger, especially if the stone was purchased years ago. That said, for 2k, sides stones would give the center stone some real umpf. Curious, how long has see had the ring/stone. If she is newly engaged, I kinda think asking for more would be a little touchy. If she's been married for several years, an upgrade may be more well received. Either way, it depends on the guy. My husband was never attached to my orgininal stone. He didn't really care as long as what I did made me happy. Some men would be offended if the women wanted an upgrade. We haven't had a thread like this in a while. People had some pretty strong opinions either way in the past.
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| Posted: 7/7/2004 4:55:42 PM | |
| P: 7/7/2004 7:15:38 PM | |
sevens one Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,537 Last Post: 9/8/2009 Member Since: 4/14/2004 |
---------------- What!? The setting!? Did I read this correctly? MMM-you're becoming soft. How sad  I say, as always-go for a bigger stone. ______________________________ |
| Posted: 7/7/2004 7:15:38 PM | |
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