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It Worked!! My new J Diamond Studs

P: 1/28/2007 6:10:07 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,769 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	Last month I discovered Pricescope because I was looking for a new diamond after losing my ring. After studying here for a while I realized that it was possible to purchase long desired diamond studs on a budget. I outlined my plan to buy the loose stones from Blue Nile and have them set locally in this thread. http://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=56083 I'm back to report that my plan worked perfectly and I am now wearing my sparkly new diamond studs. In the meantime I also found my diamond ring (and returned the claim to the insurance company). It all worked out great. Another PS success story. To pick up the tale where I left off. The two J SI1 diamonds (GIA excellent cut, 0.42/0.43 ct, both 1.4 on the HCA) arrived from BN exactly on schedule. I checked them out under the microscope and all the inclusions appeared white. I couldn't find them under the loupe, so they are definitely eye clean. I compared their J color to my 1.5 ct F VS2 diamond. As many have written, I could sometimes pick out a slight tinge of yellow looking through the side, but they faced up white. Thanks to other PS threads, I located the platinum martini fittings in the Stuller on-line catalog, so my jeweler simply jotted down the part number and placed the order for me. He called four days later to say they were in. The next day I had the diamonds set. (He has 3 full time setters at the shop, so this was a quick job for them.) Cost for the platinum martini fittings, medium heavy push backs, setting and tax came to $214. My total cost for GIA excellent cut 0.85 ctw J SI1 diamond studs in platinum martini settings was $1339. The HoF quote was more than twice this for 0.75 ctw I/Js! So, thanks for PS for showing the way. I these. And, here are my new studs!!! **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 1/28/2007 6:10:07 PM

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P: 1/28/2007 6:12:52 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,769 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	You can see a bit of color in the J from the side compared to my 1.5 ct F center stone. **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 1/28/2007 6:12:52 PM

P: 1/28/2007 6:15:12 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,769 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	But they look great face up. I think the sizes look good too. (My F has med blue fluor, so that might be making it look a bit more blue.) **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 1/28/2007 6:15:12 PM

P: 1/28/2007 6:17:33 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,769 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	The all important ear shots. **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 1/28/2007 6:17:33 PM

P: 1/28/2007 6:18:18 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,769 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	Other side. **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 1/28/2007 6:18:18 PM

P: 1/28/2007 6:20:01 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,769 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	Under sunny blue skies!!! I love sparkly diamonds. **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 1/28/2007 6:20:01 PM

P: 1/28/2007 6:21:32 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,769 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	More sparkles!! **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 1/28/2007 6:21:32 PM

P: 1/28/2007 6:27:19 PM
Sundial Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,590 Last Post: 7/14/2009 Member Since: 3/14/2005	Those are terrific looking studs and they seem perfectly white to me! Love the setting for your ring also!!!
Posted: 1/28/2007 6:27:19 PM

P: 1/28/2007 6:36:52 PM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,840 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	Wow, thanks for showing us! I like the side profile to show the warmth. They are gorgeous! I love the ring too Skippy "The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it's possible" Rich Devos
Posted: 1/28/2007 6:36:52 PM

P: 1/28/2007 6:49:01 PM
widget Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,254 Last Post: 12/20/2008 Member Since: 11/12/2004	Wow...those look great!! Your pictures are super. Those shots comparing the F and J stones should be noted as a reference for those newbies worried about a little color in their diamonds! Well done! Congratulations.. widget
Posted: 1/28/2007 6:49:01 PM

P: 1/28/2007 7:25:26 PM
SuzyQZ Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,110 Last Post: 4/23/2009 Member Since: 2/20/2006	Flygirl: I just love the graduated yellow diamonds in your engatement ring, really original and eye catching! Your diamond studs look great. As someone who owns two J's myself, I totally think they are a great find when they face up white. You've got yourself some real beauties there! Congratulations! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are just some things you don't 'guess' about.... a womans age, her weight, or the size of her diamond! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SuzyQZ
Posted: 1/28/2007 7:25:26 PM

P: 1/28/2007 7:39:08 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,769 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	Date: 1/28/2007 6:49:01 PM Author: widget Wow...those look great!! Your pictures are super. Those shots comparing the F and J stones should be noted as a reference for those newbies worried about a little color in their diamonds! Well done! Congratulations.. widget Thanks, everyone. I found it interesting that most of the time the F and the J stones appeared exactly the same color! If the J looked a bit yellow, I'd put my F next to it, and it would be yellow as well. The lighting is the trump card most of the time. I think unless our J owners have a reference stone to compare to, they don't realize that most of the time their Js would not be any different looking than a colorless stone. But, I'd say about 5% of the time, the lighting did allow the difference in shades to be seen. **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 1/28/2007 7:39:08 PM

P: 1/28/2007 7:54:45 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,769 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	Date: 1/28/2007 7:25:26 PM Author: SuzyQZ Flygirl: I just love the graduated yellow diamonds in your engatement ring, really original and eye catching! Your diamond studs look great. As someone who owns two J's myself, I totally think they are a great find when they face up white. You've got yourself some real beauties there! Congratulations! Thanks. My original e-ring is a 21 pointer from when we were in college (circa 1975). I kept looking at those diamonds I got for studs and thinking each one was twice that size! The ring you see was a 25th anniversary upgrade to say "we've come a long ways!". I originally wanted a colored diamond center stone, but that proved to be much harder for my jeweler to source. So we compromised with the graduated colored side stones. I love colored diamonds, and am still looking for a beautiful colored diamond RHR. But it has to sparkle! Thanks to PSers for turning me on to Js for earrings! They do look white, and to the extent there is a bit of warmth, frankly, it looks better on a lady my age than icy white. Truly a win-win situation! **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 1/28/2007 7:54:45 PM

P: 1/28/2007 7:57:33 PM
Rascal49 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,350 Last Post: 7/16/2007 Member Since: 7/25/2004	Congrats!!! So glad you are happy with them! ________________________________ Michelle AKA Stretch4 I intend to live forever... so far, so good.
Posted: 1/28/2007 7:57:33 PM

P: 1/28/2007 8:03:32 PM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Beautiful!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 1/28/2007 8:03:32 PM

P: 1/28/2007 8:17:16 PM
sevens one Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,537 Last Post: 9/8/2009 Member Since: 4/14/2004	those are very lovely Fly Girl ______________________________ "You kept making all the stops?" "Well, people kept ringing the bell!" ls gift
Posted: 1/28/2007 8:17:16 PM

P: 1/28/2007 8:21:28 PM
*DeeJay** Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,491 Last Post: 9/23/2009 Member Since: 3/26/2006	Your new earrings look wonderfuly Fly Girl! And I really like your e-ring with the gradulated yellows too!
Posted: 1/28/2007 8:21:28 PM

P: 1/28/2007 9:01:09 PM
Shay37 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,343 Last Post: 8/30/2008 Member Since: 3/2/2004	Love them. This is another success story for PS. yay for finding a place to get a great deal. shay ______________________________My therapist loves me. His name is Brian the Cutter.
Posted: 1/28/2007 9:01:09 PM

P: 1/28/2007 9:12:55 PM
kcoursolle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,344 Last Post: 10/14/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2006	Wonderful job!!! You really got a great deal and they look great on you. The tint isn't noticeable at all face up and with earrings, you can't even see the side! Awesome purchase!
Posted: 1/28/2007 9:12:55 PM

P: 1/28/2007 9:30:18 PM
canuk-gal Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,195 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 4/19/2004	HI: Great earrings!! I tell ya, this really was the week for earrings on PS! cheers--Sharon "People who possess great qualities, do not need to show off".
Posted: 1/28/2007 9:30:18 PM

P: 1/28/2007 9:53:15 PM
Upgradable Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,447 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 8/15/2004	I'm glad you found Pricescope: for the pleasure of your studs, but also the pleasure we have of seeing that KNOCK-OUT ring!!! What a fabulous symbol of your marriages growth over 25 years. Congratulations!!
Posted: 1/28/2007 9:53:15 PM

P: 1/28/2007 10:21:59 PM
kenny Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,871 Last Post: 11/25/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	How cool to see the different colors side by side in the same pic - side view - with a white background - the ONLY way to compare. Beautiful diamonds!!!!! Congratulations ___________________ Keep asking questions.
Posted: 1/28/2007 10:21:59 PM

P: 1/28/2007 10:42:20 PM
diamondseeker2006 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 17,609 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 1/11/2006	They look great! Nice choice! ~~~ When in doubt...don't.~~~
Posted: 1/28/2007 10:42:20 PM

P: 1/29/2007 4:00:28 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,769 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	Date: 1/28/2007 9:53:15 PM Author: Upgradable I'm glad you found Pricescope: for the pleasure of your studs, but also the pleasure we have of seeing that KNOCK-OUT ring!!! What a fabulous symbol of your marriages growth over 25 years. Congratulations!! Thanks everyone. You are most kind. Glad you are enjoying my diamond ring. I lost the ring last July and found it again this month. It really is a beauty, designed by a local jeweler (I should say artist) about 6 years ago whose unique work I have admired for over 20 years. I am soooooo happy to have it back. Replacing it was proving to be stressful (for instance, the insurance company thought I could just go down to the mall and order a new one!). We all know better. **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 1/29/2007 4:00:28 PM

P: 1/29/2007 4:12:10 PM
KristyDarling Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,918 Last Post: 10/6/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2005	Beautiful and white, white, white!!! IMO, those are the perfect size for diamond studs!!! I'm thinking about going about that size when I upgrade my .25 carat each studs!!!
Posted: 1/29/2007 4:12:10 PM

P: 1/29/2007 5:18:54 PM
FireGoddess Ideal Rock Total Posts: 12,145 Last Post: 3/23/2009 Member Since: 1/25/2005	They are just gorgeous! What a perfect size for your ear.
Posted: 1/29/2007 5:18:54 PM

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