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Newbie! First time buying a E-ring. Need some advice

P: 3/1/2008 4:30:20 AM
jo11 Rough Rock Total Posts: 2 Last Post: 3/1/2008 Member Since: 3/1/2008	Hi all, just chance upon this forum and I find the people here really friendly and helpful I have never purchased anything online before and now considering getting an e-ring so its a really big step! also im located in Asia not USA, so im not able to view the items myself from the websites I have gathered here, I have chose a few diamonds for consideration,will love your advice :) Thanks http://www.bluenile.com/diamonds_details.asp?__fun_frm=i&track=btntext_viewselect&elem=img&pid=LD01252414&filter_id=0 http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/3469/ http://www.bluenile.com/diamonds_details.asp?__fun_frm=i&track=btntext_viewselect&elem=img&pid=LD01234037&filter_id=0
Posted: 3/1/2008 4:30:20 AM

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P: 3/1/2008 4:54:22 AM
Lorelei Ideal Rock Total Posts: 34,228 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	Welcome Jo! You have picked 3 great diamonds! I would pick the one from Good old Gold for various reasons. It is sold by a vendor with an excellent rep here, who also has a good return policy. It has a great cut, and is also a H&A if that appeals with the various cut quality tests, and also is eligible for the lifetime upgrade program. You may not ever want to upgrade this diamond, but it is nice to have the option. Nothing is more sacred as the bond between horse and rider...no other creature can ever become so emotionally close to a human as a horse. When a horse dies, the memory lives on because an enormous part of his owner's heart, soul, very existence dies also...but that can never be laid to rest, it is not meant to be... - Stephanie M Thorn
Posted: 3/1/2008 4:54:22 AM

P: 3/1/2008 4:55:00 AM
Gypsy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,306 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/9/2005	Date: 3/1/2008 4:54:22 AM Author: Lorelei Welcome Jo! You have picked 3 great diamonds! I would pick the one from Good old Gold for various reasons. It is sold by a vendor with an excellent rep here, who also has a good return policy. It has a great cut, and is also a H&A if that appeals with the various cut quality tests, and also is eligible for the lifetime upgrade program. You may not ever want to upgrade this diamond, but it is nice to have the option. Ditto.
Posted: 3/1/2008 4:55:00 AM

P: 3/1/2008 5:06:07 AM
arjunajane Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,779 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 1/18/2008	hi, welcome and congrats on ur pending engagement. i won't attempt to break down each stone, as i'm no expert on the measurements of RB's - i just wanted to drop a line to say if being able to work closely with your vendor is important to you, Jonathan from GOG is helpful, trustworthy and reliable to work with. I am also looking at purchasing from o/seas (australia) and sometimes the barriers the distance imposes can be frustrating. Jon is well known for going "above and beyond" for the customer. I'm sure BN also has great cust. service to have earned its rep here, I'm just talking from my experience personally. Good luck and I hope you find a great ring! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "And let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing." Kahlil Gibran
Posted: 3/1/2008 5:06:07 AM

P: 3/1/2008 8:09:21 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 3/1/2008 4:54:22 AM Author: Lorelei Welcome Jo! You have picked 3 great diamonds! I would pick the one from Good old Gold for various reasons. It is sold by a vendor with an excellent rep here, who also has a good return policy. It has a great cut, and is also a H&A if that appeals with the various cut quality tests, and also is eligible for the lifetime upgrade program. You may not ever want to upgrade this diamond, but it is nice to have the option. I agree. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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: 3/1/2008 8:09:21 AM

P: 3/1/2008 8:14:04 AM
diamondseeker2006 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 17,609 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 1/11/2006	Date: 3/1/2008 8:09:21 AM Author: Ellen Date: 3/1/2008 4:54:22 AM Author: Lorelei Welcome Jo! You have picked 3 great diamonds! I would pick the one from Good old Gold for various reasons. It is sold by a vendor with an excellent rep here, who also has a good return policy. It has a great cut, and is also a H&amp;A if that appeals with the various cut quality tests, and also is eligible for the lifetime upgrade program. You may not ever want to upgrade this diamond, but it is nice to have the option. I agree. Ditto. Good Old Gold is a wonderful jeweler! ~~~ When in doubt...don't.~~~
Posted: 3/1/2008 8:14:04 AM

P: 3/1/2008 12:34:57 PM
surfgirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,438 Last Post: 5/19/2009 Member Since: 4/5/2007	Date: 3/1/2008 8:14:04 AM Author: diamondseeker2006 Date: 3/1/2008 8:09:21 AM Author: Ellen Date: 3/1/2008 4:54:22 AM Author: Lorelei Welcome Jo! You have picked 3 great diamonds! I would pick the one from Good old Gold for various reasons. It is sold by a vendor with an excellent rep here, who also has a good return policy. It has a great cut, and is also a H&amp;amp;A if that appeals with the various cut quality tests, and also is eligible for the lifetime upgrade program. You may not ever want to upgrade this diamond, but it is nice to have the option. I agree. Ditto. Good Old Gold is a wonderful jeweler! Ditto...!
Posted: 3/1/2008 12:34:57 PM

P: 3/1/2008 12:55:43 PM
jackk Rough Rock Total Posts: 43 Last Post: 3/10/2008 Member Since: 2/10/2008	heres one more good GOG diamond http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/4078/
Posted: 3/1/2008 12:55:43 PM

P: 3/1/2008 1:51:30 PM
coatimundi_org Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,312 Last Post: 6/7/2009 Member Since: 12/9/2007	Wow! Both of those good old gold stones are stunners! You can't go wrong with either! They're close in size too. Coati, G.G.
Posted: 3/1/2008 1:51:30 PM

P: 3/1/2008 11:08:15 PM
jo11 Rough Rock Total Posts: 2 Last Post: 3/1/2008 Member Since: 3/1/2008	thanks to all the replies! I love pricescope! another question my concern being im overseas, how can i ensure that im getting what im paying for? do i get an independent assessor in my country when the item arrives? or get an independent assessor in USA to be my 'eye'??
Posted: 3/1/2008 11:08:15 PM

P: 3/1/2008 11:25:31 PM
elle_chris Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,967 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 2/19/2004	I'd probably have them send the stone to an appraiser in the US and if it checks out, have the appraiser send it to me. I just wouldn't want to be responsible for it overseas if i wasn't 100% sure I was keeping it. elle
Posted: 3/1/2008 11:25:31 PM

P: 3/2/2008 8:11:25 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 3/1/2008 11:08:15 PM Author: jo11 thanks to all the replies! I love pricescope! another question my concern being im overseas, how can i ensure that im getting what im paying for? do i get an independent assessor in my country when the item arrives? or get an independent assessor in USA to be my 'eye'?? I'd say it depends on where you get it, and the particular stone. If it were a lower clarity stone, with inclusions that could potentially cause problems, or a cut that was somewhat questionable, I'd say have it checked out here. But if it's the type of stone you linked from GOG, I'd say just have it verified when you receive it. A stone of that caliber, coming from an extremely reputable vendor really doesn't need an "ok" beforehand, imo. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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: 3/2/2008 8:11:25 AM

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