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P: 7/12/2008 6:23:08 PM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	Hi all: This is my first post, but I have really, really enjoyed the posts on here. So far you have saved me from a LEO and a Peerless, both of which I was almost persuaded into buying. I have made the Kay mistake once in my life, which I am stuck with a $5K ring, that I refuse to double up as an upgrade there. Now....I am ready to propose to my girlfriend and I really want to buy a nice ring, but I want to stay within reason, because there's a wedding/honeymoon and other things to pay for. She really likes the princess shape, but she really doesn't know a lot about jewelry. Now that I think about it, that may be to my advantage. However, I have been through the whole finding a ring thing before, and have somewhat come to appreciate a nice ring, and I want to make sure that she has something that I can be proud of, even if she doesn't know better. I have followed may of the PSer's suggestions and gone to GoG and found the following stone, that I am considering purchasing. http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/4660/ Please take a look and let me know what you think. Initially, I was looking for a higher grade in color, but this one rates so well, is a great size and fits really nicely in the budget, but I want a second, third...50th opinion to avert any more tragic mistakes. I want to have it set in one of these D Vatche settings: http://www.goodoldgold.com/setting/V-115/ http://www.goodoldgold.com/setting/V-140/ Please let me know what you think, I'll take any and all. Thanks, SH *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 7/12/2008 6:23:08 PM

There are 28 replies to this message. There are 28 replies on this page.

P: 7/13/2008 4:34:37 AM
Lorelei Ideal Rock Total Posts: 34,243 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	Looks like a very pretty Princess!! Welcome to Pricescope 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: 7/13/2008 4:34:37 AM

P: 7/13/2008 5:08:44 AM
Gypsy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,306 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/9/2005	Oh it's just lovely! I'd go with the royal X-prong over the regular X-prong. The taper toward the head on the royal will set off the princess more. Lovely choices. I'd reserve that princess!
Posted: 7/13/2008 5:08:44 AM

P: 7/13/2008 5:12:56 AM
arjunajane Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,787 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/18/2008	Wow, looks like a beautiful princess! I'm not a fan of this cut usually, but this one looks really special, it should be very pretty in person. I second Gypsy's advice, I like the royal x prong better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "And let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing." Kahlil Gibran
Posted: 7/13/2008 5:12:56 AM

P: 7/13/2008 5:55:21 AM
MMT Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,565 Last Post: 7/14/2009 Member Since: 6/24/2008	I think you did great. The stone and setting look beautiful. Great size too.
Posted: 7/13/2008 5:55:21 AM

P: 7/13/2008 6:21:12 AM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	You all are awesome!! I like the royal more as well!!!! I have reserved my rock....and can't wait to show the pics once it's done!!!!! *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 7/13/2008 6:21:12 AM

P: 7/13/2008 2:08:30 PM
kcoursolle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,344 Last Post: 10/14/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2006	Date: 7/13/2008 6:21:12 AM Author: stonehunter You all are awesome!! I like the royal more as well!!!! I have reserved my rock....and can't wait to show the pics once it's done!!!!! I was also going to suggest the royal vatche. It's going to be a stunning ring, you did great!!!
Posted: 7/13/2008 2:08:30 PM

P: 7/13/2008 2:08:48 PM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,829 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	Date: 7/13/2008 6:21:12 AM Author: stonehunter You all are awesome!! I like the royal more as well!!!! I have reserved my rock....and can't wait to show the pics once it's done!!!!! Can't wait for your pics 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: 7/13/2008 2:08:48 PM

P: 7/13/2008 8:25:44 PM
Gypsy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,306 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/9/2005	Date: 7/13/2008 6:21:12 AM Author: stonehunter You all are awesome!! I like the royal more as well!!!! I have reserved my rock....and can't wait to show the pics once it's done!!!!! YAY! It's going to be amazing! I can't wait for pics!
Posted: 7/13/2008 8:25:44 PM

P: 7/13/2008 10:33:05 PM
arjunajane Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,787 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 1/18/2008	Date: 7/13/2008 8:25:44 PM Author: Gypsy Date: 7/13/2008 6:21:12 AM Author: stonehunter You all are awesome!! I like the royal more as well!!!! I have reserved my rock....and can't wait to show the pics once it's done!!!!! YAY! It's going to be amazing! I can't wait for pics! ditto! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "And let today embrace the past with remembrance and the future with longing." Kahlil Gibran
Posted: 7/13/2008 10:33:05 PM

P: 8/1/2008 11:03:40 PM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	It's finished!!!!!!!!! All, This forum couldn't be more helpful and I couldn't be more pleased with the work of GOG!!!!! Thank you all for you help!! Now........here are the pics....of my finished e-ring...I am sure my gf is going to faint. :-) *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 8/1/2008 11:03:40 PM

P: 8/1/2008 11:04:21 PM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	more pics...... *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 8/1/2008 11:04:21 PM

P: 8/1/2008 11:05:03 PM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	another view... *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 8/1/2008 11:05:03 PM

P: 8/1/2008 11:06:03 PM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	Thanks to you all! Many thanks to the great ladies of Good Old Gold (Christen, Marie, Sarah)!!!! *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 8/1/2008 11:06:03 PM

P: 8/2/2008 12:03:15 AM
ImpatientOne Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,187 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/19/2006	Gorgeous! I'm sure your soon-to-be fiance will be thrilled!!! ImpatientOne
Posted: 8/2/2008 12:03:15 AM

P: 8/2/2008 6:03:23 AM
Lorelei Ideal Rock Total Posts: 34,243 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	FABULOUS!!!! 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: 8/2/2008 6:03:23 AM

P: 8/2/2008 7:06:59 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Wowzers, that turned out great! Please come back with hand pics if you can. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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: 8/2/2008 7:06:59 AM

P: 8/5/2008 1:39:40 AM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	Hand shots are on the way....... Not sure if this ring was a good thing or not......since it has now taken my place as number one in my finace's heart. She absolutely adores it!!! In person it's even more amazing. *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 8/5/2008 1:39:40 AM

P: 8/5/2008 3:42:19 AM
Lorelei Ideal Rock Total Posts: 34,243 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	Date: 8/5/2008 1:39:40 AM Author: stonehunter Hand shots are on the way....... Not sure if this ring was a good thing or not......since it has now taken my place as number one in my finace's heart. She absolutely adores it!!! In person it's even more amazing. Hehe - congrats!!! 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: 8/5/2008 3:42:19 AM

P: 8/5/2008 7:25:30 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Date: 8/5/2008 1:39:40 AM Author: stonehunter Hand shots are on the way....... Not sure if this ring was a good thing or not......since it has now taken my place as number one in my finace's heart. She absolutely adores it!!! In person it's even more amazing. I bet. And don't worry, I think you've still got a chance. Congrats! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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: 8/5/2008 7:25:30 AM

P: 8/5/2008 9:47:09 AM
Kelli Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,581 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 5/27/2008	Great job on the ring! It turned out beautiful and I love the effort that went into finding just the right one.
Posted: 8/5/2008 9:47:09 AM

P: 8/7/2008 5:09:09 PM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	Handshots..... *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 8/7/2008 5:09:09 PM

P: 8/7/2008 5:11:47 PM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	another 1..... *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 8/7/2008 5:11:47 PM

P: 8/7/2008 5:17:45 PM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	another angle... *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 8/7/2008 5:17:45 PM

P: 8/7/2008 7:22:49 PM
purrfectpear Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,702 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2008	That IS lovely on her hand Have you thought of resetting the old Kay diamond in a pendant for her? "Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn." -Gore Vidal
Posted: 8/7/2008 7:22:49 PM

P: 8/8/2008 7:09:31 AM
Lorelei Ideal Rock Total Posts: 34,243 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2005	SUPERB!!! 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: 8/8/2008 7:09:31 AM

P: 8/10/2008 10:48:21 PM
stonehunter Rough Rock Total Posts: 31 Last Post: 8/19/2008 Member Since: 7/11/2008	Funny you should suggest that purrfectpear, in fact I have. I recently took the ring to Kay to have it polished and have the rhodium plating redone on it......who knew it would change colors just by sitting in a box for years.....well, long story short.....I got it back on Friday and showed it to my FI and she loves it too.......go figure.....eventually, I'll have it set into a pendant.....but I think she's enjoying wearing it on her right hand.. SH *********************************************** Warning: Pricescope is known to cause severe addiction to diamonds.....use at your own risk.
Posted: 8/10/2008 10:48:21 PM

P: 8/11/2008 1:00:53 PM
Rhino Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,865 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 3/29/2001	Thanks stonehunter. I'll pass the kudo's along to the ladies. Awesome, awesome ring and I love the balance between the center stone and the setting. Thank you for allowing us to serve. Warmest regards, Rhino Good Old Gold
Posted: 8/11/2008 1:00:53 PM

P: 8/11/2008 2:10:43 PM
customcushion Cut Rock Total Posts: 220 Last Post: 8/17/2008 Member Since: 6/17/2008	anyone can be great, because anyone can serve - MLK Jr Beautiful Ring
Posted: 8/11/2008 2:10:43 PM

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