I hope this is in the correct section. Anyway, I could use some help sorting through my purchase decision.
Let me lay out what I think I want to get so far, based on what my soon-to-be wife likes.
Cut: round, oval, or emerald
Color: G or better
Clarity: VS2 or better
Size: 5.5ct or more [preferably over 6]
Fluorescence: none [jeweler says this is important in larger stones in terms of the investment]
Excellent symmetry, polish, and cut
Here is what I am between:
http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-search?pt=setform&track=NavDiaSeaRD#diamonds_pid=LD03086940 [not exactly on the money for the color]
http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-search?pt=setform&track=NavDiaSeaRD#diamonds_pid=LD03215901 [not exactly on the money for the fluorescence]
and also a stone my jeweler likes but isn't online that is 5.51ct, F color, VS2, and everything else I mentioned above, for $245k.
Please tell me if you know of some better value, have any ideas, and give me a range of how much negotiating I can probably do. It's hard for me to tell how hard/low I should push.
Let me lay out what I think I want to get so far, based on what my soon-to-be wife likes.
Cut: round, oval, or emerald
Color: G or better
Clarity: VS2 or better
Size: 5.5ct or more [preferably over 6]
Fluorescence: none [jeweler says this is important in larger stones in terms of the investment]
Excellent symmetry, polish, and cut
Here is what I am between:
http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-search?pt=setform&track=NavDiaSeaRD#diamonds_pid=LD03086940 [not exactly on the money for the color]
http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-search?pt=setform&track=NavDiaSeaRD#diamonds_pid=LD03215901 [not exactly on the money for the fluorescence]
and also a stone my jeweler likes but isn't online that is 5.51ct, F color, VS2, and everything else I mentioned above, for $245k.
Please tell me if you know of some better value, have any ideas, and give me a range of how much negotiating I can probably do. It's hard for me to tell how hard/low I should push.