Advice Please! 2.06 RB I VS2 XXX VSB

[Hoobi]

First of all, this is my first post and I'd like to thank everyone here for the reams of advice on diamonds. I feel I know 100x more than I did a couple of months ago when I first discovered this forum.

I currently have the following stone on hold at Eternity Diamonds. PS price is about $16800. I've requested an Idealscope. It is an I VS2 per GIA report.

http://www.eternitydiamonds.com/diamonds/RoundDiamond-677153.htm

I'm intrigued by fluorescence and understand the pros and cons. In this case, it is a Very Strong Blue, but I've been assured by the jeweler that there is no cloudiness or milkiness apparent in normal/UV light. They also confirmed that it is eye clean from 10" as I requested.

HCA is 3.3 (VVVV)

Overall, I've been looking for something in the two-carat range with a budget of around $20k (not including setting) to set in a Vatche Swan:

http://idjewelryonline.com/product_info.php?products_id=9369

Whichever stone I finally decide on, I'm thinking of getting the setting from whiteflash, and will ask them to confirm the characteristics of the stone prior to setting as they seem to do good evals.

Your thoughts?

TIA!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I am not in love with the measurements on that particular stone, but it will help a lot to see the idealscope images. You should, however, be having WF source the stone for you if you want to use them to get the setting. There's honestly no reason to get a Vatche setting from them if you buy the stone elsewhere considering the fact that Vatche is in NYC and they would just be sending the stone back and forth incurring shipping charges. I wish you didn't have the stone on hold because the logical thing would be to use Good Old Gold or ID Jewelry to call in the stone for you and then they can hand carry it to Vatche for you. WF does have beautiful diamonds and I would encourage anyone to choose from their in-house stones if they want to get a setting through them.

 

[Hoobi]

I am not in love with the measurements on that particular stone, but it will help a lot to see the idealscope images. You should, however, be having WF source the stone for you if you want to use them to get the setting. There's honestly no reason to get a Vatche setting from them if you buy the stone elsewhere considering the fact that Vatche is in NYC and they would just be sending the stone back and forth incurring shipping charges. I wish you didn't have the stone on hold because the logical thing would be to use Good Old Gold or ID Jewelry to call in the stone for you and then they can hand carry it to Vatche for you. WF does have beautiful diamonds and I would encourage anyone to choose from their in-house stones if they want to get a setting through them.

Thanks for the input! I should probably clarify that I'm a Texas resident and therefore whiteflash and Gavin are both taxed for me. I don't mind the additional expense on the setting since I'd like to rely on whiteflash's expertise, but on the stone, that 8.25% adds another $1200-1500 depending on cost.

I do have another stone on hold with idjewelry, and a few others as finalists if the consensus on this one is to pass on it. Hopefully I'll get the Idealscope soon and be able to post that as well.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Well, then that is a good reason! But if you buy the stone from a NY vendor, I'd just let them source and set the stone. That way they cover the stone while being set. Diamonds listed on Eternity's site are not in-house stones..they are held by a diamond supplier. So any vendor can call the stones in. My last diamond was listed on Eternity, James Allen, and others, but I had Good Old Gold call it in for me, and then they took it to Vatche to set.

Have you posted the other stone that you have on hold at IDJ? I'd honestly pass on a stone that scores 3 or over on the HCA. Some in the 2 range are fine, though.

 

[Hoobi]

Well, then that is a good reason! But if you buy the stone from a NY vendor, I'd just let them source and set the stone. That way they cover the stone while being set. Diamonds listed on Eternity's site are not in-house stones..they are held by a diamond supplier. So any vendor can call the stones in. My last diamond was listed on Eternity, James Allen, and others, but I had Good Old Gold call it in for me, and then they took it to Vatche to set.

Have you posted the other stone that you have on hold at IDJ? I'd honestly pass on a stone that scores 3 or over on the HCA. Some in the 2 range are fine, though.

Thanks diamondseeker, I think I'll just pass on this one since all my other finalists <2 HCA. Thought this might be a good value, but I'm hoping she'll keep it for a long time, so it's probably not worth taking a chance on a marginal stone. I'll post up the others in a separate post and look forward to feedback on those.

Also, if I have any vendor call in a stone they don't have in-house, will they still typically honor the best listed price for it? I don't really know much about Eternity and would probably prefer a vendor with an established reputation on the forums like GOG, IDJ or James Allen.

 

[Dreamer_D]

I know IDJ has a price matching policy, I am not sure about the other two.