Am I being bamboozled?

[wonderwoman1114]

I just dont feel right about this. The jeweler said he would custom make me a platinum setting with 5 princess cut diamonds on the side to equal a carat. The center stone is a princess cut 1.01 d color, vs2. But here''s the catch - the cut is bad - 65%table 79.6 Depth. Still a nice eye clean diamond, but is the whole package worth 5,800? Does this seem too much, or is it a good bargain?

 

[NewlyEngaged]

WW1114-

I just picked up my gf's ring on Saturday. Mine is virtually all Platinum with a tiny raised channel in 18K yellow. there are a total of 6 princess cut stones, G, VS2 with a weight of .31 carats and two round, G, VS2 stones weighing .39 carats total. My center stone is a 1.00 carat, Princess, G, VVS2 with a 70.2 Depth and 86% table. As I am finding out from this site, the cut is not perfect, but it sparkles quite well. It is a very clean stone, no imperfections to the eye at all and when I compared to an E in the store, my G looked whiter (even outdoors in natural light). I paid a total of $6,425 before tax. So how much does cut matter? I have no stinkin' idea. I do know that my ring looks outstanding and I will be posting pics next week.

Don't know if that helps or not, but it's my two cents nonetheless.

 

[Richard Sherwood]

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But here's the catch - the cut is bad - 65%table
79.6 Depth
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WonderWoman, are you basing your assessment of the cut being "bad" based on just these two figures?

A 65% table is an AGA "1A" characteristic, while a 79.6% depth is a "2B" characteristic. Both are far from being "bad".