Anyone have an opinion of this vendor?

[kenny]

http://www.colombianemerald1.com/m-6-fancy-diamonds.aspx?z_skin=render

 

[PinkTower]

I did not buy from them; I ended up having a dealer find my stone in Tucson at the show.
But, I did find a stone prior to that on their website that looked very promising. I exchanged some emails with a gentleman, and he pulled the stone and looked it over and I felt he was giving me an honest opinion. I did not actually purchase, but I had a good feeling about the business, for whatever that is worth.

 

[missydebby]

Hey Kenny! Are you adding more to the collection?

 

[T L]

For those prices, I would insist on a GIA report, and I looked through a couple and only saw their own in-house report. I don't care for that.

ETA: I see they carry some with GIA reports, but I would insist on that for any pricey stone.

BTW, I think their pricing is a little outrageous. For example, Leibish would never charge this much for such a diamond color. I'm sorry, but this is super overpriced.
http://www.colombianemerald1.com/p-...nd-108-carats-marquise-cut.aspx?z_skin=render

 

[PrecisionGem]

But then again, isn't any diamond way over priced?

 

[T L]

But then again, isn't any diamond way over priced?

All colorless diamonds are overpriced, but when it comes to colored diamonds, that's a different animal.

 

[VapidLapid]

I could not buy a diamond from anyone who would sell this:
http://www.colombianemerald1.com/p-1349-colombian-emerald-minerals-specimen.aspx

 

[iLander]

I could not buy a diamond from anyone who would sell this:
http://www.colombianemerald1.com/p-1349-colombian-emerald-minerals-specimen.aspx

But it's a cute doggie . . .

Kenny, don't you live in NYC? I thought you mentioned it in some post or other. Did you already try the diamond district? I think there are a few posts about NY city vendors on PS. Even if they don't have colored stones themselves, they will refer you to other reliable vendors who do. They'll get a little kickback, but the referral will be good.

I'm with TL, looks like some diamond pieces are seriously overpriced. Since colored diamonds seem to have a "whatever you can get" price point, I'm kind of wondering.

 

[iLander]

But then again, isn't any diamond way over priced?

Gene, (or anybody else with the info) maybe you should start a thread on the raw tonnage of diamonds mined per year versus the quantity of various gemstones. I think a bar graph would be really interesting to see. . .

 

[PinkTower]

I did not buy from them; I ended up having a dealer find my stone in Tucson at the show.
But, I did find a stone prior to that on their website that looked very promising. I exchanged some emails with a gentleman, and he pulled the stone and looked it over and I felt he was giving me an honest opinion. I did not actually purchase, but I had a good feeling about the business, for whatever that is worth.

Sorry, I looked again, and I was mistaken. This was not the company I worked with.

 

[Imdanny]

Kenny lives in LA.

 

[LD]

Some pretty diamonds BUT the pricing is eye watering! I think there are better deals to be had but if you've fallen in love with a particular one ..............