nextstepjohnny
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2010
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- 15
As a still-searching, getting frustrated new pricescope member (and a hopefully engaged one soon at that), I have a question.
Is there any such thing as getting "a deal" on a stone here? I mean, all the stones in-house at vendor have been examined, and presumably priced accordingly.
So, I initially thought that by searching the virtual stones, a relatively better deal could possibly be found. However, THOSE stones have already been examined by someone as well, and as such, the "wholesale" price for vendors for those stones must also reflect this.
So is it even possible to get a deal?
I ask this because recently I was about to purchase a stone, but through a bank-mishap I was unable to purchase it, and it has since been sold (of course just before I cleared things up with the bank).
The stone itself seemed like a great deal. GIA round 1.56ct, G color, SI1 which was eye-clean SI1 per the vendor from both the top and sides, strong blue fluoro that again, per the vendor did not make the stone milky, and an HCA of 1.8. Girdle was med-slt thick, and it was not too deep or anything like that. It was priced $1000 less than similar stones with HCA < 2 via virtual inventory search.
Was this really an incredible deal that I missed? Or was something amuck with the stone that wasn''t being disclosed?
Should I beat myself up for missing out on this, or consider myself lucky for not purchasing it and then having to return it when I found its hidden flaw?
OK, that was more like 6 questions.
Is there any such thing as getting "a deal" on a stone here? I mean, all the stones in-house at vendor have been examined, and presumably priced accordingly.
So, I initially thought that by searching the virtual stones, a relatively better deal could possibly be found. However, THOSE stones have already been examined by someone as well, and as such, the "wholesale" price for vendors for those stones must also reflect this.
So is it even possible to get a deal?
I ask this because recently I was about to purchase a stone, but through a bank-mishap I was unable to purchase it, and it has since been sold (of course just before I cleared things up with the bank).
The stone itself seemed like a great deal. GIA round 1.56ct, G color, SI1 which was eye-clean SI1 per the vendor from both the top and sides, strong blue fluoro that again, per the vendor did not make the stone milky, and an HCA of 1.8. Girdle was med-slt thick, and it was not too deep or anything like that. It was priced $1000 less than similar stones with HCA < 2 via virtual inventory search.
Was this really an incredible deal that I missed? Or was something amuck with the stone that wasn''t being disclosed?
Should I beat myself up for missing out on this, or consider myself lucky for not purchasing it and then having to return it when I found its hidden flaw?
OK, that was more like 6 questions.