simplesimon
Rough_Rock
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- Dec 11, 2014
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First time posting and I wanted to write it all down while its fresh in my memory. I’ve been doing some (a lot) of reading on this forum learning about diamonds as I plan to propose in a couple of months. What I still needed to do was see diamonds of various sizes, colors, and clarities to get an idea of what level of quality for each category I’d be comfortable with.
My girlfriend’s best friend got married this year and got her ring at this local family owned outfit in downtown. When I mentioned I was looking at vendors online, she was horrified. She suggested I check out the place where her ring came from, so I went tonight after work and I invited her to join me.
I explained to the sales associate what I wanted to look at a variety of diamonds - sizes, colors, clarities - with the best cuts they had. I sat down in the room and she showed me four diamonds (pictured below).
I did feel like this gave me a much better idea of what these categories look like next to each other. I noticed she wasn’t writing down the cuts for each diamond. She said the best cut they carry is Excellent, but when I asked for them individually, one was excellent and one was very good. I don’t even remember which was which now. I gave up asking after that. The leftmost diamond labeled “FM” and the rightmost diamond are De Beers Forevermark diamonds. She showed me on her magnifying machine that the Forevermark logo is indeed etched into the diamond. I asked her what certification these diamonds have and she said they’re De Beers certified and since De Beers is the main supplier of diamonds, they’re more credible than GIA and AGS. She brought out some settings for me, also pictured above. When I mentioned that I’ve been looking at stuff online, she scoffed and said that online sellers get the diamonds that fine jewelers like themselves don’t want anymore. The best friend nodded in agreement. At the end, I asked if I could get a copy of the GIA certs that DID come with the non-FM diamonds and she said she’ll write down the specs for me on the back of her business card. She wrote down the specs and prices of the FM diamonds on the card (pictured below, I apologize about the picture being sideways).
Afterwards the best friend and I chatted a bit. She gave me a little talk about how it’s so important to be able to see the diamonds for myself and that there’s too much uncertainty with online purchases.
The End.
I might’ve forgotten some minor details here and there which may come to me later on but that was the gist of it. I feel just a little bit of pressure about her friend thinking I’m cheaping out by going online, when in reality I’ll probably spend about the same amount for presumably better quality. I guess it doesn’t matter what she thinks.
My girlfriend’s best friend got married this year and got her ring at this local family owned outfit in downtown. When I mentioned I was looking at vendors online, she was horrified. She suggested I check out the place where her ring came from, so I went tonight after work and I invited her to join me.
I explained to the sales associate what I wanted to look at a variety of diamonds - sizes, colors, clarities - with the best cuts they had. I sat down in the room and she showed me four diamonds (pictured below).
I did feel like this gave me a much better idea of what these categories look like next to each other. I noticed she wasn’t writing down the cuts for each diamond. She said the best cut they carry is Excellent, but when I asked for them individually, one was excellent and one was very good. I don’t even remember which was which now. I gave up asking after that. The leftmost diamond labeled “FM” and the rightmost diamond are De Beers Forevermark diamonds. She showed me on her magnifying machine that the Forevermark logo is indeed etched into the diamond. I asked her what certification these diamonds have and she said they’re De Beers certified and since De Beers is the main supplier of diamonds, they’re more credible than GIA and AGS. She brought out some settings for me, also pictured above. When I mentioned that I’ve been looking at stuff online, she scoffed and said that online sellers get the diamonds that fine jewelers like themselves don’t want anymore. The best friend nodded in agreement. At the end, I asked if I could get a copy of the GIA certs that DID come with the non-FM diamonds and she said she’ll write down the specs for me on the back of her business card. She wrote down the specs and prices of the FM diamonds on the card (pictured below, I apologize about the picture being sideways).
Afterwards the best friend and I chatted a bit. She gave me a little talk about how it’s so important to be able to see the diamonds for myself and that there’s too much uncertainty with online purchases.
The End.
I might’ve forgotten some minor details here and there which may come to me later on but that was the gist of it. I feel just a little bit of pressure about her friend thinking I’m cheaping out by going online, when in reality I’ll probably spend about the same amount for presumably better quality. I guess it doesn’t matter what she thinks.