Hello community members,
Again, I am going to thank you all for your valuable advise in advance. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it.
I had asked for advice here before about a ring, and was delivered the invaluable advise of involving my fiancee in the process of picking out the ring.
I proposed with a an empty ring box and a pair of high heels she had been lusting over for years. The shoes cost me an extra $700, but it turned out to totally work in every possible way - and I got to avoid buying a placeholder ring I wasn't sure she would love/ever wear again.
So I am (more than) a little bit value obsessed. I am ok to spend, but I have to know I am getting the 'best deal' I can. It will literally haunt me for the rest of my waking days if I have to look at a ring every day that I paid too much for. That being said, I'm not really cheap either - I'll spend if it's the right deal.
Getting down to it, she wants a round cut, solitaire setting - I suggested we go platinum as she was concerned about bending the low profile style solitaire that she wants.
She's a small girl with small fingers and "doesn't want anything too big", just a size that "fits" - apologies for the vague and subjective wording there. I'm thinking anything between .95 and 1.45k.
I was thinking something like this:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-di...-color-vvs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-2114164
I've read as much as I can on this forum and elsewhere about how to pick a diamond, but I'm by no means an expert or even an intermediate (or probably even a beginner) diamond shopper. This is actually the first real piece of valuable jewelry I've ever bought.
I've tended to stick to James Allen because I really like to see the magnification and 360 spin with my own eyes. That being said, I am by no means bound to using JA. I like the idea of http://www.rarecarat.com/, but have been struggling to see the diamonds on there on the actual retailer websites.
My end goals are to get a diamond styled the way she wants at the best possible value. I am somewhat flexible on everything except round diamond and a solitaire setting.
Again, I really appreciate any and all feedback - just having this forum to creep on has already made this process much less daunting.
All the best and Happy Halloween!
Again, I am going to thank you all for your valuable advise in advance. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it.
I had asked for advice here before about a ring, and was delivered the invaluable advise of involving my fiancee in the process of picking out the ring.
I proposed with a an empty ring box and a pair of high heels she had been lusting over for years. The shoes cost me an extra $700, but it turned out to totally work in every possible way - and I got to avoid buying a placeholder ring I wasn't sure she would love/ever wear again.
So I am (more than) a little bit value obsessed. I am ok to spend, but I have to know I am getting the 'best deal' I can. It will literally haunt me for the rest of my waking days if I have to look at a ring every day that I paid too much for. That being said, I'm not really cheap either - I'll spend if it's the right deal.
Getting down to it, she wants a round cut, solitaire setting - I suggested we go platinum as she was concerned about bending the low profile style solitaire that she wants.
She's a small girl with small fingers and "doesn't want anything too big", just a size that "fits" - apologies for the vague and subjective wording there. I'm thinking anything between .95 and 1.45k.
I was thinking something like this:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-di...-color-vvs1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-2114164
I've read as much as I can on this forum and elsewhere about how to pick a diamond, but I'm by no means an expert or even an intermediate (or probably even a beginner) diamond shopper. This is actually the first real piece of valuable jewelry I've ever bought.
I've tended to stick to James Allen because I really like to see the magnification and 360 spin with my own eyes. That being said, I am by no means bound to using JA. I like the idea of http://www.rarecarat.com/, but have been struggling to see the diamonds on there on the actual retailer websites.
My end goals are to get a diamond styled the way she wants at the best possible value. I am somewhat flexible on everything except round diamond and a solitaire setting.
Again, I really appreciate any and all feedback - just having this forum to creep on has already made this process much less daunting.
All the best and Happy Halloween!