Re: Chip found on diamond 5 days before proposal - please he
I really appreciate your concern and the concern that everyone in this thread has shown. It really helps to have such a great community that genuinely wants to help. In terms of updates, there isn't a whole lot. I spoke with the jeweler making the setting and he said that it would be fine to have a new stone as long as the dimensions are within 0.2mm on each side. James Allen won't be able to send a return label until Monday, which means the earliest that they will receive it is on Tuesday. If I want another diamond from them, they can exchange it and have it delivered by Wednesday. However, that means there won't be any Sarin reports, ASET photos, or gemologist's review. I also contacted a few local jewelers that I had worked with earlier to see if they can bring in some more diamonds but none of them had stones that were within my parameters on hand and can't get any in until late Monday or Tuesday. At this point I'm preparing for postponing the proposal and have a backup planned for her birthday. I'll just have to regroup and propose on a different day and probably in a different way. Oh well, improvise and overcome I guess. I would rather take the time to get the right dismond that both she and I will be happy with instead of getting one in a mad rush and hoping I don't regret it later. If I do postpone the proposal, I'm hoping that the jeweler making the setting will be able to adjust to the dimensions of the new stone without having the 0.2mm restriction. So far, he's only done the CAD and I am not sure if he started the wax mold before I told him about my predicament. I don't know much about the custom ring design process so I don't know how big of a deal it would be to redo the CAD and wax mold if needed.
Also, no worries about recommending this stone to me from my other thread. Out of the 3 stones I had selected for review by James Allen, one was lifeless (according to their gemologist), another one had chips on the corners (as found by their gemologist but still recommended to me as a good buy by the gemologist and sales rep), and this stone. I must really know how to pick them seeing as how I went 0/3.
GoSounders|1375606705|3496298 said:Were you able to resolve anything today?
I feel terrible recommending this stone to you on the other thread. It definitely looked like a winner, and I don't believe the price was discounted due to anyone knowing about the chip. This thread (and those great pictures) should serve as a warning to anyone buying princess stones online or in-person.
I hope you can get the right stone on short notice.
I really appreciate your concern and the concern that everyone in this thread has shown. It really helps to have such a great community that genuinely wants to help. In terms of updates, there isn't a whole lot. I spoke with the jeweler making the setting and he said that it would be fine to have a new stone as long as the dimensions are within 0.2mm on each side. James Allen won't be able to send a return label until Monday, which means the earliest that they will receive it is on Tuesday. If I want another diamond from them, they can exchange it and have it delivered by Wednesday. However, that means there won't be any Sarin reports, ASET photos, or gemologist's review. I also contacted a few local jewelers that I had worked with earlier to see if they can bring in some more diamonds but none of them had stones that were within my parameters on hand and can't get any in until late Monday or Tuesday. At this point I'm preparing for postponing the proposal and have a backup planned for her birthday. I'll just have to regroup and propose on a different day and probably in a different way. Oh well, improvise and overcome I guess. I would rather take the time to get the right dismond that both she and I will be happy with instead of getting one in a mad rush and hoping I don't regret it later. If I do postpone the proposal, I'm hoping that the jeweler making the setting will be able to adjust to the dimensions of the new stone without having the 0.2mm restriction. So far, he's only done the CAD and I am not sure if he started the wax mold before I told him about my predicament. I don't know much about the custom ring design process so I don't know how big of a deal it would be to redo the CAD and wax mold if needed.
Also, no worries about recommending this stone to me from my other thread. Out of the 3 stones I had selected for review by James Allen, one was lifeless (according to their gemologist), another one had chips on the corners (as found by their gemologist but still recommended to me as a good buy by the gemologist and sales rep), and this stone. I must really know how to pick them seeing as how I went 0/3.