Hi,
I live in Vancouver Canada, and have been having a terrible time trying to find well cut diamonds at a decent price. I''m looking for a 0.5 carat, F/G VS2/SI1 H&A diamond that scores < 2 on HCA. But every B&M store I go to, when I mention cut, they keep telling me it''s an ideal cut, or that it''s a round brilliant.
The situation out here is just not good. Sometimes I wish I had never come on to this forum and become educated.
I hope that I have just been frequenting the wrong places though. If there is anybody on this forum who has had a good experience buying from a B&M store in Vancouver, could you please recommend them to me? If say I wanted Brilliance Scope results, is there any jeweler out here that would even know what I''m talking about? I guess I want it all - a really shiny diamond, the convenience of being able to see it in person, and not having to pay TOO much. Although I know I''m going to get ripped an extra 25% on taxes. It would be good if before taxes and conversion the price was even in the same range as what I can get online.
I''ve been to Spence diamonds (which was a total disaster), Birks which was way out of my price range, and some other mall stores. None of them could satisfy me as to the quality of the diamonds.
Any advice, recommendations, suggestions are welcome. Otherwise I''m going to have to smuggle the ring across the border somehow!
Thanks,
bjd
I live in Vancouver Canada, and have been having a terrible time trying to find well cut diamonds at a decent price. I''m looking for a 0.5 carat, F/G VS2/SI1 H&A diamond that scores < 2 on HCA. But every B&M store I go to, when I mention cut, they keep telling me it''s an ideal cut, or that it''s a round brilliant.
I hope that I have just been frequenting the wrong places though. If there is anybody on this forum who has had a good experience buying from a B&M store in Vancouver, could you please recommend them to me? If say I wanted Brilliance Scope results, is there any jeweler out here that would even know what I''m talking about? I guess I want it all - a really shiny diamond, the convenience of being able to see it in person, and not having to pay TOO much. Although I know I''m going to get ripped an extra 25% on taxes. It would be good if before taxes and conversion the price was even in the same range as what I can get online.
I''ve been to Spence diamonds (which was a total disaster), Birks which was way out of my price range, and some other mall stores. None of them could satisfy me as to the quality of the diamonds.
Any advice, recommendations, suggestions are welcome. Otherwise I''m going to have to smuggle the ring across the border somehow!
Thanks,
bjd