nevermender
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- May 14, 2008
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First post so bear with me here. It sounds like I am in a similar situation to a number of people I have read about here. Last weekend my girlfriend and I went to Robbins Bros to ostensibly just look at rings to get a feel for what was out there. She definitely had it in her head that she wanted a Round 1.25 ct, D, VS2 or above Tiffany setting. I figured in and out in an hour no problem... First mistake. Four hours later in order to preserve all that work I had kind of acidentally (didn''t realize financing instead of hold charge meant purchase) bought a 1.25ct H, Si1, and a custom palladium band. The one thing that wasn''t stressed and I can''t remember was cut but I believe the symmetry and polish were just good the cut was possibly very-good or possibly just good. It has a GIA report but I didn''t get a copy or the number (wish I knew then you could reference them online) and since it needed to be set and she wanted a custom band I only walked out with the sales slip. Also she didn''t know I purchased it. So here is the dilemna. I think I can do a lot better with an e-ring and I think she settled since it was the only place we looked. It took a lot of looking at f-g stones to convince her she couldn''t tell the difference but I think in her head she wanted at least a G. The diamond itself was $8995 and came with the standard 1 yr insurance and lifetime warranty with tax and setting its $10,200. I have done a bit of research online about diamonds (niceice) but had not found this site until yesterday. Here''s my question(s), how badly did I overpay? Is it realistic to expect to get something that is and ideal cut 1.25 ct. as close to colorless as I can get and eye-clean(a pretty discerning eye). My biggest concern with the e-ring is dealing with clarity since many of the stones we looked at (even VS2) weren''t eye-clean at least to me. She really doesn''t want to see dark inclusions. I''ll post the actual GIA numbers as soon they are emailed to me.
Tale of the Tape:
The "accidental" Wonder, Diamond 1
1.25ct
H
Si-1
Cut: Good or Very Good
Polish: good
Symmetry: good
Price: 8995
Total: 10150
vs.
The Northwest Beauty
http://www.niceice.com/certcopies2007/ags0008755409/index.htm
1.232 ct
G
VVS-2 (is this overkill?)
AGS Ideal 0
Price: 9870
Total:10756 (unless I splurge for the Pt band)
Or something else... Thanks for the insight!
Tale of the Tape:
The "accidental" Wonder, Diamond 1
1.25ct
H
Si-1
Cut: Good or Very Good
Polish: good
Symmetry: good
Price: 8995
Total: 10150
vs.
The Northwest Beauty
http://www.niceice.com/certcopies2007/ags0008755409/index.htm
1.232 ct
G
VVS-2 (is this overkill?)
AGS Ideal 0
Price: 9870
Total:10756 (unless I splurge for the Pt band)
Or something else... Thanks for the insight!