My spidey senses are tingling a little based on your description of your interactions with this jeweler... too many things sounds like lines to me (oh its just been cut, oh I haven''t sent it yet, oh GIA is backed up). Just be wary and don''t feel pressured. I am betting that he will offer to sell it to you at a "reduced price" if you buy it NOW before it goes to GIA.Date: 2/3/2010 5:16:06 PM
Author: strgt
Thanks, I went through the tutorial here again and Im thinking I wont like this stone.
BTW, Yuketiel at ID has been great through this. Really impressed with the service. I called the local jeweler today and was told the grading labs are backed up so its going to be 7-10 days to get the stone certified. Im thinking this may be a selling technique because he knows I am shopping around. So, I may be driving down to NYC and checking this semi-H&A out in person. I told him I was looking at this H&A stone and he perked right up and said hell try to get it moving
Date: 2/3/2010 5:22:53 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
Date: 2/3/2010 5:16:06 PM
Author: strgt
Thanks, I went through the tutorial here again and Im thinking I wont like this stone.
BTW, Yuketiel at ID has been great through this. Really impressed with the service. I called the local jeweler today and was told the grading labs are backed up so its going to be 7-10 days to get the stone certified. Im thinking this may be a selling technique because he knows I am shopping around. So, I may be driving down to NYC and checking this semi-H&A out in person. I told him I was looking at this H&A stone and he perked right up and said hell try to get it moving
My spidey senses are tingling a little based on your description of your interactions with this jeweler... too many things sounds like lines to me (oh its just been cut, oh I haven''t sent it yet, oh GIA is backed up). Just be wary and don''t feel pressured. I am betting that he will offer to sell it to you at a ''reduced price'' if you buy it NOW before it goes to GIA.
Ask Yuketiel. Is it a diamond he owns or one he has out on memo? He may only be able to keep it on memo for a short time and if another jeweler calls it in, he would most lkely have to send it off. What is ID''s return policy? It is also an option to buy it and then keep looking during the return period. But I would just tell ID that you want to see some other options too! Larger and lower color perhaps, or that you want him to find you a vg cut from GIA that still performs great (they exist). He should be able to help you out.Date: 2/4/2010 12:10:53 PM
Author: strgt
Date: 2/3/2010 5:22:53 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
Date: 2/3/2010 5:16:06 PM
Author: strgt
Thanks, I went through the tutorial here again and Im thinking I wont like this stone.
BTW, Yuketiel at ID has been great through this. Really impressed with the service. I called the local jeweler today and was told the grading labs are backed up so its going to be 7-10 days to get the stone certified. Im thinking this may be a selling technique because he knows I am shopping around. So, I may be driving down to NYC and checking this semi-H&A out in person. I told him I was looking at this H&A stone and he perked right up and said hell try to get it moving
My spidey senses are tingling a little based on your description of your interactions with this jeweler... too many things sounds like lines to me (oh its just been cut, oh I haven''t sent it yet, oh GIA is backed up). Just be wary and don''t feel pressured. I am betting that he will offer to sell it to you at a ''reduced price'' if you buy it NOW before it goes to GIA.
Yea, mine are too...
How long is too long to have a jeweler hold a stone? Any etiquette that I should be aware of. Im weary of asking ID to hold this stone too long because im only 75% set on it right now. I had planned on looking for a little longer than I have been, and Im not 100% confident I have enough experience to drop $4k on a stone just yet.
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