Splinter
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2008
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What''s the proper thing to do when you want to buy a diamond separately to the setting? Is it considered bad form to buy the diamond somewhere other than the place you wish to have make a custom setting?
I''m being rather fussy about the diamond I want to buy for my girlfriend, so I don''t reckon that the place I get the setting made will have the diamond in stock (haven''t chosen a designer yet). If they do, they might not have the best price. I''m all for saving money, but at the same time I wouldn''t want to offend the person designing a rather important ring. (Curse my British manners!)
If I do buy in two separate places, there''s the added complication of getting the diamond to the jeweller. Tricky since I''ll be buying/organising both online from the US and I''m a few thousand miles away in the UK.
Thoughts?
I''m being rather fussy about the diamond I want to buy for my girlfriend, so I don''t reckon that the place I get the setting made will have the diamond in stock (haven''t chosen a designer yet). If they do, they might not have the best price. I''m all for saving money, but at the same time I wouldn''t want to offend the person designing a rather important ring. (Curse my British manners!)
If I do buy in two separate places, there''s the added complication of getting the diamond to the jeweller. Tricky since I''ll be buying/organising both online from the US and I''m a few thousand miles away in the UK.
Thoughts?