diamond shopping in Philly
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Robbins, Singer, Debs, Barksy, Cott, Salese, Kanell, Testa, Lauria''s, Kao, J&D, GoldenNugget, Rosen, Kellmer, Tang. Just some of those folks, besides those you already mentioned. who enjoy a good repuation and fight eachother every day for sales.
They are not in preferential order. Just names as I thought of them to put down for you.
They are not in preferential order. Just names as I thought of them to put down for you.
I would add Campbell''s at 702 to Dave''s list to check out.
You can develop your own opinion about Safian, but I have had bad experiences with them. The salesman that I worked with was very pushy and not very knowledgeable. I was looking at pear shapes and I asked him how good the cut was on one. This was a test as the optimal parameters for fancy shapes is still arguable. Nonetheless he took a quick look though the loupe and told me it was "a very fine cut". Yeah, right. I would recommend writing down the specs that they tell you with the price they quote and compare to prices online. I found that Safian was 80 - 100% above internet pricing. Now sure, you can talk them down, but why would you want to work with someone who operates like that? A friend of mine had a similar experience with them, and although a sample size of 2 isn''t big enough to base an opinion on I''m still not going back.
Also one more thing I would give yourself much more than a week. I''ve been at this for a month now and still haven''t found what I want.
You can develop your own opinion about Safian, but I have had bad experiences with them. The salesman that I worked with was very pushy and not very knowledgeable. I was looking at pear shapes and I asked him how good the cut was on one. This was a test as the optimal parameters for fancy shapes is still arguable. Nonetheless he took a quick look though the loupe and told me it was "a very fine cut". Yeah, right. I would recommend writing down the specs that they tell you with the price they quote and compare to prices online. I found that Safian was 80 - 100% above internet pricing. Now sure, you can talk them down, but why would you want to work with someone who operates like that? A friend of mine had a similar experience with them, and although a sample size of 2 isn''t big enough to base an opinion on I''m still not going back.
Also one more thing I would give yourself much more than a week. I''ve been at this for a month now and still haven''t found what I want.
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