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Rough_Rock
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- Feb 4, 2004
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Here''s my latest (and I hope final) batch of questions for Pricescope:
My BF and I went to Jared''s last week (just to look)I wanted to see an X prong type setting in person, and I wanted to see a 5.4 mm Princess (about the spread of some of the 85 pts that I''ve been looking at). So I''ve learned enough about diamonds (Thanks Pricescope
) that I wasn''t swayed by anything she told me about their stones, (i.e. The table and depth don''t affect the look of a Princess, the IGI is the "most reputable lab in the world", Jared''s prices are "about the same" as anything I can find online). Their diamonds were terrible. They didn''t list table and depth on the "certificates", but to find a 5.4 mm square I was looking at 1.1 carat diamonds, I can''t imagine how deep they must have been.
So I didn''t listen to her about the diamods but she did tell me some things about settings that have me worried, I''m tempted to discount everything she said, since so much of her diamond info was nonsense, but I wanted to check with you all first.
1. She said that an X prong is a bad setting style because if you ever bend a prong you have to have the whole ring replaced since the whole thing is integrated. (they had a Scott Kay X prong I was looking at)
2. She said that diamonds often fall out of X prongs, especially Platinum ones because it''s very hard to do the initial setting.
3. She said that Platinum is a bad choice for rings because it has no "memory" so once you bend a prong you have to get a whole new head, (or in the case of an X-prong a new ring).
4. She said that most people have to replace the head of a standard setting every 3-5 years.
I think that I want the Vatche X prong, but if this is all true I might reconsider. Can anyone provide enlightenment?
My BF and I went to Jared''s last week (just to look)I wanted to see an X prong type setting in person, and I wanted to see a 5.4 mm Princess (about the spread of some of the 85 pts that I''ve been looking at). So I''ve learned enough about diamonds (Thanks Pricescope
So I didn''t listen to her about the diamods but she did tell me some things about settings that have me worried, I''m tempted to discount everything she said, since so much of her diamond info was nonsense, but I wanted to check with you all first.
1. She said that an X prong is a bad setting style because if you ever bend a prong you have to have the whole ring replaced since the whole thing is integrated. (they had a Scott Kay X prong I was looking at)
2. She said that diamonds often fall out of X prongs, especially Platinum ones because it''s very hard to do the initial setting.
3. She said that Platinum is a bad choice for rings because it has no "memory" so once you bend a prong you have to get a whole new head, (or in the case of an X-prong a new ring).
4. She said that most people have to replace the head of a standard setting every 3-5 years.
I think that I want the Vatche X prong, but if this is all true I might reconsider. Can anyone provide enlightenment?
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