Emerald Halo ngagement ring, HELP!

[angeellica]

Hi everyone!
I was thinking about buying this ring:

http://cgi.ebay.com/EMERALD-Cut-DIAMOND-Engagment-Ring-Loose-1-41-ct-t-w_W0QQitemZ300127710512QQihZ020QQcategoryZ92906QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

But the price seems to be a bit to small.. or? would you take the risk and buying this ring?
If yuo know somewhere to buy the ring, please tell me!

 

[Lorelei]

Welcome!

If you do a search on Ebay, you will find plenty of reading of people's experiences which will help you decide quickly if you want to purchase this way...

It is a large sum of money, also this diamond does not have a major lab grading report, it has been analysed by a GIA graduate and carries a report from GLD ( whoever they may be) so does NOT have a GIA report. The style you love can easly be found with many vendors with the halo and pave shank, go to resources and you will see a vendors list. You can start there to find similar, also reliable online vendors can be purchased from in confidence, these guys are the experts and can help you create a fantastic ring. Also step cuts such as EC's may not be eyeclean in an SI clarity and you may need to go higher ( unless reliably graded you might find a clean SI if you are lucky in this shape.)

See this thread Show me Your Rings With Halos

ETA - forget most of what I said earlier, it is a clarity enhanced diamond, I take it this is not what you want, did you see that, because I almost missed that important piece of info.

 

[rainydaze]

that looks like a pictue of a danhov setting, like the one sold by (reputable) jamesallen.com as seen here
http://www.jamesallen.com/designer-jewelry/meno_collection_by_danhov.asp?module=setting&cid=294&item=1718

the setting alone costs 3k for platinum, i think this may not be all it is cracked up to be. i''m not sure i would trust that is the real pic of the ring you would recieve personally i would not buy jewelry, especially diamonds, from ebay.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 7/13/2007 7:31:45 AM
Author: rainydaze
that looks like a pictue of a danhov setting, like the one sold by (reputable) jamesallen.com as seen here
http://www.jamesallen.com/designer-jewelry/meno_collection_by_danhov.asp?module=setting&cid=294&item=1718

the setting alone costs 3k for platinum, i think this may not be all it is cracked up to be. i'm not sure i would trust that is the real pic of the ring you would recieve personally i would not buy jewelry, especially diamonds, from ebay.

Good job RD! Also I think that is a photoshop image of the ring in the link so it is anyone's guess what the actual ring looks like...

In fact, I think the pic you posted of the ring RD and the one used on the Ebay ad are one and the same, take a look and see what you think....

 

[rainydaze]

yes.... as soon as i saw the ebay ad i knew just where i''d seen that EXACT ring before! i definitely think they are one and the same and started to post that i think the ebay seller probably just took that picture off of that or some other site..... but i wasn''t sure if i should go that far with an accusation. it is certainly easy to do, and done all the time, so BUYER BEWARE!!

and may i just say, i LOVE your avatar lorelei!! it used to be my cats that did that very thing, but now it''s my KIDS!!!

 

[chrono]

When I first saw the diamond, I thought "wow, it looks very pretty". Then I saw the price and red flags came waving all over the place. Why is it too cheap? The stats looked good even though it is deep. Viola! Clarity enhanced! Are you all right with this? Also, the last picture looks to be a photoshop cut and paste onto a finger, not a picture of the real ring, so I wonder what it really looks like.

 

[Lady Lulu]

Ditto what Chrono said.

I would run away....run away...run away!

 

[surfgirl]

First of all, you DO know that that photo is NOT an actual photo of the ring you'd be buying. You know that, right?!? Second, it's ebay and you're considering buying a ring with a "cert" from a lab many of us have never even heard of. Third, the seller is trying to con you into THINKING it's a GIA stone by writing a confusing sentence about how the stone was graded by a GIA "graduate", not GIA themselves (And FYI, I've spoken with GIA grads who know less about diamonds than my 7 year old nephew). Fourth, the seller has taken the fake photo and superimposed it onto someone's hand?!? Fifth, I do not think they made "halos" for "antique" settings back in the day...At least not micro pave ones!

I think you can answer your own original question now, right?