Spesh2011
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2011
- Messages
- 99
eep Breath:I’m feeling very nervous and anxious. I’ve been lurking on PS for months now and have learned so much about diamonds. When the time came for me to pick mine, I knew the steps that I would take in order to pick the best stone for me. I knew to ask for ASETS … I knew to watch out for color and clarity …. I knew to ask if the stone was eye clean … I knew to get a stone that was certed by GIA. I knew ALL of this yet ended up purchasing a diamond without ANY of that information.
What the heck?
I went through GOG and I know they have a fabulous reputation. I felt very safe working with them. Lynda has been more than wonderful to me. My natural anal retentive nature has only been magnified by my current state of anxiety. Poor thing must cringe when she see’s my name in her inbox.
One day a couple of weeks ago, I emailed her to inquire about an oval that I saw posted here on the boards. It was much smaller than I was looking for (and truthfully, I wasn’t even looking at ovals!), but felt compelled to write her anyway. She responded quickly and said it wasn’t a nice stone, but she had another in her inventory that she thought was lovely. We wrote back and forth and she told me that the stone was super white (D in color) and brilliant. It had a few larger inclusions (it was an I1, but later ‘upgraded’ to an SI3), but they were white and located in areas of the stone where they were camouflaged by the facets. Then she sent me pictures. Because the pics were so large I was able to see the inclusions very easily, but figured once I saw the stone in person, they wouldn’t be seen as easily because of the size of the stone – 1.21 ct. (7.78 x 5.75).
After the back and forth with her, I started to get excited. Between the price of the stone and the price of the setting, I was coming in WAY below budget so on a whim I sent my boyfriend an email asking him if I found a stone/setting for $xxx, would he be interested in making the purchase. I swear I thought he was going to say no because we were in wait mode for his car to sell in order to start shopping. Because this particular stone and setting came is so far below budget he was comfortable with making the purchase. I was surprised that he said yes!
He made the purchase and because we are in wait mode, I have driven myself nuts wondering if I made a huge mistake for not going through all the steps I should have gone through. I wrote Lynda and vented about my anxiousness hoping she would say something good about the stone (she has talked me off the ledge before commenting on the stones whiteness and brilliance, but I felt like I needed to hear it again.). I just received her response and it didn’t make me feel better. LOL
“Back in the “olden days” no one got all of the information that is available on their diamonds nowadays! Over 20 years ago, when I got engaged, I worked for Good Old Gold and my ring did come from the store, but I didn’t care what the color and clarity was (and yes, I could see my imperfection). I just knew that I loved my ring! I wanted a oval diamond in the worst way, but got a round. I loved it anyway!”
When I look at the pics, the stone looks so pretty to me, but I just can't shake the feeling that because I didn't take the advice I learned on the boards that it's going to come back to haunt me. I don’t know what I expect anyone to say. I guess I just needed to vent because I feel like my excitement got in the way and I had my BF make a purchase that perhaps he shouldn’t have. I’m just so afraid that my haste will be obvious.
Anyone have a xanax?
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