Hi everyone. I’m new to all of this and I’m having trouble finding the perfect engagement ring. This site has a wealth of information and I’m glad to have found it, but I’m still trying to learn many of the acronyms used here!
We’ve discussed rings in the past, so I have a general idea of what she likes. We’ve even shopped around at the larger brick and mortar stores, but she didn’t fall in love with anything. What she thought looked good in pictures did not look so great in person. When I make the purchase, I want to do so without her knowing.
I’m open to either buying the setting and stone separately or together. From what I gathered, some designer brands only sell them together. Is there even a benefit to buying a designer brand? Some stores said they could make it look almost exactly the same, but I would have no clue about the quality/craftmanship comparison.
She’s pretty set on a square or rectangular stone, so I’m guessing it will either be a princess, radiant, cushion, or emerald cut. Probably more of a radiant or cushion where it’s not perfectly square, but not too rectangular either.
She likes diamonds on the prongs and small diamonds either on the side of the center stone or going around it on all four sides. I’d like to stick around the 20k budget, so buying a stone online makes me a little nervous (especially because I’m new to all of this). But I’m also not totally opposed to it because from what I gathered here, you can get a better quality diamond.
Can anyone recommend any settings or where I should begin looking online? I see a lot of vendors listed in the vendor’s link above, but are they all reputable? Any place I should avoid?
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We’ve discussed rings in the past, so I have a general idea of what she likes. We’ve even shopped around at the larger brick and mortar stores, but she didn’t fall in love with anything. What she thought looked good in pictures did not look so great in person. When I make the purchase, I want to do so without her knowing.
I’m open to either buying the setting and stone separately or together. From what I gathered, some designer brands only sell them together. Is there even a benefit to buying a designer brand? Some stores said they could make it look almost exactly the same, but I would have no clue about the quality/craftmanship comparison.
She’s pretty set on a square or rectangular stone, so I’m guessing it will either be a princess, radiant, cushion, or emerald cut. Probably more of a radiant or cushion where it’s not perfectly square, but not too rectangular either.
She likes diamonds on the prongs and small diamonds either on the side of the center stone or going around it on all four sides. I’d like to stick around the 20k budget, so buying a stone online makes me a little nervous (especially because I’m new to all of this). But I’m also not totally opposed to it because from what I gathered here, you can get a better quality diamond.
Can anyone recommend any settings or where I should begin looking online? I see a lot of vendors listed in the vendor’s link above, but are they all reputable? Any place I should avoid?
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