Getting close to buying

[Diggy]

Hi,
Just trying to get some opions on a few diamonds. Like many buyers my head is spinning from all the great information out there and on PS - I am ready to buy a Princess cut diamond in a platinum seeting with Tapered baguettes as side stones. I am currently looking at these stones.

Stone # 1 - http://www.bluenile.com/diamonds_details.asp?pid=LD00387155

Stone # 2 - http://www.bluenile.com/diamonds_details.asp?pid=LD00956789

Any comments would be helpful.

Thanks

 

[belle]

i really like the excellent/excellent for polish and symmetry on the 1.50, but the 1.51 is bigger.
without an idealscope image it''s hard to say what the diamonds would look like however.

 

[Diggy]

Thanks Belle - Do you know if Bluenile provides this information?

 

[belle]

you''re quite welcome.
bluenile does not provide this information. they are a drop shipper (meaning they never see the stone). if you are set on buying from them, i would go with the stone that has excellent polish/symmetry. these attributes are not something that your eye will see, but it means that the cutter took time with the stone. for me, it''s just a little extra added insurance for this unknown.

 

[Regular Guy]

Date: 11/7/2005 10:06:44 AM
Author: belle
you''re quite welcome.
bluenile does not provide this information. they are a drop shipper (meaning they never see the stone). if you are set on buying from them, i would go with the stone that has excellent polish/symmetry. these attributes are not something that your eye will see, but it means that the cutter took time with the stone. for me, it''s just a little extra added insurance for this unknown.

Belle,

Thanks for the reminder...that BN is both a drop shipper, and also, probably the most successful internet vendor going...with their success coming with less than best practices... is it a wonder that not all the vendors here insist on bringing in diamonds before being sent out, if a distributor/manufacturer is used for the selection of the diamond. Thank goodness for some of the small details offered by some vendors, that benefit the many readers and shoppers here.