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Rough_Rock
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- Jul 23, 2011
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Hi,
I'm about to pull the trigger on buying an engagement ring and am feeling slightly nervous I'm going to make a bad decision. Luckily I found this forum which has some great buying advice. My girlfriend picked out a setting awhile back so I'm pretty much settled on that, the diamond part is really stressing me out though
http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-engagement-ring-setting-platinum_4508 is the setting.
I had this diamond picked out:
http://www.bluenile.com/oval-diamond-1-carat-or-less-very-good-cut-e-color-vs1-clarity_LD02147441
However when I see another diamond down the list, that is the same cut, carat, clarity, but a slightly less clear color (F instead of E) and its more expensive, I wonder if I'm missing something.
http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-search?track=head#diamonds_pid=LD02127202
So I guess my questions are:
1) Is what I was going to pick out an okay diamond for that e-ring?
2) Why is the second diamond link more expensive? Is there a criteria I'm not seeing that would make me prefer it more for a 300 dollar difference?
3) Why is the maximum cut for oval diamonds on blue nile "Very good" instead of "ideal" like round diamonds?
Thanks everyone!!
And just a general comment. I was going to buy a diamond like this in December, and it has gone up quite a bit in price, yikes!
I'm about to pull the trigger on buying an engagement ring and am feeling slightly nervous I'm going to make a bad decision. Luckily I found this forum which has some great buying advice. My girlfriend picked out a setting awhile back so I'm pretty much settled on that, the diamond part is really stressing me out though
http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-engagement-ring-setting-platinum_4508 is the setting.
I had this diamond picked out:
http://www.bluenile.com/oval-diamond-1-carat-or-less-very-good-cut-e-color-vs1-clarity_LD02147441
However when I see another diamond down the list, that is the same cut, carat, clarity, but a slightly less clear color (F instead of E) and its more expensive, I wonder if I'm missing something.
http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-search?track=head#diamonds_pid=LD02127202
So I guess my questions are:
1) Is what I was going to pick out an okay diamond for that e-ring?
2) Why is the second diamond link more expensive? Is there a criteria I'm not seeing that would make me prefer it more for a 300 dollar difference?
3) Why is the maximum cut for oval diamonds on blue nile "Very good" instead of "ideal" like round diamonds?
Thanks everyone!!
And just a general comment. I was going to buy a diamond like this in December, and it has gone up quite a bit in price, yikes!