TitanCi
Brilliant_Rock
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2012
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2023- are you aware that most of the vendors on PS can access BN's inventory and can call the stones in so they can evaluate it? It's been done here many times, and I've gone on to prove to another member that some may even be able to access diamonds on this so-called IDEX online heaven inventory system too. Just because BN is selling a stone for XXXX doesn't mean it's a bargain - stones are really sold for what they're worth. The 3 examples you gave... although all G's, it's quite possible each G is a different shade of G or perhaps the VS2's aren't all the same, so those factor into price too.
Regarding the HCA and the IS... if I were to take the info I got from this site, find a stone on BN, not heed the advice of others, run it thru the HCA and get a good score (<2.0), buy it, buy an IS, get it in and then evaluate it only to find it's ugly... what's wrong with that?
The HCA simply tells you IF THE STONE IN QUESTION WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION/EVALUATION, thus, the HCA being a mathematical tool and the IS being a visual tool help to confirm if the stone is good or not. So how does this contradict anyone's logic?
The veterans on this site ALWAYS tell you this: "oh so the HCA score looks good, get an IS". That's just the next step - if the IS looks great, then great! Good stone, if it looks poor, keep going. They're tools to help one see if it's good or not. So how does this contradict people's logic on here and how does that correlate to BN's "bargain" pricing? Again... I'll say it for the majority of us: STONES ARE (should be) SOLD FOR WHAT THEY'RE WORTH! 
HW sells stones we may not recommend because 1) they're HW 2) the majority of the population don't care or aren't aware and are NOT PS'ers. Most people will take a HW or T&Co. or Cartier over a no name ideal stone any day cuz of just that: the name.
Christina, here's your exit from the thread!!!
By the way, that's me and you having lunch over this thread!
Regarding the HCA and the IS... if I were to take the info I got from this site, find a stone on BN, not heed the advice of others, run it thru the HCA and get a good score (<2.0), buy it, buy an IS, get it in and then evaluate it only to find it's ugly... what's wrong with that?
The HCA simply tells you IF THE STONE IN QUESTION WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION/EVALUATION, thus, the HCA being a mathematical tool and the IS being a visual tool help to confirm if the stone is good or not. So how does this contradict anyone's logic?
The veterans on this site ALWAYS tell you this: "oh so the HCA score looks good, get an IS". That's just the next step - if the IS looks great, then great! Good stone, if it looks poor, keep going. They're tools to help one see if it's good or not. So how does this contradict people's logic on here and how does that correlate to BN's "bargain" pricing? Again... I'll say it for the majority of us: STONES ARE (should be) SOLD FOR WHAT THEY'RE WORTH! HW sells stones we may not recommend because 1) they're HW 2) the majority of the population don't care or aren't aware and are NOT PS'ers. Most people will take a HW or T&Co. or Cartier over a no name ideal stone any day cuz of just that: the name. Christina, here's your exit from the thread!!!
By the way, that's me and you having lunch over this thread!
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