Hi Everyone,
I'm a newbie as you can see at the amount of my posts but I'm going to propose soon and I'm looking for some advice on how I can get the best engagement ring for our budget. My budget right now is about $3500-$4000 not including tax but includes the setting.
I prefer to have a nice diamond with a solitaire setting but she prefers diamonds along the side and a small diamond in the middle.
She would also like to have the middle diamond not to stick out but recessed in as she likes it that way.
I can pretty much buy from any online retailer as long as I can get a deal since in Canada there aren't much choices and I would rather buy online and get a better product. I've looked at Bluenile, WhiteFlash and James Allen.
Here are my specs that I'm looking at:
Shape: Princess
Cut: Best cut I can get as I find it very important.
Colour: G (maybe I can go down a notch here but I want it to be colourless to the naked eye.)
Clarity: As long as it's not noticable to the naked eye ... so VS2 or VS1 is fine.
Carat: Anywhere between 0.7 - 1.0 (I want to maximize the bang for the buck and I rather have something that's beautiful and a little smaller then something that's big and not as sparkly.)
Thank you for your advice in advance and hopefully some experts here can help me.
I'm a newbie as you can see at the amount of my posts but I'm going to propose soon and I'm looking for some advice on how I can get the best engagement ring for our budget. My budget right now is about $3500-$4000 not including tax but includes the setting.
I prefer to have a nice diamond with a solitaire setting but she prefers diamonds along the side and a small diamond in the middle.
She would also like to have the middle diamond not to stick out but recessed in as she likes it that way.
I can pretty much buy from any online retailer as long as I can get a deal since in Canada there aren't much choices and I would rather buy online and get a better product. I've looked at Bluenile, WhiteFlash and James Allen.
Here are my specs that I'm looking at:
Shape: Princess
Cut: Best cut I can get as I find it very important.
Colour: G (maybe I can go down a notch here but I want it to be colourless to the naked eye.)
Clarity: As long as it's not noticable to the naked eye ... so VS2 or VS1 is fine.
Carat: Anywhere between 0.7 - 1.0 (I want to maximize the bang for the buck and I rather have something that's beautiful and a little smaller then something that's big and not as sparkly.)
Thank you for your advice in advance and hopefully some experts here can help me.