Blackwell2005
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- May 5, 2011
- Messages
- 3
So, just a little background…my gf and I have been together for a little over 9 years now (long time, I know), 4 of which were in college and two living in different cities. But I’ve gotten to the point where I’m ready to do it, but I don’t want to overpay at the same time.
So, I went to Jared’s a couple of weeks ago, just to look and ended up walking out of there with a ring, that I wasn’t planning on buying. But thanks to the 30-day return policy they were able to talk me into it so I could “take some time and think about it, but at least you won’t have to worry about risking it not being available”.
I want to get a setting with side stones and a princess cut center, and I wanted to stay under $6000 total. Also, since I don’t just have that kind of cash sitting around, I was hoping to finance it, so that’s one of the things that made Jared’s appealing.
The diamond ended up costing $4500, and I was a little shocked since when I was looking at James Allen, I was seeing the whole ring and diamond of comparable size and quality for less than just the diamond cost at Jared’s. Then I came across pricescope, unfortunately after my purchase, and I’ve learned a heck of a lot in just reading for the last couple of days. So I’m coming to you guys/gals for a little help.
As far as the online vendors, which ones offer decent financing options?
Also, how does the cleaning/maintenance of the diamond work with buying online? I know Jared’s you just bring it to the store every 6 months and they take care of it on site.
Also, even though I’ve read a bunch of stuff, I still don’t quite get some of the other qualities…what should I be looking for, as far as, depth, table, crown height & pavilion depth, to get the diamond that going to look the best?
Finally, any recommendations for princess cuts that are in the ¾ ct range would be helpful. From what I’ve read, I think I’m going to go with the highest cut grade, something in the H-F color, and VS2-SI1 clarity.
Here are the specs for the Jared’s diamond:
It’s their Solafera princess cut, which is supposed to be their best cut diamonds.
IGI/Gemex Certs
H color
VS2 clarity
.72 ct
Some of the other specs:
Polish – very good
Symmetry – very good
Depth – 75.7%
Table – 59%
Crown Height – 14.0%
Pavilion Depth – 57.5%
Fluorescence – None
Sorry for the long first post, but any help is appreciated. I never knew that there was so much that was involved in choosing diamonds.
So, I went to Jared’s a couple of weeks ago, just to look and ended up walking out of there with a ring, that I wasn’t planning on buying. But thanks to the 30-day return policy they were able to talk me into it so I could “take some time and think about it, but at least you won’t have to worry about risking it not being available”.
I want to get a setting with side stones and a princess cut center, and I wanted to stay under $6000 total. Also, since I don’t just have that kind of cash sitting around, I was hoping to finance it, so that’s one of the things that made Jared’s appealing.
The diamond ended up costing $4500, and I was a little shocked since when I was looking at James Allen, I was seeing the whole ring and diamond of comparable size and quality for less than just the diamond cost at Jared’s. Then I came across pricescope, unfortunately after my purchase, and I’ve learned a heck of a lot in just reading for the last couple of days. So I’m coming to you guys/gals for a little help.
As far as the online vendors, which ones offer decent financing options?
Also, how does the cleaning/maintenance of the diamond work with buying online? I know Jared’s you just bring it to the store every 6 months and they take care of it on site.
Also, even though I’ve read a bunch of stuff, I still don’t quite get some of the other qualities…what should I be looking for, as far as, depth, table, crown height & pavilion depth, to get the diamond that going to look the best?
Finally, any recommendations for princess cuts that are in the ¾ ct range would be helpful. From what I’ve read, I think I’m going to go with the highest cut grade, something in the H-F color, and VS2-SI1 clarity.
Here are the specs for the Jared’s diamond:
It’s their Solafera princess cut, which is supposed to be their best cut diamonds.
IGI/Gemex Certs
H color
VS2 clarity
.72 ct
Some of the other specs:
Polish – very good
Symmetry – very good
Depth – 75.7%
Table – 59%
Crown Height – 14.0%
Pavilion Depth – 57.5%
Fluorescence – None
Sorry for the long first post, but any help is appreciated. I never knew that there was so much that was involved in choosing diamonds.
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