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Brilliant_Rock
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I totally get not wanting to sell your diamond yourself. But whiteflash has s 1.50 ACA I VS1 for a little over 12k. Comes with the best trade up policy ever. Should you decide you want to. So by that math, and given your 10k budget, your diamond’s value is 2k. I would totally keep my diamond at that point. and stretch my budget by 2k. And have the reassurance that I can upgrade at any time and not find myself in this situation again.
FWIW, my upgrade was from a 2.20 to a 2.52. And when I comped with wf, I would have lost over 10k. And at my size range, every upgrade would have cost me another 7 or 8k. That’s how I knew when to stop lol and to go with my jeweler. Bc I wasn’t going to be using their upgrade policy.
nala,
I get your point, but the math on the $2000 doesn’t work for two reasons - you’re assuming the new diamond will cost the full $10k to upgrade, and, although more minor, the new diamond is vvs1 not vs1. Edit: oh I should add that if your math was right, I would totally agree. In fact, I think the OP might benefit from considering a vs1 ACA and do just that. Edit again: but then OP would be stuck with keeping or selling a not very pretty diamond.
How does working with your jeweler save money on upgrade? I’m not being sarcastic in any way .. I’m not sure if I understood your last paragraph ... did you sell your diamond yourself and then upgrade?