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Some of you know I’ve been on a hunt for a yellow diamond ring, this has been quite the undertaking a couple of reasons. First (like most PS’ers) I am particular, in this case I’m looking for a certain color of yellow, then I am cheap and well, any diamond with “fancy” before the color is big bucks. I did put an offer in on a ring that I found that is my size with a yellow diamond in a brilliant cut but the seller didn’t respond and the offer expired. Then I happened upon this listing. Now, it’s obvious that the person we are working with here is probably older and is really trying, but this just meant as a light-hearted thread.
During the hunt, I found a listing that was not very descriptive but there is a return policy and he has good feedback, one problem, really bad pictures. Ever the optimist, I asked DH to write and ask for clearer pictures. We were thrilled when he got back right away so here is where we started:
And here are the clearer pictures:
Okay, so we realized that the flash was a problem so we thanked him for the pictures and asked if he could take a picture without the flash. He messaged back asking how to turn the flash off of an IPhone, so DH went through the steps and then sent him a message. He messaged back saying that he took some pictures without the flash but has to get them from the cloud onto his computer and he was going out to have dinner with friends and would get back to us tomorrow (today).
We were walking out of Mohegan Sun casino for Terrificon (CT’s version of Comi-Con) and he looks at his phone and tells me that he got the message with the better pictures without the flash:
The really frustrating thing is these ARE better but of course you still can’t determine anything. Is there a bow tie in the middle? Could there be a giant feather? The description is equally as vague, no clarity, no mention of treatment or whether it has GIA paperwork. Gah! So frustrating!!
I‘ve given up at this point, I could take a
chance on it since it has a return policy but I’m disenchanted. So much so that I’ve ordered a CZ in an old mine cut in the (hopefully) exact shade of yellow I want. No worries about clarity or treatment and cheap!
Now I know I can’t be the only one out there who has had this experience so please share your own funny jewelry adventure story.
During the hunt, I found a listing that was not very descriptive but there is a return policy and he has good feedback, one problem, really bad pictures. Ever the optimist, I asked DH to write and ask for clearer pictures. We were thrilled when he got back right away so here is where we started:
And here are the clearer pictures:
Okay, so we realized that the flash was a problem so we thanked him for the pictures and asked if he could take a picture without the flash. He messaged back asking how to turn the flash off of an IPhone, so DH went through the steps and then sent him a message. He messaged back saying that he took some pictures without the flash but has to get them from the cloud onto his computer and he was going out to have dinner with friends and would get back to us tomorrow (today).
We were walking out of Mohegan Sun casino for Terrificon (CT’s version of Comi-Con) and he looks at his phone and tells me that he got the message with the better pictures without the flash:
The really frustrating thing is these ARE better but of course you still can’t determine anything. Is there a bow tie in the middle? Could there be a giant feather? The description is equally as vague, no clarity, no mention of treatment or whether it has GIA paperwork. Gah! So frustrating!!
I‘ve given up at this point, I could take a
chance on it since it has a return policy but I’m disenchanted. So much so that I’ve ordered a CZ in an old mine cut in the (hopefully) exact shade of yellow I want. No worries about clarity or treatment and cheap!
Now I know I can’t be the only one out there who has had this experience so please share your own funny jewelry adventure story.
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