I am very new to this forum but by reading through the posts I can tell there are a wide variety of people on here from people who prefer online and people who prefer in store buying. Here is my dilemma. I found one diamond at a local mom/pop jeweler, it will be in tomorrow for me to view(I guess he had to get it off polygon) and I found one on-line at Blue Nile. Here is how I feel about both. I talked to a lady named Gina at Blue Nile, they don''t work on commission she just gave me her extension so I can call her with any questions. I feel very comfortable with Blue Nile but the only negative is I can''t see and feel the diamond and compare it to one at my local jeweler unless I shell out the $$$. Then if I decide to go with the stone at the jeweler I have the hassle of sending the Blue Nile diamond back. The local jeweler pro''s and con''s are that I was first dealing with a regular salesman but when I felt I wasn''t getting the best information I went to he owner. He learned I was interested in a Blue Nile diamond and has since been the one that I am working with. I feel he is very knowledgeable about the stones but I also feel that he may be giving me in accurate information regarding some of the characteristics not in the 4 C''s realm (depth/table, length/width). I was honest with him I told him about the diamond on BN as far as GIA cert, and price. He then told me he would call me back if he had something I might be interested in. Well an hour later, he called with a comparable stone and price. Here are some of the characteristics of the stones. I want a fair and honest opinion so I won''t tell you which stone is from which place. This will put the honesty of jewelers to the price and value of the online shopping to the test. If after you give me your opinion you want to know where the stone you suggested was at. But I just feel that in order for me to get an unbiased opinion I have to keep that a secret for now. Here they are:
Diamond #1 Diamond #2
Carat: .91 Carat:.91
Color: F Color: F
Clarity: VS2 Clarity:VS2
Cut: Ideal (princess) Cut: Very Good (princess)
Depth and Table: 68.3%/72% Depth and Table:68%/81%
Fluorescence: None Fluorescence: None
Length to Width: 1.04 Length to Width:1.00
Culet: None Culet: None
Symmetry: Very Good Symmetry: Very Good
Polish: Excellent Polish: Very Good
Girdle: Thick Girdle: Info not available
The bottom line number with both of these diamonds is with in $312 of each other so that really isn’t an issue. Both of these diamonds are GIA cert. The only problem I honestly have with diamond #2 is the Table percentage of 81%. Is this a big deal? Any inputs anyone gives me would be great. Thank you in advance for your help!
Josh