I finally finally ordered my Mom's pendant. That should make me very happy right? right? Buuuut I'm a bit scared that I might have messed up a tiny bit...Let me start from the beginning...
I ultimately decided to work with IDJ to order the diamond for the pendant. I went into store to view some pears that IDJ had pulled for me. I want to start out saying that when I went in there was already a young lady in there working to find an engagement ring, they were waiting for another couple (who came in within 10 minutes of my arrival) and maybe 2 minutes after the couple there was a walk in looking for a diamond ring for an engagement. So there were 6-7 (my fiance had decided to come with me for support) people standing at Yekutiel's counter, which if anyone's ever been to his store is VERY crowded.
The first stone that I was shown is:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/pear-shaped/0.62-carat-d-color-vs1-clarity-sku-3308055
Yekutiel assured me that it was the best stone for it's size.....etc...etc... But I just didn't like the shape. I want something that's a little fatter, this stone looks very long in person. Yekutiel said that unfortunately the other stones that he had pulled for me were slimmer and that he would have a look to see what else was available. At this point, he goes back to his computer and starts working to find a diamond that would fit the stuller setting that I was liked:
https://www.stuller.com/products/bu...mmendationSource=SiteSearch#/mounting-options
We determine that the best fit would be a 7x5 stone. I keep asking him about this stone:
https://idjewelry.com/catalog/product/view/_ignore_category/1/id/2449924/s/pear-cil860000701/
It is the same one that I was interested in buying from B2C...but he said that the stone was in Israel and it would be hard for them to get a hold of it. It's in virtual inventory somewhere. He's still looking at stones on his computer and he calls in a stone which he shows me a stone on the screen that looks like it's good l:w on BN's website, but I'm not getting a great look at the facets or anything else since it's pretty far away.
It takes maybe 20 minutes for the stone to arrive and My fiance and I both looked at the diamond. Yekutiel assures me that the chip characteristic is not a big deal. My fiance gets a bit impatient and with so many other people in the store - the other sales people keep interrupting Yekutiel with pricing questions. I decided to go with the diamond.
Now that I am home...and I've had time to analyze the GIA report and review the process of picking out this diamond. I am freaking out that it may have been a terrible rushed purchase. There was just so much going on there that I ended up being too overwhelmed to think rationally. Part of this seems to be made worst by a comment my fiance offhandedly made last night: "that diamond looks like someone was putting together a round diamond but forgot to shave off a corner."
My question for all the lovely PSer's (after that long winded post) is could you look at this diamond and let me know what you think solely by the numbers? I'm thinking that it is too deep. I have searched all over the place to try to find this stone so that I can post a link here...but it's no longer on BN's website. I do have a copy of the GIA report and will attach that here.
At this point, Yekutiel has already ordered the setting (he said it would arrive on the 30th), and since this is the setting i've been eyeing for a month now I do not want to change that part. However, do you think that I would be able to ask to see more diamonds and try to swap the diamond out for something else or am I stuck with this stone? I'm a bit stressed about this whole situation and I don't know what I should do. I spent all night tossing and turning over this stone and I'm not sure what I should do.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!!
I ultimately decided to work with IDJ to order the diamond for the pendant. I went into store to view some pears that IDJ had pulled for me. I want to start out saying that when I went in there was already a young lady in there working to find an engagement ring, they were waiting for another couple (who came in within 10 minutes of my arrival) and maybe 2 minutes after the couple there was a walk in looking for a diamond ring for an engagement. So there were 6-7 (my fiance had decided to come with me for support) people standing at Yekutiel's counter, which if anyone's ever been to his store is VERY crowded.
The first stone that I was shown is:
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/pear-shaped/0.62-carat-d-color-vs1-clarity-sku-3308055
Yekutiel assured me that it was the best stone for it's size.....etc...etc... But I just didn't like the shape. I want something that's a little fatter, this stone looks very long in person. Yekutiel said that unfortunately the other stones that he had pulled for me were slimmer and that he would have a look to see what else was available. At this point, he goes back to his computer and starts working to find a diamond that would fit the stuller setting that I was liked:
https://www.stuller.com/products/bu...mmendationSource=SiteSearch#/mounting-options
We determine that the best fit would be a 7x5 stone. I keep asking him about this stone:
https://idjewelry.com/catalog/product/view/_ignore_category/1/id/2449924/s/pear-cil860000701/
It is the same one that I was interested in buying from B2C...but he said that the stone was in Israel and it would be hard for them to get a hold of it. It's in virtual inventory somewhere. He's still looking at stones on his computer and he calls in a stone which he shows me a stone on the screen that looks like it's good l:w on BN's website, but I'm not getting a great look at the facets or anything else since it's pretty far away.
It takes maybe 20 minutes for the stone to arrive and My fiance and I both looked at the diamond. Yekutiel assures me that the chip characteristic is not a big deal. My fiance gets a bit impatient and with so many other people in the store - the other sales people keep interrupting Yekutiel with pricing questions. I decided to go with the diamond.
Now that I am home...and I've had time to analyze the GIA report and review the process of picking out this diamond. I am freaking out that it may have been a terrible rushed purchase. There was just so much going on there that I ended up being too overwhelmed to think rationally. Part of this seems to be made worst by a comment my fiance offhandedly made last night: "that diamond looks like someone was putting together a round diamond but forgot to shave off a corner."
My question for all the lovely PSer's (after that long winded post) is could you look at this diamond and let me know what you think solely by the numbers? I'm thinking that it is too deep. I have searched all over the place to try to find this stone so that I can post a link here...but it's no longer on BN's website. I do have a copy of the GIA report and will attach that here.
At this point, Yekutiel has already ordered the setting (he said it would arrive on the 30th), and since this is the setting i've been eyeing for a month now I do not want to change that part. However, do you think that I would be able to ask to see more diamonds and try to swap the diamond out for something else or am I stuck with this stone? I'm a bit stressed about this whole situation and I don't know what I should do. I spent all night tossing and turning over this stone and I'm not sure what I should do.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!!
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