thought i''d share this...
went to a local mall in IL yesterday b/c the gf wanted to see how the size stone I purchased from GOG would look on her finger. Even though they were inflated price and ugly tables she just wanted to get an idea...
Already becoming irritated at some of the things i was seeing.. price for color, clarity, and not to mention the cut, the worse thing i heard was this at 1 place.. We asked to see a 1.5ct princess cut. they only had 1 that was in this very clunky setting. We only made a comment as an observation and the saleswoman chimed in that it had to be that huge because it had to hold the 1.5ct diamond in place and it was absolutely needed when dealing with such a big diamond. BLAH! even better that NONE of their diamonds were certified.
i will say 1 of the 5 places we went too did actually have some nice diamonds though we never got into the $$$ side of it. they really pushed the hearts on fire line which was pretty and got to see the idealscope 1st hand on a hearts on fire and a nice princess cut. that was pretty cool! but overall a day of seeing terrible overpriced diamonds. i saw so many SI2 H/I stones that looked BAD even to my novice eyes! I''m so thankful for pricescope and GOG!
went to a local mall in IL yesterday b/c the gf wanted to see how the size stone I purchased from GOG would look on her finger. Even though they were inflated price and ugly tables she just wanted to get an idea...
Already becoming irritated at some of the things i was seeing.. price for color, clarity, and not to mention the cut, the worse thing i heard was this at 1 place.. We asked to see a 1.5ct princess cut. they only had 1 that was in this very clunky setting. We only made a comment as an observation and the saleswoman chimed in that it had to be that huge because it had to hold the 1.5ct diamond in place and it was absolutely needed when dealing with such a big diamond. BLAH! even better that NONE of their diamonds were certified.
i will say 1 of the 5 places we went too did actually have some nice diamonds though we never got into the $$$ side of it. they really pushed the hearts on fire line which was pretty and got to see the idealscope 1st hand on a hearts on fire and a nice princess cut. that was pretty cool! but overall a day of seeing terrible overpriced diamonds. i saw so many SI2 H/I stones that looked BAD even to my novice eyes! I''m so thankful for pricescope and GOG!