PCMusicGuy
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2011
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- 26
I've been looking for a few months now for a very nice princess stone (1.53-1.75 ct, VS2 or better, D-F, with very high light performance). My eyes are particularly sensitive to color so I will not bend on anything.
So far I've tried:
A few independent jewelers - The best I've found so far was a ~1.7, IF, D stone that was nice but didn't have the visual appeal I wanted. Most look at me like I'm crazy when I break out the ASET scope and they have no idea what it is.
WhiteFlash - I was looking for an ACA quality in the size/quality I want but they could not help me there. I had a stone brought in against my gut to look at and while it was nice, it had too much light leakage, and I was out $81 to ship it back. I can't keep bringing stones in that I know I will reject.
BrianGavin - They also have nothing in the size/quality I'm looking for in the better BG Princess line. My experience with WhiteFlash makes me not want to bring stones in here as they also charge to return rejections.
Jared - I've looked at Peerless (in store and online) and Solasfera (in store only) stones they have. Nothing is suitable for what I want.
James Allen (online) - I couldn't find anything in my desired range.
And that brings me to GoodOldGold. They are the only ones that have diamonds that fall into what I'm looking for. Sarah has been very helpful in getting me information when I ask for it.
Right now I'm leaning towards the first one. I plan to use some airlines miles and fly to NY to see these in person before making the purchase.
http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/7841/
http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/6500/
I really wanted to get a stone by the end of June and I've been waiting and watching the market for 6 months to see if anything else would come up and haven't seen anything yet. I need to decide on a stone before the Tacori setting can be ordered/made. If I get the stone at GOG I may just have them do everything.
Does anyone have any words of wisdom or advice? Should I be looking somewhere else? Also, thanks to all the members that make this a wonderful community.
So far I've tried:
A few independent jewelers - The best I've found so far was a ~1.7, IF, D stone that was nice but didn't have the visual appeal I wanted. Most look at me like I'm crazy when I break out the ASET scope and they have no idea what it is.
WhiteFlash - I was looking for an ACA quality in the size/quality I want but they could not help me there. I had a stone brought in against my gut to look at and while it was nice, it had too much light leakage, and I was out $81 to ship it back. I can't keep bringing stones in that I know I will reject.
BrianGavin - They also have nothing in the size/quality I'm looking for in the better BG Princess line. My experience with WhiteFlash makes me not want to bring stones in here as they also charge to return rejections.
Jared - I've looked at Peerless (in store and online) and Solasfera (in store only) stones they have. Nothing is suitable for what I want.
James Allen (online) - I couldn't find anything in my desired range.
And that brings me to GoodOldGold. They are the only ones that have diamonds that fall into what I'm looking for. Sarah has been very helpful in getting me information when I ask for it.
Right now I'm leaning towards the first one. I plan to use some airlines miles and fly to NY to see these in person before making the purchase.
http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/7841/
http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/6500/
I really wanted to get a stone by the end of June and I've been waiting and watching the market for 6 months to see if anything else would come up and haven't seen anything yet. I need to decide on a stone before the Tacori setting can be ordered/made. If I get the stone at GOG I may just have them do everything.
Does anyone have any words of wisdom or advice? Should I be looking somewhere else? Also, thanks to all the members that make this a wonderful community.