Hey Everyone!
This is a fantastic forum and website! Really enjoy learning from everyone here! Never thought buying an engagement ring would be SO much work!
I''m curious if I''m being scammed or not.
FIRST, I live in Toronto, Canada and bought a ring last week from an independant jeweler near the Eaton Centre downtown. When I went to pick it up this week the setting was perfect, but the diamond (a princess cut, just over .75) was SO obviously not what I picked out!!! It was SO yellow and had an ENORMOUS black spot/inclusion on it that I without a doubt would have picked up when I looked at it earlier. I refused to take it and lost my deposit of $200!
After not being impressed with what I saw at People''s (big retail jewler inside the Eaton Centre), I went to another independent along Yonge Street and have just ordered another ring. The specs are:
Princess Cut
.70 Carat
SI2
F Colour
GOOD Cut
It is being set in a 19K White Gold setting. Paying $2700 for it. It is certified by Gem Scan.
NOW, I picked this diamond because it VERY gorgeous, I could not see what inclusions (are they always black?). What are my rights if the diamond I pick up next week is obviously not the one I was looking at when I purchased it???? I''m not a diamond grader, but this particular diamond looked MUCH better than a similar one at SI1, which was slightly bigger (.71, it was a little more dull in clarity).
She showed me the Gem Scan certificate and is sending it to be re-certified. So I WILL be getting the diamond above (same specs), but could I have possibly been shown a much more high quality diamond originally? Now when it comes back and it is TRULY an SI2, I can''t complain because that''s what I ordered? Am I making any sense? LOL!
Any help/comments would be greatly appreciated!
THANKS!
Rye!
HELP!
This is a fantastic forum and website! Really enjoy learning from everyone here! Never thought buying an engagement ring would be SO much work!
I''m curious if I''m being scammed or not.
FIRST, I live in Toronto, Canada and bought a ring last week from an independant jeweler near the Eaton Centre downtown. When I went to pick it up this week the setting was perfect, but the diamond (a princess cut, just over .75) was SO obviously not what I picked out!!! It was SO yellow and had an ENORMOUS black spot/inclusion on it that I without a doubt would have picked up when I looked at it earlier. I refused to take it and lost my deposit of $200!
After not being impressed with what I saw at People''s (big retail jewler inside the Eaton Centre), I went to another independent along Yonge Street and have just ordered another ring. The specs are:
Princess Cut
.70 Carat
SI2
F Colour
GOOD Cut
It is being set in a 19K White Gold setting. Paying $2700 for it. It is certified by Gem Scan.
NOW, I picked this diamond because it VERY gorgeous, I could not see what inclusions (are they always black?). What are my rights if the diamond I pick up next week is obviously not the one I was looking at when I purchased it???? I''m not a diamond grader, but this particular diamond looked MUCH better than a similar one at SI1, which was slightly bigger (.71, it was a little more dull in clarity).
She showed me the Gem Scan certificate and is sending it to be re-certified. So I WILL be getting the diamond above (same specs), but could I have possibly been shown a much more high quality diamond originally? Now when it comes back and it is TRULY an SI2, I can''t complain because that''s what I ordered? Am I making any sense? LOL!
Any help/comments would be greatly appreciated!
THANKS!
Rye!
HELP!