Doing int now. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Much appreciated!Okay... how about these? (hold down shift key when clicking on BN links)
HCA 1.9, 7.30 x 7.27 mm, $9675 (I like the faceting better on this one, and I love that it has MBF)
https://www.bluenile.com/diamond-details/LD08544918
HCA 1.9, 7.44 x 7.42 mm, $10,215 (this looks to be a "high" I color)
https://www.bluenile.com/diamond-details/LD08535068
Doing int now. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Much appreciated!
There is nothing improper about James Allen, but when a customer is willing to accept a second tier cert, then the games begin. Some consumers really like to swim against the tide and to take chances. Some are ill-informed.
I'd suggest, stick to the "best" lab recommendations and buy with confidence from PS Vendors. Eliminating a large and successful vendor because they offer some diamonds with secondary lab certs will not make your search a more successful one. The problem of lab accuracy in grading not really a vendor selection issue. Just eliminate searching for lab graded stones from those labs you choose not to accept.
Beautiful proportions!..Hi all-- thanks for your input and advice. The link below is to the one I picked. I would appreciate your thoughts while I am still within the return period. (I already know I dislike the setting I selected (as does everyone who has seen the ring), so it has to go back for that reason alone) Many thanks!
http://www.briangavindiamonds.com/d...ags-bl-104093785002#!prettyPhoto[gallery2]/2/
It's wonderful!
What setting did you pick?
Thanks.
I picked the least expensive platinum six prong. I like simple and thought it would work . . . I was wrong.
Too dainty? We can help you pick a setting too!
Somewhere hidden in https://www.pricescope.com/articles is a survey that we undertook on PS with the then owner and Dave Atlas.
We discovered that buying an EGL USA grade diamond was a better bet than a GIA or AGSL.
We had a group of diamonds submitted to all 3 of the labs by various vendors so as to not alert the labs.
The point was that each lab's graded diamonds is 'priced' in the market with a premium or a discount.
So yes, in my experiance IGI india grades very close to GIA (no idea about the US lab) with most of the differences being slightly lower color in maybe 1/3rd to half of cases.
This is a very old thread and OP is long gone.maybe you will like this one 7.6 diameter https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-di...h-color-vs2-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-7389923
Yes Livedogs. You are right. It is old.
here is the most interesting part:
So yes, in my experiance IGI india grades very close to GIA (no idea about the US lab) with most of the differences being slightly lower color in maybe 1/3rd to half of cases.
Less strict. No lab can afford to be consistently stricter than GIAThanks Garry, I recently purchased a diamond graded by IGI Mumbai and reading your responses made me feel slightly better than I didn't get ripped off. I'm ok with resale value being lower because of an IGI cert here in North America, but I'm not ok with not getting what I paid for in terms of color and clarity!
Just to clarify regarding your comment above, when you say "slightly lower color" are you suggesting IGI India is generally stricter or easier on color relative to GIA?