I wanted to post my experience at a jeweler yesterday and get some people''s take.
I have being doing a lot of research on this site, the rest of the internet, and e-mailing some of the e-vendors, in my search for a 1ct Princess. Yesterday I went to a local Pop&Son jewelery store that I had some high hopes for.
Right of the bat, the guy tries to talk me out of platinum and into white gold. I told him that my GF asked for platinum so it didn''t much matter what he said, but he went on and on anyway. Anyone have any thoughts on why he would push so hard for this??
Second thing that sends up my warning flags, is that they don''t carry hardly any GIA stones, but EGL stones. They said they are the same quality, despite everything I''ve read on the internet. They said they pick EGL cause they get the stones back to them quicker. Are EGL reports just as good?
So then he shows me two stones. Summarized below.
.84ct E-VS1, Crown=9%, Depth=74%, Medium-Girdle, Length to Width was pretty square
1.01ct D-VS1, Crown=6%, Depth=80%, Medium-Girdle, Length 6.03, Width 5.64, This thing was a rectangle.
I could tell that the E was a brighter stone. It almost looked just as big as the 1ct also. The light reflections we much more prominent. I started to talk about the depth/crown/table %''s and the guy was giving me this "Oh all that is nonsense" attitude. He started talking about how the only thing that is important is how I think the stone looks. He kept saying not to get caught up in the numbers. This is what really irked me. Do they not acknowledge that cut has any affect on the stone, or are they trying to take me for a sucker who doesn''t do homework.
Next, I ask about any light return ratings like a BrillianceScope or IdealScope and they just looked at me like I was from another planet. They claimed that all that stuff is just a gimmick.
They were super nice, and had good prices from what I could tell. It''s a shame that they broke almost every piece of advice that I have read or recevied thus far. Is this typical of a local area jeweler? I hope not.
Sorry to vent for so long. Please comment away.
I have being doing a lot of research on this site, the rest of the internet, and e-mailing some of the e-vendors, in my search for a 1ct Princess. Yesterday I went to a local Pop&Son jewelery store that I had some high hopes for.
Right of the bat, the guy tries to talk me out of platinum and into white gold. I told him that my GF asked for platinum so it didn''t much matter what he said, but he went on and on anyway. Anyone have any thoughts on why he would push so hard for this??
Second thing that sends up my warning flags, is that they don''t carry hardly any GIA stones, but EGL stones. They said they are the same quality, despite everything I''ve read on the internet. They said they pick EGL cause they get the stones back to them quicker. Are EGL reports just as good?
So then he shows me two stones. Summarized below.
.84ct E-VS1, Crown=9%, Depth=74%, Medium-Girdle, Length to Width was pretty square
1.01ct D-VS1, Crown=6%, Depth=80%, Medium-Girdle, Length 6.03, Width 5.64, This thing was a rectangle.
I could tell that the E was a brighter stone. It almost looked just as big as the 1ct also. The light reflections we much more prominent. I started to talk about the depth/crown/table %''s and the guy was giving me this "Oh all that is nonsense" attitude. He started talking about how the only thing that is important is how I think the stone looks. He kept saying not to get caught up in the numbers. This is what really irked me. Do they not acknowledge that cut has any affect on the stone, or are they trying to take me for a sucker who doesn''t do homework.
Next, I ask about any light return ratings like a BrillianceScope or IdealScope and they just looked at me like I was from another planet. They claimed that all that stuff is just a gimmick.
They were super nice, and had good prices from what I could tell. It''s a shame that they broke almost every piece of advice that I have read or recevied thus far. Is this typical of a local area jeweler? I hope not.
Sorry to vent for so long. Please comment away.