Mr. Hand''s rock search thread

[Laila619]

Congrats! Looks to be a beautiful stone!

 

[Lorelei]

Many congratulations!!!

 

[mrhand]

Even though I made my purchase from WF, here is a stone that a local dealer (Mervis) offered me for 17.2K


EGL INTERNATIONAL
Color: I
Clarity: SI2
Carat weight: 2.36
8.51-8.45x5.33
Depth: 62.8%
Table: 57%
Crown height: 16%
Pavilion Depth: 44%
Girdle: Med, Faceted
Polish: Excellent
Symmetry: Excellent
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
"Tolkowsky Ideal Cut"
$17,234.99

Now compare that to http://www.whiteflash.com/hearts_arrows/Whiteflash-ACA-cut-diamond-2176307.htm which I got for 17.9

on the HCA thats a 4.8 vs 1.4 (I used % to make the comparison more fair, but with angles its 1.1)

Buyers remorse? Even thought I haven''t actually even seen the ring, I think not! I''m not even going to talk about the overpriced setting they quoted. A price spread of 700 bucks for a much nicer diamond.

WF and other online delaers have so many things going for them to offer better prices. No fancy stores, radio and TV ads etc. Mervis has a security gaurd which seems like its just for show, because they must have insurance and a vault. Someone has to pay for those extras. I just wish BN would have scope images on their site like WF does. It made the selection process much easier.

The B&M stores are kind of like car dealers. They play to the excitement of the purchase and the lack of knowledge of the (usually) young buyers.

Thanks again pricescopers for helping me do the legwork! And thank you as well WF!

 

[mrhand]

I don''t have the set yet, but here are the pics from WF. I''ll post some on the actual finger hopefully soon!