Hi all. First post on the forum, have been lurking a bit though
Heres my story. My and bf and I have been together nearly 7 yrs (from when I was 17, I''m nearly 24 now-he''s 4 yrs older), we''ve always known we''d get engaged, but only seriously started thinking about buying the ring etc in the last few months. I''ve still got 2 yrs left at uni, would like to get engaged after my exams in 2010, but I couldn''t help myself so started looking at rings a while ago!I love Tiffany and had originally had my heart set on the Lucida. We live in the UK where all the Tiffany shops are in London (we live quite far away from there!) so the last time we went to London in June we had a quick look as we don''t go that often. I decided I wasn''t keen on the Lucida, but I LOVED the Tiffany classic setting. I tried a couple of ~0.7ct rings on, which I loved, but they were completely out of around our price range (~£5000/$8000, my bf''s budget was around £3000/$5000). There was no way we were gonna pay that much and in an ideal world I wanted 1ct
So I started looking on eBay to get an idea of prices, I don''t mind having a secondhand ring. Anyway, to cut a long story short, a Tiffany channel set round brilliant came up (I had seen this one too in the shop and liked the setting), unfortunately with a reserve which was above our budget. The ring didn''t meet the reserve so the seller went to sell to a jeweller. However she emailed me a while later to say she misinterpreted their offer and we could have the ring for £3100! We said yes, wary of dealing of the internet with no ebay protection though. She sent plenty of pics of all the paperwork etc, gave us her address and we spoke over the phone, so we went ahead, I am glad we did!
Anyway, I absolutely adore the ring. Its my dream ring really, but I never thought I''d get it. It''s 1.01 ct, I and VVS2. The band has 0.35ct G-H VS1 diamonds. Its so sparkly! I don''t have the other details (all at my bf''s), but I checked and the HCA score was 1.4. I''m trying to attach pics, but its being funny I''ll try later!
The ring is too big though
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