My grandmother used to say "The heck with the good old days." Except she used another work besides heck. I was starting to have a not good flashback to my original engagement diamond shopping, circa 1978. Kind of like automobile and furnture shopping, only worse. Anyway, I will pile my accolades on to the many that have been expressed in other testimonials there relief and good fortune in finding Pricescope.
What a huge difference in my diamond buying experience from 1978 to now. Hubby and I are celebrating our twenty fifth anniv. soon and, thank goodness, I found this site. I''ve been sporting a .5 carat round in a very slim yellow gold setting. I tried on some rings at a local B & M store and was very attracted to the emerald cut. I''ll will relay my favorite anecdotes from my traditional retail experiences curing this diamond search in another post.
I do not live in a major metro area, therefore, I wasn''t able to go view a group of three or four emerald cut stones to get a feel for the variations in colors, etc. etc. Based on the advice given here, I really liked the idea of an independent appraiser. Well, it turns out that Richard Sherwood is located about thirty miles from us. Within a couple of e-mails with Richard I narrowed down my parameters and wrote to about six internet vendors. All responded promptly and professionally.
I knew I wanted to view three to four stones. Based on my parameters and prices; GOG, Whiteflash and Engagement Rings Direct provided stones for my consideration. They were all very willing to get the stones to Richard and, for those of you with limited time during the day, 90% of all of this was done via e-mail. The phone calls were very informative, prompt replies back. You''ve read it all here before, but I''ll say it again. These folks treat customers right.
So, Richard Sherwood, my husband and I met with four gorgeous stones. Honestly, they really all were beautiful. Had I not not made my choice as a consumer to see a group of stones and pick one from a group, any one of them, I would have been proud to wear. We picked the one that spoke to us. So here are the stats.
GIA cert
Emerald Cut
1.11 ct.
VS1
E
7.six four x 5.1four x three.1five (sorry a couple of my number keys don''t work)
Depth: sixty one. three %
Table: sixty one %
Thin to slightly thick
Crown Height 11.8%
Pavillion Depth: fortyfive. four%
Culet: None
Polish Good, Sym Good
Fluor None
Price Four thousand nine hundred sixty five.
The girdle is only thin for a small section where the natural encroaches on the girdle from the paviliion side.
Idealscope: Very good light return.
Richard was so very professional and made the experience fun and relaxing. We checked this stone out in every imaginable light. All of you younger, about to get engaged folks.....you are blessed with this option for shopping.
Now I look forward to looking at the custom setting that is being pulled together over the next couple of weeks.
What a huge difference in my diamond buying experience from 1978 to now. Hubby and I are celebrating our twenty fifth anniv. soon and, thank goodness, I found this site. I''ve been sporting a .5 carat round in a very slim yellow gold setting. I tried on some rings at a local B & M store and was very attracted to the emerald cut. I''ll will relay my favorite anecdotes from my traditional retail experiences curing this diamond search in another post.
I do not live in a major metro area, therefore, I wasn''t able to go view a group of three or four emerald cut stones to get a feel for the variations in colors, etc. etc. Based on the advice given here, I really liked the idea of an independent appraiser. Well, it turns out that Richard Sherwood is located about thirty miles from us. Within a couple of e-mails with Richard I narrowed down my parameters and wrote to about six internet vendors. All responded promptly and professionally.
I knew I wanted to view three to four stones. Based on my parameters and prices; GOG, Whiteflash and Engagement Rings Direct provided stones for my consideration. They were all very willing to get the stones to Richard and, for those of you with limited time during the day, 90% of all of this was done via e-mail. The phone calls were very informative, prompt replies back. You''ve read it all here before, but I''ll say it again. These folks treat customers right.
So, Richard Sherwood, my husband and I met with four gorgeous stones. Honestly, they really all were beautiful. Had I not not made my choice as a consumer to see a group of stones and pick one from a group, any one of them, I would have been proud to wear. We picked the one that spoke to us. So here are the stats.
GIA cert
Emerald Cut
1.11 ct.
VS1
E
7.six four x 5.1four x three.1five (sorry a couple of my number keys don''t work)
Depth: sixty one. three %
Table: sixty one %
Thin to slightly thick
Crown Height 11.8%
Pavillion Depth: fortyfive. four%
Culet: None
Polish Good, Sym Good
Fluor None
Price Four thousand nine hundred sixty five.
The girdle is only thin for a small section where the natural encroaches on the girdle from the paviliion side.
Idealscope: Very good light return.
Richard was so very professional and made the experience fun and relaxing. We checked this stone out in every imaginable light. All of you younger, about to get engaged folks.....you are blessed with this option for shopping.
Now I look forward to looking at the custom setting that is being pulled together over the next couple of weeks.
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