Mara
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So today I got my wedding ring from WhiteFlash. Amazing, looks simply beautiful, definitely spot on with my engagement ring. I sent my e-ring over to WF as well so that they could match it up perfectly for the custom job. As you all know, I have been missing it for the last 3 weeks.
What I have been secretly keeping under wraps however, was that I was also shopping around for a new e-ring stone. When Greg saw his new small ACA for his wedding ring, everything I had been babbling about regarding cut for the last year really struck home. He agreed to let me see if I could sell my e-ring stone and put the money towards a new better cut stone.
This presented a huge dilemma because we all know how hard it is to sell a stone! I was not looking fwd to it and to top it off, the wedding was only about 9 weeks away. Lucky for me, my original jeweler agreed to buy the stone back for most of what we paid, because we have sent alot of business his way in the recent years. I'm sure he can easily re-sell it. Was there any apprehension in getting rid of my actual engagement stone? Yes definitely, sometimes I was not sure if I was doing the right thing. Greg was on board with it, but I know he was a little unsure. However, I wanted to stick to my guns because as much as we both liked our little engagement ring stone, I knew that the more I learned about diamonds, the more dissatisfied I was with the original choice we had made because I felt we had foolishly spent our money. After seeing his ACA, it confirmed everything for me, and when he saw it, the bell really rang for him as well. So we confirmed with each other that we were committed to doing it, and didn't look back after that.
Now to find a new stone on a short timeline! I loved working with WhiteFlash for Greg's wedding stone, they already had my e-ring for the creation of the wedding ring, and I knew I wanted something very particular for not a huge amount of money. Part of the stipulation from Greg was that we not float extra money out the door for the re-purchase. So I had a challenge on my hands! So we decided to work with WF on finding the new center stone.
Luckily, WhiteFlash had the perfect stone for me hiding away on their site. A 1.29 H SI1 Expert Selection that when viewed, in terms of numbers and images, to me looked spot on like an ACA. However, Brian's eye for detail on only choosing the absolute best for his brand which is his pride and joy meant that this stone had something wrong with it that my mortal eyes cannot detect which kicked it into the Expert Selection area...and therefore that gave me the opportunity for an absolutely excellent stone at a great price! The Scope image on this stone is top notch, rivals some of the best ACA's I have seen online. The numbers are stellar, rates a 1.4 EX on the HCA, and the stone image they sent me was so beautiful, it almost took my breath away. This was it!
So since WF had my e-ring already (sans stone!), they re-polished it all up for me, fixed the icky fatto prongs that have been bothering me for a year and a half and made them more defined (and smaller!), and set the new beautiful almost-ACA in. My wedding ring was done as well, so everything shipped out yesterday and arrived today.
Last nite Brian sent me pictures of the finished products and I was absolutely blown away. Obviously this morning I was so ready to go pick up the package and see the rings in person!!! I was in SF when I got the call but was headed back down towards San Jose so I stopped off and picked it up. Opened the box in the parking lot OF COURSE and....words cannot even describe how beautiful this center stone is in my engagement ring. Honestly, I had NO IDEA what I was missing with my shallower stone. It was still very beautiful, but this thing is amazing. This stone needs no coaxing to show off sparkles, lots of FIRE (one thing my old stone didn't really have) and those ARROWS! I caught the arrows at least 3-4 times on the drive home after picking it up. That's the really fun part!
Anyway, bottom line is that we have absolutely NO DOUBTS now that we made the right decision in getting a new stone, and WF's upgrade policy makes this perfect for my many 'future' purchases.
When Greg saw the pictures of the new rings from Brian, he was stunned as well. I can't wait til he gets home tonite to see the new rings, I've already been gushing to him for an hour online about how great everything looks. Tonite we are going to dinner at the restaurant where we had our first date, to celebrate!
Kudos again to WhiteFlash, Lesley and Brian, you guys are the best. I loved working with you and appreciate the care and attention given during the transaction. Brian soothed my fears many a day over the wedding ring matching exactly to the e-ring, over the big stone being the right choice, over x, over y. Thank you thank you for such a beautiful stone and amazing new wedding ring. We are ecstatic with both pieces, the engagement ring looks brand new again!
Lastly, thanks to my faithful and everlasting pal Alj...honestly..without you to help me make the final calls and tough decisions...I would be a puddle of mush on the floor and I'd probably be single again since Greg would have left me for driving him nuts debating on crown and pavilion angles. You keep me sane. Which is very frightening...actually, since you are pretty insane too.
Now for the OODLES of pictures!!!
Here is the information on the beautiful big stone.
What I have been secretly keeping under wraps however, was that I was also shopping around for a new e-ring stone. When Greg saw his new small ACA for his wedding ring, everything I had been babbling about regarding cut for the last year really struck home. He agreed to let me see if I could sell my e-ring stone and put the money towards a new better cut stone.
This presented a huge dilemma because we all know how hard it is to sell a stone! I was not looking fwd to it and to top it off, the wedding was only about 9 weeks away. Lucky for me, my original jeweler agreed to buy the stone back for most of what we paid, because we have sent alot of business his way in the recent years. I'm sure he can easily re-sell it. Was there any apprehension in getting rid of my actual engagement stone? Yes definitely, sometimes I was not sure if I was doing the right thing. Greg was on board with it, but I know he was a little unsure. However, I wanted to stick to my guns because as much as we both liked our little engagement ring stone, I knew that the more I learned about diamonds, the more dissatisfied I was with the original choice we had made because I felt we had foolishly spent our money. After seeing his ACA, it confirmed everything for me, and when he saw it, the bell really rang for him as well. So we confirmed with each other that we were committed to doing it, and didn't look back after that.
Now to find a new stone on a short timeline! I loved working with WhiteFlash for Greg's wedding stone, they already had my e-ring for the creation of the wedding ring, and I knew I wanted something very particular for not a huge amount of money. Part of the stipulation from Greg was that we not float extra money out the door for the re-purchase. So I had a challenge on my hands! So we decided to work with WF on finding the new center stone.
Luckily, WhiteFlash had the perfect stone for me hiding away on their site. A 1.29 H SI1 Expert Selection that when viewed, in terms of numbers and images, to me looked spot on like an ACA. However, Brian's eye for detail on only choosing the absolute best for his brand which is his pride and joy meant that this stone had something wrong with it that my mortal eyes cannot detect which kicked it into the Expert Selection area...and therefore that gave me the opportunity for an absolutely excellent stone at a great price! The Scope image on this stone is top notch, rivals some of the best ACA's I have seen online. The numbers are stellar, rates a 1.4 EX on the HCA, and the stone image they sent me was so beautiful, it almost took my breath away. This was it!
So since WF had my e-ring already (sans stone!), they re-polished it all up for me, fixed the icky fatto prongs that have been bothering me for a year and a half and made them more defined (and smaller!), and set the new beautiful almost-ACA in. My wedding ring was done as well, so everything shipped out yesterday and arrived today.
Last nite Brian sent me pictures of the finished products and I was absolutely blown away. Obviously this morning I was so ready to go pick up the package and see the rings in person!!! I was in SF when I got the call but was headed back down towards San Jose so I stopped off and picked it up. Opened the box in the parking lot OF COURSE and....words cannot even describe how beautiful this center stone is in my engagement ring. Honestly, I had NO IDEA what I was missing with my shallower stone. It was still very beautiful, but this thing is amazing. This stone needs no coaxing to show off sparkles, lots of FIRE (one thing my old stone didn't really have) and those ARROWS! I caught the arrows at least 3-4 times on the drive home after picking it up. That's the really fun part!
Anyway, bottom line is that we have absolutely NO DOUBTS now that we made the right decision in getting a new stone, and WF's upgrade policy makes this perfect for my many 'future' purchases.
Kudos again to WhiteFlash, Lesley and Brian, you guys are the best. I loved working with you and appreciate the care and attention given during the transaction. Brian soothed my fears many a day over the wedding ring matching exactly to the e-ring, over the big stone being the right choice, over x, over y. Thank you thank you for such a beautiful stone and amazing new wedding ring. We are ecstatic with both pieces, the engagement ring looks brand new again!
Lastly, thanks to my faithful and everlasting pal Alj...honestly..without you to help me make the final calls and tough decisions...I would be a puddle of mush on the floor and I'd probably be single again since Greg would have left me for driving him nuts debating on crown and pavilion angles. You keep me sane. Which is very frightening...actually, since you are pretty insane too.
Now for the OODLES of pictures!!!
Here is the information on the beautiful big stone.
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