Need help choosing 1 diamond out of 3 from James Allen.

[UberClaire]

So you're looking to spend 7500 - 8000 on the entire ring? What was the quote they gave you for the setting? I would imagine between 1 and 2k if you're looking at 14k gold, more if you wanted platinum. How much do you have to spend on the diamond alone?

 

[luvmysparklies]

Others have posted for you to checkout Good Old Gold. The staff at Good Old Gold will really give you the hands on care and all the info you need on any of their stones. Their stones are very high quality, sparkly and they can find you one within your budget and provide photos, videos of them as well as all kinds of reports. Just curious on why you are not exploring any stones from Good Old Gold?

 

[vietvu]

So you're looking to spend 7500 - 8000 on the entire ring? What was the quote they gave you for the setting? I would imagine between 1 and 2k if you're looking at 14k gold, more if you wanted platinum. How much do you have to spend on the diamond alone?

The settings is around 1.500 for 18k Rose Gold. The Diamond would be around 6 - 6.5 . So i guess it could go up to 8000$ for the whole ring.

 

[vietvu]

Others have posted for you to checkout Good Old Gold. The staff at Good Old Gold will really give you the hands on care and all the info you need on any of their stones. Their stones are very high quality, sparkly and they can find you one within your budget and provide photos, videos of them as well as all kinds of reports. Just curious on why you are not exploring any stones from Good Old Gold?

I'm not exploring from Good Old Gold because i dont know about them. Therefore i don't trust them. It goes the same to Engagement Ring Direct, Solomon Brothers and so on. This is an oversea purchase so i'm very conerned about the security of my purchase.

Sorry if i bother too much about my selection, but this is an important decision to me. Thanks all.

 

[UberClaire]

Good Old Gold is one of the most reputable diamond dealers mentioned on this site (and if you ask me, they're the ones that I would choose to work with over and over again). Since you're looking for a cushion cut, you should at least look into Good Old Gold as they do a lot of specializing in picking good cushions. Check out their YouTube channel at Diamondinfoman.

Your 6-6.5k budget for the stone seems low for the quality and size of diamond that you want.

 

[vietvu]

What about Solomon Brothers?
Any review guys?

 

[teobdl]

They're all reputable vendors. The issue, however, is that places like b2c and Solomon and blue nile don't provide enough information to make an informed choice. Specifically, they dont provide aset or idealscope, which tell you how the diamond reflects light. It's very difficult to predict this in most cuts other than rounds. But even in rounds it's very important.
You might have good luck checking out Brian Gavin's new line of cushions, which are being sold on a bit of a discount relative to similar carat cushions and face up bigger than them too.

 

[teobdl]

They're all reputable vendors. The issue, however, is that places like b2c and Solomon and blue nile don't provide enough information to make an informed choice. Specifically, they dont provide aset or idealscope, which tell you how the diamond reflects light. It's very difficult to predict this in most cuts other than rounds. But even in rounds it's very important.
You might have good luck checking out Brian Gavin's new line of cushions, which are being sold on a bit of a discount relative to similar carat cushions and face up bigger than them too.

ETA: I was likely mistaken about the spread. My bad.