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Thanks to those of you that gave sincere responses and suggestions. This isn't a $10 purchase that I don't mind losing. It's an enormous amount of money for me. I am being overly cautious and learning along the way. I am surprised some of you think I'm "trolling" the forum, I'm not sure why you'd get that idea and I'm definitely not rich. For me this is a huge purchase and I'm here to find out more and not offend anyone. It took me years to save up and if you think I'll just go off and make an overnight purchase, that's not me
I didn't save this money overnight. The engineer in me needs to know for sure that I'm making the right purchase. For those of you that have helped me out, I'm really grateful to you and you know who you people are!
And the few that are offended or annoyed, feel free not to read this thread and waste your time or mine or others. I don't have the proper knowledge which is why I'm here. I need to justify to myself that I'm getting the best possible diamond that's right for me. I'm glad that this post was an eye opener for me at least. Isn't this the point of these forums? Thank you.
lucida, many of us here have given our advice but to us it seems as though you are just ignoring it on a continual search to find a “bargain/deal/etc”.
In this diamond world, what you pay is what you get. It is highly unlikely (i’m willing to go out on a limb here and suggest 99.95% probability) that you will be able to get a super ideal D-F FL/IF 3+ct stone for the your budget. Unless you go down the route of lax graded stones (which it appears you don’t want to go down that path given you rejected the stone suggested to you by IDJ, if you had suggested to them that you were looking at 3ct plus PS quality stones within your budget, they could have tried to find something but I have a feeling they wouldn’t have met your liking).
The WF ACA stone is a stupendously good buy and is good value for the money. You will likely kick yourself if someone else snaps it up before you eventually make a decision. Otherwise, take a look at sites like B2C Jewels and Adiamor. You are unlikely to be unable to negotiate with them on price (the same as WF).