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Rough_Rock
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Hi,
This is my first post to this site (what a mine of information!). I was looking on the web for some information regarding the tecnicalities/specifications of matching a pair of diamonds and came across this site.
I have bought a pair of diamond stud earrings, and on arrival I have to say that I am underwhelmed, and in fact concerned that they are not of sufficient quality, in particular that they do not seem to be well matched as a pair. This purchase is not a large one, although I have previously bought some pretty sizable single diamonds (and done the research), so I hopefully know a little and am pretty picky.
The diamonds are from an internet retailer, who comes up very high on Google. I don''t really want to name them right now, as this post will come up on Google (as well) I expect. Google brings up nothing adverse that I can find on this retailer for what it is worth.
The studs are 0.75tcw ''Round cut'' G-H, SI1 VG/VG (polish/sym), mounted in 3 prong Martini mount screw-back 14k WG baskets. I paid $1180 for them. The ''certificate'' is from a lab that... well, let''s be honest, the issuer gets very limited hits on Google, so it is pretty much worthless, and the extent of the information that is NOT on the ''certificate'' makes it worthless as well...
My problem is this. When I opened the box, I was immediately struck by how one stone looked smaller than the other. I have looked at them several times, in different lights etc, taken them out, switched them round (a blind test if you like), and each time I am adament that the difference in size is quite clear to me. I''ve done this many times over a few days.
Today I''ve been looking at them again, and the smaller stone appears to have less fire than the larger one. I also notced that the screwback pin on this mount is slightly (though noticably) bent.
I chatted to the retailer (via Messenger on the PC) the day I received the stones, and asked what the individual cw''s were. They replied after a very long pause ''0.76''. I said I wanted the individual weights, not the tcw, and they said they could not tell me!
I asked if it were possible the sizes (and/or weights) varied enough that I could notice, or was it perhaps ''just me''. They said it is possible that they ''slipped through'' the matching process. They could only advise if I returned them.
So questions.
Never having matched stones for earrings before, how matching do you expect them to be in this price range? Is what I describe above at this price level expected, or unacceptable?
I''ve been looking around, and found that some retailers like Mondera might offer an equivalent product at an equivalent price with GIA (or similar) reports, would/should I expect such stones to be better value for money than the above?
I''d really appreciate any thoughts on this. Sorry for such a long winded post, but if I need to replace this gift, I have very little time to do so, so wanted to lay out the situation as best I could from the start!
This is my first post to this site (what a mine of information!). I was looking on the web for some information regarding the tecnicalities/specifications of matching a pair of diamonds and came across this site.
I have bought a pair of diamond stud earrings, and on arrival I have to say that I am underwhelmed, and in fact concerned that they are not of sufficient quality, in particular that they do not seem to be well matched as a pair. This purchase is not a large one, although I have previously bought some pretty sizable single diamonds (and done the research), so I hopefully know a little and am pretty picky.
The diamonds are from an internet retailer, who comes up very high on Google. I don''t really want to name them right now, as this post will come up on Google (as well) I expect. Google brings up nothing adverse that I can find on this retailer for what it is worth.
The studs are 0.75tcw ''Round cut'' G-H, SI1 VG/VG (polish/sym), mounted in 3 prong Martini mount screw-back 14k WG baskets. I paid $1180 for them. The ''certificate'' is from a lab that... well, let''s be honest, the issuer gets very limited hits on Google, so it is pretty much worthless, and the extent of the information that is NOT on the ''certificate'' makes it worthless as well...
My problem is this. When I opened the box, I was immediately struck by how one stone looked smaller than the other. I have looked at them several times, in different lights etc, taken them out, switched them round (a blind test if you like), and each time I am adament that the difference in size is quite clear to me. I''ve done this many times over a few days.
Today I''ve been looking at them again, and the smaller stone appears to have less fire than the larger one. I also notced that the screwback pin on this mount is slightly (though noticably) bent.
I chatted to the retailer (via Messenger on the PC) the day I received the stones, and asked what the individual cw''s were. They replied after a very long pause ''0.76''. I said I wanted the individual weights, not the tcw, and they said they could not tell me!
I asked if it were possible the sizes (and/or weights) varied enough that I could notice, or was it perhaps ''just me''. They said it is possible that they ''slipped through'' the matching process. They could only advise if I returned them.
So questions.
Never having matched stones for earrings before, how matching do you expect them to be in this price range? Is what I describe above at this price level expected, or unacceptable?
I''ve been looking around, and found that some retailers like Mondera might offer an equivalent product at an equivalent price with GIA (or similar) reports, would/should I expect such stones to be better value for money than the above?
I''d really appreciate any thoughts on this. Sorry for such a long winded post, but if I need to replace this gift, I have very little time to do so, so wanted to lay out the situation as best I could from the start!
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