Sorry for the rant, I know this place is swamped with young, nervous, inexperienced people like myself asking stupid questions over and over because they''re about to drop more cash than they ever have before in their life. Doing this takes some of the edge off.
Over the past week or two, I''ve been here educating, browsing, thinking.
My tax return came in today. It''s time to get down to serious business. The event is happening in mid-April, so the purchase will probably happen sometime in march, or even early april depending on how long I can put off while my glass nerves vomit into a virtual toilet. I''m comparing prices starting today, but my head is simply swimming with diamonds. I''m literally thinking about them in my sleep. Comparing prices is proving difficult, because there are just so many factors. However, I know what I want. I would like something in the neighborhood of .8ct, no less than H color, VS2 clarity, and the cut should be absolutely top notch, H&A''s stuff. I don''t want to spend any more than $4000 on the rock. I would like to see the diamond in person if possible, which is leading me to believe I should take a trip down to GoG on long island (I''m in CT) for a day and see what they have. Should I even bother stopping into the local small stores? I''m not even sure the stores here deal in loose diamonds, but then again I''ve never bought an expensive peice of jewelery in my life. But I don''t want to rule out the other reputable vendors on here with good prices, that I can purchase from online. Should I start by going to local places to compare them, or is it not even worth it? The problem with doing that, is they all close at like 5 or 6, and I can''t get to them after work. There aren''t really any convenient to where I work either.
I''m not really sure what I''m trying to get at here, and reading other people''s threads that are just like mine has only helped a little. Guess I just had to start one of my own.
Over the past week or two, I''ve been here educating, browsing, thinking.
My tax return came in today. It''s time to get down to serious business. The event is happening in mid-April, so the purchase will probably happen sometime in march, or even early april depending on how long I can put off while my glass nerves vomit into a virtual toilet. I''m comparing prices starting today, but my head is simply swimming with diamonds. I''m literally thinking about them in my sleep. Comparing prices is proving difficult, because there are just so many factors. However, I know what I want. I would like something in the neighborhood of .8ct, no less than H color, VS2 clarity, and the cut should be absolutely top notch, H&A''s stuff. I don''t want to spend any more than $4000 on the rock. I would like to see the diamond in person if possible, which is leading me to believe I should take a trip down to GoG on long island (I''m in CT) for a day and see what they have. Should I even bother stopping into the local small stores? I''m not even sure the stores here deal in loose diamonds, but then again I''ve never bought an expensive peice of jewelery in my life. But I don''t want to rule out the other reputable vendors on here with good prices, that I can purchase from online. Should I start by going to local places to compare them, or is it not even worth it? The problem with doing that, is they all close at like 5 or 6, and I can''t get to them after work. There aren''t really any convenient to where I work either.
I''m not really sure what I''m trying to get at here, and reading other people''s threads that are just like mine has only helped a little. Guess I just had to start one of my own.
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