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Online EU vendors offering actual diamond photos?

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Rough_Rock
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Hi!
I have wasted a lot of time, searching for EU alternatives to James Allen.
The only reason for not buying from JA itself, is their shipping policy: I cannot order directly to Estonia.
As you all know, JA offers an awesome feature - actual diamonds preview. So I've tried to find something similar in EU, but found nothing...

The only vendor with somewhat similar is Blue Nile UK, with their 'Signature' diamonds: they have additional GCAL grading report with actual photos. But the photo in GCAL report is rather crappy and uninformative.

As for now, I see two options:
1. Choose from Blue Nile UK 'signature' stones
2. Choose from standard GIA diamonds with higher clarity grades, just to be sure that the stone will be 'eye-clean'.
If I choose option 2, is there any reputable EU online stores with lower prices than Blue Nile?

Any advice will be appreciated.
P.S. apologies for my bad English.
 
I'm a newbie with the diamond hunting and can only help you from the little bit of experience I've gained from my own hunt and reading the prophesies of other far more experienced Pricescopers - which is; even more important than the actual pictures of the stone are the ASETS, IdealScopes etc. you can get to accompany it. Those will help you determine the properties more accurately than a picture or possibly even a video clip.

I'm a neighbor of yours ( at least from the perspective of the US members of the forum :D ) from Finland and made the decision on my wedding ring stone just a couple of days ago.
My stone is going to be one of Good Old Gold's and I can only praise the customer service and the amount of information on the diamond they've provided me with so far. From the little experience I have dealing with James Allen (asked for a comparison on 3 stones - was promised an ASET of all of them and a gemmologist's opinion on "which was best" but there was no possibility for additional pictures/videos of them side by side) I would say GOG and other vendors have AT LEAST equal amount of information available.

I am not discouraging you from dealing with James Allen but would just like to point out that there's no need to feel anxious about only having that option. Nor only having the option of buying within EU. The prices will be lower than in the Scandinavia even if you purchase outside EU (ie. US) and calculate all the extras on top of the gem's price. The quality of the stone will probably be far superior to anything you could find locally.

I hope the bump will draw some more experienced PS members to help you further with your quest! :wavy:

edit: Forgive me, it's late at night and I was eager to help but ended up just rambling something quite unhelpful, not even addressing your concerns. :roll:
 
Bump.
 
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