Opinions Please...

[Lostinmass]

Good Morning All,
One of my Best friends is getting a divorce and needs $$$ quickly,
I have a chance to upgrade my current GIA Color I Clarity SI2 (feather on the table).87 vg/vg/vg cut diamond ring with her EGL 1.25 ex/ex/ex ring. She is letting me wear the ring for a week to help me decide, I am attaching some pics I took with my cell phone. I know they are not the greatest pics but its the best i could do ! I was wearing an orange shirt at the time so the diamond has an orange tint to it...lol

I compared my diamond to hers and this is what i see, I say her G is pretty close to being right, I see no hint of yellow and its whiter than my I. Clarty wise, I can only see a few small blemishes with a loupe that are off to the side of the diamond, It is totally eye clean to me, and as for the side view I see no inclusions at all!

The diamond looks beautiful, nice and whate, sparkles like crazy, but it does look awful under direct sunlight & flurescense lighting.

These are the stats of the diamond:
EGL Internantional
6.94 x 6.90 x 4.30
Color G
Clarity VS2
depth 62.1
table 57%
crown 15%
pavilion 44%

What would you do??

 

[yennyfire]

First, comparing an EGL cert to a GIA cert is not comparing apples to apples. Very likely, her EGL G/VS2 would get an I/SI1/2 from GIA. That said, how much is she asking for the stone and what would you do with your stone?

 

[Lostinmass]

Shes asking $4000.... I was thinking of selling mine so I wouldnt have to be outta pocket much...

 

[TitanCi]

First, comparing an EGL cert to a GIA cert is not comparing apples to apples. Very likely, her EGL G/VS2 would get an I/SI1/2 from GIA. That said, how much is she asking for the stone and what would you do with your stone?

^This.

 

[Haven]

I wouldn't do it.

First: Your friend's diamond scores a 4.5 on the HCA, so the cut is likely not excellent it's fair.

Second: It's graded by EGL, which means you really don't know what you're getting. There is a reason people send modern RB stones to EGL for grading, and it's not good.

Third: When I did a search here on PS for EGL-graded stones at 1.25 ct G VS2, the fair cut stones are only going for a little over $5,000 new, which means even if you did want a stone with these less-than-desirable stats, you could buy one for just $1,000 more from an actual jeweler, and that stone would also come with refund and upgrade policies, which you won't get when buying from a friend.

If you really want to upgrade via the secondary market, I think you can do MUCH better than this. Keep an eye on the Preloved section here.

 

[motownmama]

Pardon, but do you really want to wear one of your BEST friend's ring from her marriage that's dissolved? Wouldn't she be reminded every time she saw you????

 

[Lostinmass]

Pardon, but do you really want to wear one of your BEST friend's ring from her marriage that's dissolved? Wouldn't she be reminded every time she saw you????

I asked her that exact question....She said" She paid for thed diamond herself and she wouldn't be selling it If she really didn't need the $$"