scottylmt
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scottylmt|1333468273|3162489 said:EXCELLENT advice above... and thank you ladies very much. I've got some good news. I found out today that one of my earlier designs was actually her favorite--more than the helzberg.
http://www.gabrielengaged.com/style/ER7923W83JJ
She had actually not told me that because she thought it was going to be too expensive, well actually it is almost a grand LESS expensive than my latest creation! The only thing that BGD said is that they will have to "change the undercarriage meaning do the scallops a different direction so that it's not an exact copy but everything else will look the same"
PHEW I feel like I dodged a bullet... that one was high up in my favorites as well!
scottylmt|1333468273|3162489 said:EXCELLENT advice above... and thank you ladies very much. I've got some good news. I found out today that one of my earlier designs was actually her favorite--more than the helzberg.
http://www.gabrielengaged.com/style/ER7923W83JJ
She had actually not told me that because she thought it was going to be too expensive, well actually it is almost a grand LESS expensive than my latest creation! The only thing that BGD said is that they will have to "change the undercarriage meaning do the scallops a different direction so that it's not an exact copy but everything else will look the same"
PHEW I feel like I dodged a bullet... that one was high up in my favorites as well!
scottylmt|1333514316|3163046 said:Awesome I'm glad to hear the tilted halo getting such positive feedback. Of the hundreds of halos I've looked at, I have seen only a few with angles; even then they weren't as much as I would've liked.
Yes he's going to redesign the basket, and part of that is going to be making the horizontal line (just under the halo) of metal a little thicker, so we can have an extra row of DIAMONDS!
http://www.gabrielengaged.com/style/ER7923W83JJ
Then, on the side opposite the future wedding band, I'm probably going to sneak a few stones onto where the metal starts to taper out, and possibly some of the metal "dots" that breaks up the solid metal look. Those last two are "possibly's", because first I want to see what the CAD looks like as I've already described.
As of now, I'm going with 18 kt gold. Re-finishing is covered in BGD's lifetime coverage of the ring, and we will be sending it in every other year anyway to maintain... so I think this will work out just fine. If anyone begs to differ, now would be a great time to chime in, because I will have until they start production to change my mind, and it's $250 more for platinum so not enough to break the bank..
I know we talked gold vs platinum a small bit on another thread, but this will be my main thread from now on. Lesley tells me that her white gold gets dull every year or so and it bothers her... is there anybody here like that?![]()
I can't wait to see the CAD![]()
I'm finding myself coming up with necklace ideas... I'm afraid this could turn into another addiction
scottylmt|1334938209|3176220 said:BGD got my payment 8 days ago and they're saying the CADs still wont be done until late next week... Grrr lol
Also, brian said, when I was debating between the two stones, that if I went with his, he would work with me. Then I get the invoice for the diamond, and it was full price after ps wire discount! Im not sure if maybe they're taking some off the ring, but how the hell would I even know if they were or not!?
I have an uneasy feeling about that, and im not really happy. I figured at least a couple or few hundred off! I don't know if maybe they forgot to take the price down, but it seems like it was more DISREGARDED since there wasn't any mention about it.
I probably should've said something before I paid the diamond, but was so excited to get rolling. I haven't paid the ring cost yet tho, so im hoping they come back with less than quoted, otherwise im gonna say something at that time. What do you guys think?
webdiva|1334943599|3176298 said:scottylmt|1334938209|3176220 said:BGD got my payment 8 days ago and they're saying the CADs still wont be done until late next week... Grrr lol
Also, brian said, when I was debating between the two stones, that if I went with his, he would work with me. Then I get the invoice for the diamond, and it was full price after ps wire discount! Im not sure if maybe they're taking some off the ring, but how the hell would I even know if they were or not!?
I have an uneasy feeling about that, and im not really happy. I figured at least a couple or few hundred off! I don't know if maybe they forgot to take the price down, but it seems like it was more DISREGARDED since there wasn't any mention about it.
I probably should've said something before I paid the diamond, but was so excited to get rolling. I haven't paid the ring cost yet tho, so im hoping they come back with less than quoted, otherwise im gonna say something at that time. What do you guys think?
Best honest with them - they may have forgotten about it or there was a misunderstanding. They want to make you happy. BTW, they're closed on Saturdays - call today. Will you get the ring in time? Do they know your deadline and was it stated on the ring invoice?