Billy Mays
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Oct 24, 2012
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- 43
I looked at over 100 diamonds in person. I went to the very big luxury retailers like DeBeers and Graff as well as Harry Winston, Tiffany's, Cartier. I went to two small street level stores on 47th street. I then went to 6 "wholesalers" including a family relation. I even searched on the internet: blue nile, white flash, james allen, etc. I created an excel model to try and "predict" how much the stone should cost. I met with someone who is trying to even launch a new fund to buy diamonds as investments. I bought a light-scope, used the HCA tool, read incessantly on here, read a giant report by Bain consulting on the industry, kept posting silly question to y'all, etc. Well you get the point - I was getting neurotic, stressed, and everything started to blend together.
Ultimately it came down to Eternity and a wholesaler with a very fancy office. I spoke with Yoni and we looked at a couple stones (his office could be fancier but so what) and then the hurricane hit NY and I had the pleasure of a one week break from stone shopping (with no electricity and hot water of course).
I finally went with Eternity. Yoni provided a very good price for a GIA rated, 2.05ct, G, SI1 (eye clean and almost a VS2), 3EX stone, with an HCA of 0.7 that would make me happy. I must have gone to his office at least 5 times at this point. He was always patient and never pushed me. Never. That was my biggest gripe...this is a business filled with sleazy people (buy my jewelry for LOTS, sell your jewelry for PENNIES). He didn't bash another dealer's stone even though the others did that. I even spent a lot of time looking into Yoni's reviews and history (both on and off the internet). A couple of dealers started to hint that they were getting "tired" (who knew 2 visits and 3 emails does that); Yoni stuck it out through visits, calls, and emails.
I took it to David Wolf to have it appraised who liked the stone and thought it was a very fair price.
I haven't had the ring set yet and I will update the review once that's done. If you have any questions, feel free to ask but I looked the man in his eyes, shook his hand, and he did right by me when other guys were trying to do a hard sell or just not interested in investing too much time in me just in case the sale fell through. Thank you all for the time and the hand holding.
Ultimately it came down to Eternity and a wholesaler with a very fancy office. I spoke with Yoni and we looked at a couple stones (his office could be fancier but so what) and then the hurricane hit NY and I had the pleasure of a one week break from stone shopping (with no electricity and hot water of course).
I finally went with Eternity. Yoni provided a very good price for a GIA rated, 2.05ct, G, SI1 (eye clean and almost a VS2), 3EX stone, with an HCA of 0.7 that would make me happy. I must have gone to his office at least 5 times at this point. He was always patient and never pushed me. Never. That was my biggest gripe...this is a business filled with sleazy people (buy my jewelry for LOTS, sell your jewelry for PENNIES). He didn't bash another dealer's stone even though the others did that. I even spent a lot of time looking into Yoni's reviews and history (both on and off the internet). A couple of dealers started to hint that they were getting "tired" (who knew 2 visits and 3 emails does that); Yoni stuck it out through visits, calls, and emails.
I took it to David Wolf to have it appraised who liked the stone and thought it was a very fair price.
I haven't had the ring set yet and I will update the review once that's done. If you have any questions, feel free to ask but I looked the man in his eyes, shook his hand, and he did right by me when other guys were trying to do a hard sell or just not interested in investing too much time in me just in case the sale fell through. Thank you all for the time and the hand holding.
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