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Last weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to see Crafted by Infinity diamonds from High Performance Diamonds for the first time, and I really want to share my experience here in hopes of helping anyone else considering these beautiful, super-ideal diamonds!
As many have stated on these forums, Wink and Melissa are truly a pleasure to work with. They are so thorough with answering all of my questions. They are timely and professional, and I love how their business feels "small" - like I'm not just another number but that they truly care about my questions and concerns. In every e-mail I write them I say "thank you" so many times, because I am truly thankful for all of their time and attention to detail working with me on this search!
A little bit of background- for years I had always imagined my engagement ring as the classic Tiffany & Co solitaire. I wouldn’t describe myself as brand-obsessed or that I needed to have the name, I think I just honestly believed that Tiffany diamonds were the best of the best…so of course they’re more expensive, right? Fast-forward to discovering Pricescope. In conversations with my fiance-to-be, he knew that I loved those Tiffany rings but wasn’t quite convinced himself that they were the “best.” So he started doing some research and was actually the one to introduce me to Pricescope and the world of super-ideal diamonds. It didn’t take long to realize that Tiffany wasn’t everything I had believed it to be, and that what I really wanted was one of the beautiful super-ideal cut diamonds that so many of you have! AND, I could get a much bigger, better stone within our budget!
I didn’t find out about High Performance Diamonds until just recently when I got in touch with Wink and Melissa. They offered to send some stones to a local jeweler in my area, and I spent a few hours there on Friday comparing all of them. Needless to say, they were BEAUTIFUL. But the best moment is what happened the next day. I had talked with Melissa and was trying to narrow down my choices, so I decided to go back to the jewelry store and see them again. This time, I compared my favorite CBI diamond to a GIA ExExEx and one of their “high-quality” lab-grown diamonds (that was .3 ct bigger and less than half the price).
When we first looked at them under the jewelry case lights, they all looked beautiful. Even the CZs used to model in their custom settings looked beautiful. The real trick was when we started walking all over the store and even outside in natural light. The GIA and lab stones just fell flat! The Crafted by Infinity diamond was white, bright, sparkly, and rainbow-y, all at the same time, in all the different lighting scenarios we were able to use there. Seeing the CBI side-by-side to these other non-superideal diamonds was all the proof I needed to understand why these stones are so special, and why it is worth it (to us) to pay a little extra for them.
Finally, when I was done at the jewelry store on the second day, I decided that since I was close to Tiffany & Co that I should go get my Tiffany jewelry cleaned. While I waited, I looked at their engagement rings again. The sales professional pulled out a ring with a diamond that was the same size as the CBI diamond I had just looked at, and when she handed it to me I had to ask, “wait, is this really that size?” It looked so much SMALLER and DARKER! I couldn’t believe it. There is truly something to be said about that edge-to-edge brightness and perfect mirror facets of the Crafted by Infinity diamonds.
I hope this is helpful to anyone in a similar situation! Wink and Melissa really are wonderful and I would highly recommend reaching out if you want to “see it to believe it!” They will even send you a diamond to your home if you’re not near one of the jewelers that they partner with.
I'll upload a few pictures of these beautiful diamonds, sorry for the poor quality on my phone. More to come when we make the final decision!
As many have stated on these forums, Wink and Melissa are truly a pleasure to work with. They are so thorough with answering all of my questions. They are timely and professional, and I love how their business feels "small" - like I'm not just another number but that they truly care about my questions and concerns. In every e-mail I write them I say "thank you" so many times, because I am truly thankful for all of their time and attention to detail working with me on this search!
A little bit of background- for years I had always imagined my engagement ring as the classic Tiffany & Co solitaire. I wouldn’t describe myself as brand-obsessed or that I needed to have the name, I think I just honestly believed that Tiffany diamonds were the best of the best…so of course they’re more expensive, right? Fast-forward to discovering Pricescope. In conversations with my fiance-to-be, he knew that I loved those Tiffany rings but wasn’t quite convinced himself that they were the “best.” So he started doing some research and was actually the one to introduce me to Pricescope and the world of super-ideal diamonds. It didn’t take long to realize that Tiffany wasn’t everything I had believed it to be, and that what I really wanted was one of the beautiful super-ideal cut diamonds that so many of you have! AND, I could get a much bigger, better stone within our budget!
I didn’t find out about High Performance Diamonds until just recently when I got in touch with Wink and Melissa. They offered to send some stones to a local jeweler in my area, and I spent a few hours there on Friday comparing all of them. Needless to say, they were BEAUTIFUL. But the best moment is what happened the next day. I had talked with Melissa and was trying to narrow down my choices, so I decided to go back to the jewelry store and see them again. This time, I compared my favorite CBI diamond to a GIA ExExEx and one of their “high-quality” lab-grown diamonds (that was .3 ct bigger and less than half the price).
When we first looked at them under the jewelry case lights, they all looked beautiful. Even the CZs used to model in their custom settings looked beautiful. The real trick was when we started walking all over the store and even outside in natural light. The GIA and lab stones just fell flat! The Crafted by Infinity diamond was white, bright, sparkly, and rainbow-y, all at the same time, in all the different lighting scenarios we were able to use there. Seeing the CBI side-by-side to these other non-superideal diamonds was all the proof I needed to understand why these stones are so special, and why it is worth it (to us) to pay a little extra for them.
Finally, when I was done at the jewelry store on the second day, I decided that since I was close to Tiffany & Co that I should go get my Tiffany jewelry cleaned. While I waited, I looked at their engagement rings again. The sales professional pulled out a ring with a diamond that was the same size as the CBI diamond I had just looked at, and when she handed it to me I had to ask, “wait, is this really that size?” It looked so much SMALLER and DARKER! I couldn’t believe it. There is truly something to be said about that edge-to-edge brightness and perfect mirror facets of the Crafted by Infinity diamonds.
I hope this is helpful to anyone in a similar situation! Wink and Melissa really are wonderful and I would highly recommend reaching out if you want to “see it to believe it!” They will even send you a diamond to your home if you’re not near one of the jewelers that they partner with.
I'll upload a few pictures of these beautiful diamonds, sorry for the poor quality on my phone. More to come when we make the final decision!
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