I stopped by the local Shane Co. (Denver, CO) on Sunday afternoon, and you''d never know they had filed for chapter 11. The place was SLAMMED. A ton of people came in to pick up/pay for their jewelry while I was there.
The girlfriend and I stopped by just to "look around" and "get a feel for what she likes" and wouldn''t you know it, I end up putting a deposit down on a setting.

That''s okay, she loved the setting, and as long as she''s happy I don''t particularly care about anything else. But since I discovered this forum on Monday, I''ve definitely drastically increased my expectations for diamond quality over what they had to show me at Shane Co that was within my budget. The things I can get from
WhiteFlash or
goodoldgold for the same/less money absolutely destroy what Shane had on hand.
Now I just need to call them up and figure out if they''ll set an outside stone into one of their settings and how that will affect the warranty. They should be willing to do it, the platinum setting the gf wants is $1300.