smartdriver
Rough_Rock
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- Jan 4, 2012
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I too am on a mission to find the perfect ring for my perfect girl. phssttt....


I’ve been to 3 local jewelers and haven’t done any haggling. Wanted to work with a jeweler from Chinatown, but he has to order the diamond for me and wants a deposit before bringing in the diamond and I’m not even sure if I would like it. He genuinely wanted to help me and try to educate me on diamonds, but only showed me 2 GIA rounds. So I came here hoping I’ll find something online and should I try to bring it to the B&M store and try to get them to match the prices?
Anyways, While I was busy searching for prices of a Round .85 EX/EX/EX F/ VS2 Eye Clean, I didn’t realize how much a setting would cost till I went to Robins Brothers and they try to sell me something called Palladium, but I didn’t get it. So now I decided to get a simple Platinum solitaire setting, I’ve read somewhere that the “Tapered Tiffany Style Half Round Setting” is very stunning, but I don’t know which site it was from that have this setting.
My budget is $5000-5500 total for diamond and setting.

At first I was set on GIA Round 0.85 CT F/ VS2 EX/EX/EX. Platinum(950) Tapered Tiffany Style Half Round Setting.
I would sacrifice color and clarity to get something bigger, but not discount cut quality because I want sparkly.
I want to compare GIA colors G H I J / clarity VS2, SI 1 and see if I would be happy with a lower color and clarity so I can get closer to 1.0+ CT, but I don’t know where I would be able to see and compare. I don’t want to waste any jeweler’s time and 3 jewelers don’t have GIA inventory to compare.
Please give me your advice on my dilemma?