I made an earlier post here [URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/searching-for-an-oec-am-i-doing-it-right.203408/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/searching-for-an-oec-am-i-doing-it-right.203408/[/URL] asking for advice on where to buy an OEC diamond from. I ended up taking a pretty big risk and purchased an OEC three stone ring on eBay. The centre diamond was exactly within the carat range I was looking for and the ring was a fabulous price with a great returns policy. I collected the ring today and I am hoping you clever diamond gurus can offer your wisdom on whether this OEC is a dud or a keeper. I am absolutely in love with the OEC facets. The culet is the perfect size and there is stunning kozibe when you look at the diamond closely. So far, the ring is stunning in daylight, overcast, and incandescent lighting. However in the absolute sunshine when the sun strikes the diamond head on, there seems to be a dark area which could perhaps be a window when the ring is held an arms length away. It was difficult to capture the darkness in photographs/video but I did my best. Overall I love the stone, but I just don't know if the dark area will bother me too much. 95% of the time the stone is perfect, so it's probably something I can live with. I am working with a low budget, so I do have to make some compromises. Without further ado, here are the photos. It's only letting me upload one photo at the moment. I'll try again later.