1st post, be gentle!
After much discussion, brick/mortar store visits, and more discussion I believed I had a great idea of what my girlfriend wanted in an engagement ring. After placing, what was a scary en devour, an order with an online store...I realized I made a fatal error. The stone I believed I wanted was EGL cert, and it was not until after the money transfer was complete, did I start to do my research (thought I was all knowledgeable on this subject)on certifications. A long weekend ensued, lots of research and lots of worrying.
Monday morning, i make a phone call to the online retailer and start asking the questions I should have asked from the very beginning. After explaining to me in detail, most I had learned myself after the fact, about certs...i went back to the site to look for GIA stones.
Due to a number of factors, I did settle for a EGL-USA stone...i know its not GIA, but I believe I still got a quality stone. That and I am really putting trust in my online retailer/sales person. Someone please say something positive about EGL-USA....please.....
Anyway, my girl friend decided to ''hack'' into my email and snoop around looking for information on a ring I may/may not have purchased. She sees all the emails, reads them, and sees the picture of the setting and decides she does not like it. To her credit, it was not the setting we chose...on the suggestion of the retailer, they had a sale on a much larger carat baguette ring then my girlfriend and I decided on. I made a decision for more/bigger is better....this is not the case!!!!!
So without any difficulty I was able to again change my order with the online retailer. But now my girlfriend knows that I have purchased a ring. She knows when it is coming. The surprise is gone. The whole game that is played between men and women, in regards to engagement has been red flagged.
What do I do? An Easter engagement was the original idea, followed second by interrupting girls night out...them sitting by the window in the bar/restaurant and me outside with cue cards confessing my love and proposing. But the mystery is gone now. How does one get that back, without waiting months????
Help wanted, suggestion needed.
Thanks,
Lost in Lancaster.....
After much discussion, brick/mortar store visits, and more discussion I believed I had a great idea of what my girlfriend wanted in an engagement ring. After placing, what was a scary en devour, an order with an online store...I realized I made a fatal error. The stone I believed I wanted was EGL cert, and it was not until after the money transfer was complete, did I start to do my research (thought I was all knowledgeable on this subject)on certifications. A long weekend ensued, lots of research and lots of worrying.
Monday morning, i make a phone call to the online retailer and start asking the questions I should have asked from the very beginning. After explaining to me in detail, most I had learned myself after the fact, about certs...i went back to the site to look for GIA stones.
Due to a number of factors, I did settle for a EGL-USA stone...i know its not GIA, but I believe I still got a quality stone. That and I am really putting trust in my online retailer/sales person. Someone please say something positive about EGL-USA....please.....
Anyway, my girl friend decided to ''hack'' into my email and snoop around looking for information on a ring I may/may not have purchased. She sees all the emails, reads them, and sees the picture of the setting and decides she does not like it. To her credit, it was not the setting we chose...on the suggestion of the retailer, they had a sale on a much larger carat baguette ring then my girlfriend and I decided on. I made a decision for more/bigger is better....this is not the case!!!!!
So without any difficulty I was able to again change my order with the online retailer. But now my girlfriend knows that I have purchased a ring. She knows when it is coming. The surprise is gone. The whole game that is played between men and women, in regards to engagement has been red flagged.
What do I do? An Easter engagement was the original idea, followed second by interrupting girls night out...them sitting by the window in the bar/restaurant and me outside with cue cards confessing my love and proposing. But the mystery is gone now. How does one get that back, without waiting months????
Help wanted, suggestion needed.
Thanks,
Lost in Lancaster.....