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I never imagined I'd own a Tiffany diamond ring, because A) overpriced B) overpriced C) there's so many better choices online. In fact I set out intending to buy a CBI diamond, and only stopped in Tiffany to check what colors I'm comfortable with! Husband just HAD to go and fall in love with their 0.47 classic solitaire, smaller than I thought I wanted but it DID look best on my finger (at least in the classic Tiffany setting; over ~0.5ct and the band starts getting wider). I also fell for their silky platinum, I think the knife edge really sells the luxurious weight of plat.
However, for the price of their 0.47 I could be getting a super-ideal 0.8 CBI, which didn't feel fair especially since I already did my research. So, I turned to the internets again, and almost immediately came upon THE perfect ring. It had promising cut (thanks HCA and the kind folks here who gave me advice!), and was an exact size match to the one we wanted in the store.
Bidding was also a lot lower than similar rings, and this I attribute to the less than optimal keywords (it didn't have either "ring" or "diamond" in the title, so searching for "tiffany diamond ring" excluded this listing. In fact, if I hadn't immediately bookmarked it I probably would've lost it for good, since subsequent searches never turned up this listing). It ended up costing 1.6k, less than the price of a decent platinum setting!
I literally feel like I stole it.
And here she is:
0.47 F VVS2. I hadn't even considered the F VVS range before (since G/VS looks great already), and feel incredibly lucky to own this little beauty. I even managed to get some arrow shots, which was surprising since symmetry is her weakest point at "Very Good".
Got this shot by accident when trying to get arrows, thought it was cool:
One day I'd still like to own a super-ideal, but for now I'm more than satisfied. The SA that helped me at Tiffany's was really cool about me getting it second hand, and even invited me to some sort of "Diamond Academy" this weekend. I know it's probably a marketing thing but I'm still excited to go, apparently they let you polish diamonds or something!
However, for the price of their 0.47 I could be getting a super-ideal 0.8 CBI, which didn't feel fair especially since I already did my research. So, I turned to the internets again, and almost immediately came upon THE perfect ring. It had promising cut (thanks HCA and the kind folks here who gave me advice!), and was an exact size match to the one we wanted in the store.
Bidding was also a lot lower than similar rings, and this I attribute to the less than optimal keywords (it didn't have either "ring" or "diamond" in the title, so searching for "tiffany diamond ring" excluded this listing. In fact, if I hadn't immediately bookmarked it I probably would've lost it for good, since subsequent searches never turned up this listing). It ended up costing 1.6k, less than the price of a decent platinum setting!
I literally feel like I stole it.And here she is:
0.47 F VVS2. I hadn't even considered the F VVS range before (since G/VS looks great already), and feel incredibly lucky to own this little beauty. I even managed to get some arrow shots, which was surprising since symmetry is her weakest point at "Very Good".
Got this shot by accident when trying to get arrows, thought it was cool:
One day I'd still like to own a super-ideal, but for now I'm more than satisfied. The SA that helped me at Tiffany's was really cool about me getting it second hand, and even invited me to some sort of "Diamond Academy" this weekend. I know it's probably a marketing thing but I'm still excited to go, apparently they let you polish diamonds or something!
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