Sticky situation

[beaverhousen]

Local jeweler has the designer setting that I want, but doesnt have the diamond I want. Internet Jeweler has the diamond that I want, but not the setting. If I buy the diamond from the internet and take it to the local jeweler, wont he be upset that I bought the diamond somewhere else? PS - since the setting is designer, the local jeweler has to send it out anyway to the designer for mounting. What to do?

 

[icelady]

Hi BH,

I had one jeweler make my setting and then found a diamond elsewhere. the place I found my diamond has a great reputation for setting as well so I had them set the diamond they found for me in the setting that the other jeweler had made.

The experts can correct me if I am wrong, but if the local jeweler is willing to sell you the setting, I would have the internet jeweler set your diamond. If the internet jeweler is any of the vendors on this site, then I think you are really in good hands! It is just my preferance, but I would rather have the jeweler that has handled the diamond sale set it.

Hope this helps, I am not a jewelry professional, just sharing my experience.

 

[Giangi]

The best thing to do is tell them that you have an estate stone you got from a relative... They should mount it without many problems! Would you fill us in about the diamond and setting's specs?

 

[valeria101]

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On 1/7/2004 12:48:26 PM beaverhousen wrote:

If I buy the diamond from the internet and take it to the local jeweler, wont he be upset that I bought the diamond somewhere else? PS - since the setting is designer, the local jeweler has to send it out anyway to the designer for mounting. ----------------

Sounds tricky... What do think the jeweler would do with a person who simply enetrs his shop with a diamond in hand? No way the jeweler could hope to sell another diamond, so why not give his best service to whatever he can sell you?
Otherwise, since the jeweler is only the distributor for those setings (not the maker), chaces are that you can find a few more accomodating distributors within reasonable distance. Also, it may be posible that the designer himself would accept your diamond to be set (some smaller operations do this) and return the whole ring to you. No matter who sets the stone, they would not accept liability for damages to the stone: so there is no difference between one arangement or another. The safest way is to have the seller of the stone mount it for you: chances are they could source the setting from the respective designer themselves, even if they do not stock the respective model at the moment (this logic works straightforward for non-tension setting, for tension settings there is one more headache: making sure yhe person who sets the stone in one can handle it).

Would you jeweler accept to do the work once you have the stone? Of so, why even bring about the topic of when you have bought it? This should no be his concern. If you do not trust him, why approach him anyway?

Just my 0.2

 

[beaverhousen]

Well what's tricky about this situation is that my local jeweler is not the person that will be mounting the stone. The designer sets the stone. The local jeweler is the middle man, the retailer. The internet jeweler (who is very reputable on this website) unfortunately is not a retailer of the particular setting that I like. Even worse, is the designer has only a handful of retailers. So now that leaves me wondering if my local jeweler would even bother selling me a setting that has to be sent out anyway.

 

[aljdewey]

Don't worry. Considering how expensive designer settings can be, I have a hard time imagining any smart jeweler refusing to sell you a setting.




I'd simply tell the jeweler that you already own a stone (which you do once you've bought it), and you're looking to purchase a setting for it.




There is no need to identify how long you've owned the stone, and if asked, simply say you bought it within the last few months. As long as the jeweler has the impression that you aren't susceptible to being coerced into returning the diamond (meaning he thinks your return window has expired), he'll have no reason to attempt to sell you a diamond.

 

[beaverhousen]

I can only blame myself for this one. I've been patiently waiting since Thanksgiving for my jeweler to get something that is in my price range at the quality that I want it. The best they seemed to do was find a diamond that is $200 over our budget. So now I went elsewhere to find a reasonable diamond. But now what do I tell my jeweler? "Call off the search - I found what Im looking for, but it's not one of your diamonds". I just dont want to be rude, but I cant wait forever for my ring.

 

[Mara]

Buy the setting from the jeweler (and if they refuse, buy it online at another jeweler....you can probably find it for cheaper online too) and then send it to your vendor who has the stone. They will set the stone for you. Recommended because the diamond is what is going to be the most crucial, not the setting. I wouldn't have a random jeweler set my $8k stone into a $2k setting. Other way around

 

[beaverhousen]

Mara, I just sent you forum mail