Cassie_ann
Rough_Rock
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- Jan 6, 2018
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My boyfriend proposed last Saturday with a 1.51 K SI2 oval diamond in a rose gold setting with 52 melee (.5). It’s a beautiful ring that has lovely sparkle and fire outdoors and in some indoor locations depending on the lighting. After my boyfriend proposed he told me about his shopping experience at I.D Jewelry. Back in January we had stopped at IDJ when we went to NYC for a mini vacation. Before pricescope or any diamond research I always said I wanted a 2 carat diamond..then I saw 2 carat diamond prices and knew that wouldn’t be happening Lol. I was still torn between a round or oval diamond.When I saw a one carat round and oval diamond I felt extremely underwhelmed (I’m 5’11 and have bigger hands). Ovals face up bigger, so I asked for a 1.20 carat J colored eye clean SI1 and pricescope quality. While they were getting a 1.20 J from the vault she showed me a 1.50 k SI2 that I really liked. When the j colored 1.20 came out and I compared the two I could see that the J 1.20 was whiter, but to me the color difference wasn’t worth sacrificing the size difference. My boyfriend wasn’t ready to purchase just yet, but we took down the Gia number for reference.
About 6 weeks later he reached out to them hoping to propose around my birthday. The diamond was still available, so after asking all his questions he was ready to buy the diamond and setting. They asked for a $200 deposit,so they could hold diamond for him. He said he wanted to pay for the entire ring in full through a wire transfer. They wrote up the receipt and sent him details on how to wire the money. He sent the money the same day as he got the details. Wire transfers do take about a day to go through, so once he got confirmation that the wire transfer had been completed he planned to call them. He had a missed call from NYC number which he called back during his break at work. IDJ had called to tell him that the diamond he payed for had been sold to someone else
. Needless to say he was very upset; especially then he was shown a a diamond that was $800 more than the one he had paid for as a replacement for the one they sold. He told them that this was over his budget. The gemologist then found a diamond with almost identical dimensions as the original diamond, but still $376 more than the one he paid for initially. I think it was around this point he was really frustrated and asked to talk to Yekutiel. He told him that he delivered his end of the deal and they didn’t by buy selling the diamond to someone else and asked “what could he do for him”. They ended up working out that he would pay another $185 via PayPal. Lesson learned if they ask for a deposit put down the deposit and then wire the rest of the money.
I never got an idealscope or aset for this diamond, but I’m happy with the way it performs. The Gia report is from August 2015, is this a concern? I’m guessing it was a trade in. I found a video of the diamond on amiador.
https://www.adiamor.com/Diamonds/1.51-ct-K-SI2-Excellent-Cut-Oval-Diamond/D33281200
Just based off the video, it’s not a diamond I would have picked. In person I don’t see any of the inclusions and believe me I’ve looked
. I thought I might have seen some in very dim lighting when visiting my mom. The oval does a have a bow tie, but I only see it in certain lighting conditions or when taking photos of it. I feel like pictures don’t do it justice. It looks much prettier in person.
Does anyone have diamond that didn’t look that great in pictures or a video, but looked nice in person as well?
About 6 weeks later he reached out to them hoping to propose around my birthday. The diamond was still available, so after asking all his questions he was ready to buy the diamond and setting. They asked for a $200 deposit,so they could hold diamond for him. He said he wanted to pay for the entire ring in full through a wire transfer. They wrote up the receipt and sent him details on how to wire the money. He sent the money the same day as he got the details. Wire transfers do take about a day to go through, so once he got confirmation that the wire transfer had been completed he planned to call them. He had a missed call from NYC number which he called back during his break at work. IDJ had called to tell him that the diamond he payed for had been sold to someone else
. Needless to say he was very upset; especially then he was shown a a diamond that was $800 more than the one he had paid for as a replacement for the one they sold. He told them that this was over his budget. The gemologist then found a diamond with almost identical dimensions as the original diamond, but still $376 more than the one he paid for initially. I think it was around this point he was really frustrated and asked to talk to Yekutiel. He told him that he delivered his end of the deal and they didn’t by buy selling the diamond to someone else and asked “what could he do for him”. They ended up working out that he would pay another $185 via PayPal. Lesson learned if they ask for a deposit put down the deposit and then wire the rest of the money.I never got an idealscope or aset for this diamond, but I’m happy with the way it performs. The Gia report is from August 2015, is this a concern? I’m guessing it was a trade in. I found a video of the diamond on amiador.
https://www.adiamor.com/Diamonds/1.51-ct-K-SI2-Excellent-Cut-Oval-Diamond/D33281200
Just based off the video, it’s not a diamond I would have picked. In person I don’t see any of the inclusions and believe me I’ve looked
. I thought I might have seen some in very dim lighting when visiting my mom. The oval does a have a bow tie, but I only see it in certain lighting conditions or when taking photos of it. I feel like pictures don’t do it justice. It looks much prettier in person. Does anyone have diamond that didn’t look that great in pictures or a video, but looked nice in person as well?
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