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[Laurie2]

I have gotten tons of help here and I just wanted to say thank you and tell about my wedding ring shopping experience. We live in a rural area so we have a bit of a drive to any jewelry stores, so we do a lot online. Ering from blue nile. Anyway yesterday we went to the big city and went to a mall. After shopping online I was amazed at how high the prices of wedding bands are. Yikes! I''m looking at channel set anniversary bands 9-11 stones. I like the bands that are approx. 1/2 carat. Anyway I just found a comparable ring on Whiteflash for $790. The rings I was trying on yesterday were near $2000 and for crappy color and clarity. My ering is gorgeous quality and it made these bands look quite yellow and cloudy. Now that I''ve gotten more educated thru this site I think Blue Nile is overpriced. The same ring there was $1550. I do think Blue Nile has good quality but I''m thrilled to find Whiteflash with a lower price and better quality.

Thanks for listening. And thanks for all the help.

 

[Ellen]

Glad you found PS, and the world of better priced, prettier diamonds!

You should do a thread in SMT (unless you did and I missed it!).

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 3/16/2008 11:02:58 AM
Author:Laurie2
I have gotten tons of help here and I just wanted to say thank you and tell about my wedding ring shopping experience. We live in a rural area so we have a bit of a drive to any jewelry stores, so we do a lot online. Ering from blue nile. Anyway yesterday we went to the big city and went to a mall. After shopping online I was amazed at how high the prices of wedding bands are. Yikes! I''m looking at channel set anniversary bands 9-11 stones. I like the bands that are approx. 1/2 carat. Anyway I just found a comparable ring on Whiteflash for $790. The rings I was trying on yesterday were near $2000 and for crappy color and clarity. My ering is gorgeous quality and it made these bands look quite yellow and cloudy. Now that I''ve gotten more educated thru this site I think Blue Nile is overpriced. The same ring there was $1550. I do think Blue Nile has good quality but I''m thrilled to find Whiteflash with a lower price and better quality.

Thanks for listening. And thanks for all the help.

Laurie - I couldn''t believe that a similar band on Blue Nile would be nearly twice as expensive as Whiteflash.

I have found a $790 eternity on Whiteflash 0.4 ct set in white gold WF Link, and a half carat channel set eternity on Blue Nile set in platinum for $1550 BN Link. One could argue that the differences in carat size and metal accounts for the price difference.

Just a caution to be sure you are comparing apples to apples before stating one company is overpriced.