Hello lovely PSer’s,
I’m a newbie here but I wanted to give you an update from my older thread and share my experience in comparing WF’s ACA and HPD’s CBI stones. Initially I only looked at ACA for my engagement ring upgrade as I had a superb experience with WF when I bought a pair of ACA studs earlier this year. However upon researching some more on PS, I couldn’t help but be curious about the beauty of CBIs and also their unique 80% lifetime buyback policy. So we called some stones in from WF and HPD to an appraiser and my husband and I went to check them out side by side. When we first look at these stones (about 5 ranging from 2.3-3.1) all of them were obviously sparkly and all beautiful. The appraiser mentioned how I’m splitting hairs here which I knew. We spent about an hour and half at the office and slowly but surely, with blind tests, I started to lean strongly to a 2.7 CBI stone. It had a very transparent body and the rainbow of sparkles was just dancing so beautifully. 3.1 ACA was beautiful indeed but when we compared them under the microscope, its SI1 inclusions were a lot more pronounced and unfavorable to the CBI’s SI1. Even the appraiser at that point had to go with CBI given its cleaner plot and overall transparency of the stone. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pics/videos as I was mega focused. But I’ve attached pics of my new beautiful CBI upgrade.
For anyone curious/in the market for diamonds, I really want to share that HPD/Wink/Melissa have demonstrated excellent personal service and went above and beyond. I also had a great experience buying my studs from WF as well and they were very helpful and professional. With HPD, it definitely felt like a more “boutique” experience and very personal. I’m a very picky and analytical person and my experience with them were just impeccable and pleasant from top to bottom. Please enjoy this beauty~!
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/pls-help-wf-aca-3-carat-i-si1.235625/
I’m a newbie here but I wanted to give you an update from my older thread and share my experience in comparing WF’s ACA and HPD’s CBI stones. Initially I only looked at ACA for my engagement ring upgrade as I had a superb experience with WF when I bought a pair of ACA studs earlier this year. However upon researching some more on PS, I couldn’t help but be curious about the beauty of CBIs and also their unique 80% lifetime buyback policy. So we called some stones in from WF and HPD to an appraiser and my husband and I went to check them out side by side. When we first look at these stones (about 5 ranging from 2.3-3.1) all of them were obviously sparkly and all beautiful. The appraiser mentioned how I’m splitting hairs here which I knew. We spent about an hour and half at the office and slowly but surely, with blind tests, I started to lean strongly to a 2.7 CBI stone. It had a very transparent body and the rainbow of sparkles was just dancing so beautifully. 3.1 ACA was beautiful indeed but when we compared them under the microscope, its SI1 inclusions were a lot more pronounced and unfavorable to the CBI’s SI1. Even the appraiser at that point had to go with CBI given its cleaner plot and overall transparency of the stone. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pics/videos as I was mega focused. But I’ve attached pics of my new beautiful CBI upgrade.
For anyone curious/in the market for diamonds, I really want to share that HPD/Wink/Melissa have demonstrated excellent personal service and went above and beyond. I also had a great experience buying my studs from WF as well and they were very helpful and professional. With HPD, it definitely felt like a more “boutique” experience and very personal. I’m a very picky and analytical person and my experience with them were just impeccable and pleasant from top to bottom. Please enjoy this beauty~!
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/pls-help-wf-aca-3-carat-i-si1.235625/
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