Vrai and Oro Diamond Earrings

[petunia3695]

Hi,

I've been looking into purchasing round diamond studs from Vrai & Oro. Do any of you here have experience buying from
them? The 1-carat earrings in White Gold are retailing for $5,950.

 

[Snowdrop13]

That is an extremely low price for 2cts of diamond, they will not be nice! There’s no info on proper specs. Also that photo shows 2 identical earrings so it isn’t representative of what you’ll get. I’d pass and get something better cut but smaller.

Just throwing out one example:

https://www.whiteflash.com/loose-di...etails.aspx?Diamond1=4019084&Diamond2=3660694

 

[petunia3695]

Hi,

The specs are available on the product page (https://vraiandoro.com/products/round-brilliant-diamond-studs-earrings?variant=12537460424770)

D-I, SI1, Very Good+

On average, what is the price-range for round princess cut diamonds, 1-carat on each side?

That is an extremely low price for 2cts of diamond, they will not be nice! There’s no info on proper specs. Also that photo shows 2 identical earrings so it isn’t representative of what you’ll get. I’d pass and get something better cut but smaller.

Just throwing out one example:

https://www.whiteflash.com/loose-di...etails.aspx?Diamond1=4019084&Diamond2=3660694

 

[Snowdrop13]

That’s a pretty broad range of specs to fit in for the price- if you happen to get “D” colour stones they will have worse cut and clarity and so on.

I don’t know much about princess cuts but a 1ct stone will cost around $4-5000 depending on the 4 C’s you choose, so double that, plus settings.

 

[MollyMalone]

Perhaps it does not matter to you, but those are not natural, mined diamonds; they are lab-grown diamonds -- that's why the diamonds are accompanied by paperwork from Diamond Foundry.
And explains why they are priced 30% lower than these 2-carat total weight studs from Blue Nile listed at $8500:
https://www.bluenile.com/diamond-14k-white-gold-stud-earrings_49975?track=po

Frankly, I think it's utterly shameful for a company that uses the French word for true as part of its name & touts its "transparency" to bury the true nature of their stones in small print that you see only if you click on the Materials sub-header on the listing page:

There is nothing on their home page or on their About Us-Values page that clues you in to the fact they are using lab-grown diamonds. Indeed, they declare (gag me)
The jewelry industry is filled (no pun intended) with gold plating, vermeil, and fluffed up terms that mask their true meaning. We’re getting rid of that by using only solid gold and high quality diamonds. To make it simple: jewelry that’s timeless in design and built to last.
https://vraiandoro.com/
https://vraiandoro.com/pages/values

This is deceitful, highly misleading, and contrary to the Federal Trade Commission's Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries”. Can you guess to whom I'll be sending off letters of complaint tomorrow?

 

[the_mother_thing]

Good looking out @MollyMalone

I think I’d wait another month or so and just get Lightbox lab diamond studs for less than half the price of those, if lab diamonds are what you are after.

 

[MollyMalone]

As of now, looks as if DeBeers isn't intending to soon offer lab-grown diamond stud earrings with white stones larger than .1250 each (.25 ctw):
https://lightboxjewelry.com/collections/jewelry-preview/earrings

If you're considering lab-grown diamonds and possibly other alternatives, hop over to the Laboratory-Grown Diamonds forum
https://www.pricescope.com/community/forums/laboratory-grown-diamonds-man-made-diamonds-mmd.60/
and the Fabulous Fashion Jewelry forum; although that's where discussions of moissanites and cz's are permitted, there is a currently active thread there about DeBeers' lab-grown diamond Lightbox brand of jewelry that I've also linked for you:
https://www.pricescope.com/community/forums/laboratory-grown-diamonds-man-made-diamonds-mmd.60/
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/so-who’s-planning-on-buying-a-lightbox-diamond.242771/

 

[Snowdrop13]

Perhaps it does not matter to you, but those are not natural, mined diamonds; they are lab-grown diamonds -- that's why the diamonds are accompanied by paperwork from Diamond Foundry.
And explains why they are priced 30% lower than these 2-carat total weight studs from Blue Nile listed at $8500:
https://www.bluenile.com/diamond-14k-white-gold-stud-earrings_49975?track=po

Frankly, I think it's utterly shameful for a company that uses the French word for true as part of its name & touts its "transparency" to bury the true nature of their stones in small print that you see only if you click on the Materials sub-header on the listing page:

There is nothing on their home page or on their About Us-Values page that clues you in to the fact they are using lab-grown diamonds. Indeed, they declare (gag me)
The jewelry industry is filled (no pun intended) with gold plating, vermeil, and fluffed up terms that mask their true meaning. We’re getting rid of that by using only solid gold and high quality diamonds. To make it simple: jewelry that’s timeless in design and built to last.
https://vraiandoro.com/
https://vraiandoro.com/pages/values

This is deceitful, highly misleading, and contrary to the Federal Trade Commission's Guides for the Jewelry, Precious Metals, and Pewter Industries”. Can you guess to whom I'll be sending off letters of complaint tomorrow?

Goodness, well done on delving into this @MollyMalone, pretty disappointing all round.