Anonymous6
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Nov 30, 2010
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- 169
This was my 2nd time in... the 1st time was great, no pressure, nothing every about selling me anything. I came in this time around with more knowledge and education on diamonds thanks to PS... I had emailed him asking for the following
1.5+ carat, round cut, triple ex certified, H or better color, SI1 or better clarity
So, he has some diamonds for me to see. Here's when it gets weird. I notice yes they are triple EX certified some are even H&A..... but then I saw they were EGL certified. I asked, "are there any GIA? or AGS?" to which he responds, "yeah there's some in here but honestly they're all basically the same. There won't be too big of a difference between them really"
So basically all the stones he showed me were EGL triple EX certified... that was a bummer there, as I've learned they tend to be more lenient in their grading.
Then, I'm just asking questions like "so, do yall carry any H&A certified diamonds?" He responds with "yeah but if it's a great cut, it's gonna have hearts and arrows. You don't need a certificate to tell you that... some of them say it on the certificate (EGL) and some don't but that doesn't mean much as long as it's a good cut"
I ask him about color when he shows me a bunch of H color stones... "can I take a look at something higher maybe in the F range?" "yeah sure, but again, there won't be that big a difference... a slight difference if any"
I ask about clarity and proclaim SI1 and SI2 can have inclusions to the naked eye and he says "yes but that's rare.... most of our SI1s you won't notice much of anything" to which he pulls out one and I see a NOTICEABLE inclusion all black and nasty right in the middle of the stone.
So at this point he's not being specific with me, he's basically answering all my questions with "yeah but you won't see that big a difference to be honest" or something along those lines
So, near the end he suddenly plays this card on me... and i QUOTE... "you know, we've looked at so many stones now.... I feel like you should pick one you really like and put a deposit down because they'll sell out very fast with xmas coming up. If you come back in on Monday, we can look at a few but not many more until you start pulling out some cash to take these off the inventory at least put them on hold"
I was SHOCKED! This was my SECOND time in here! I had spent maybe a combined 45 minutes in both times combined and at first he's bragging about not pressuring me then suddenly tonight it was completely opposite. To tell me we can't move forward unless I put money down????????? Wow complete turn off
I did learn some things along the way of course. It's just a shame because I really like the way these guys did business the first time I walked in and I planned on finding a diamond from them based on the newfound education I've recieved here at PS.... it may be time to look at whiteflash, james allen, etc....
1.5+ carat, round cut, triple ex certified, H or better color, SI1 or better clarity
So, he has some diamonds for me to see. Here's when it gets weird. I notice yes they are triple EX certified some are even H&A..... but then I saw they were EGL certified. I asked, "are there any GIA? or AGS?" to which he responds, "yeah there's some in here but honestly they're all basically the same. There won't be too big of a difference between them really"
So basically all the stones he showed me were EGL triple EX certified... that was a bummer there, as I've learned they tend to be more lenient in their grading.
Then, I'm just asking questions like "so, do yall carry any H&A certified diamonds?" He responds with "yeah but if it's a great cut, it's gonna have hearts and arrows. You don't need a certificate to tell you that... some of them say it on the certificate (EGL) and some don't but that doesn't mean much as long as it's a good cut"
I ask him about color when he shows me a bunch of H color stones... "can I take a look at something higher maybe in the F range?" "yeah sure, but again, there won't be that big a difference... a slight difference if any"
I ask about clarity and proclaim SI1 and SI2 can have inclusions to the naked eye and he says "yes but that's rare.... most of our SI1s you won't notice much of anything" to which he pulls out one and I see a NOTICEABLE inclusion all black and nasty right in the middle of the stone.
So at this point he's not being specific with me, he's basically answering all my questions with "yeah but you won't see that big a difference to be honest" or something along those lines
So, near the end he suddenly plays this card on me... and i QUOTE... "you know, we've looked at so many stones now.... I feel like you should pick one you really like and put a deposit down because they'll sell out very fast with xmas coming up. If you come back in on Monday, we can look at a few but not many more until you start pulling out some cash to take these off the inventory at least put them on hold"
I was SHOCKED! This was my SECOND time in here! I had spent maybe a combined 45 minutes in both times combined and at first he's bragging about not pressuring me then suddenly tonight it was completely opposite. To tell me we can't move forward unless I put money down????????? Wow complete turn off
I did learn some things along the way of course. It's just a shame because I really like the way these guys did business the first time I walked in and I planned on finding a diamond from them based on the newfound education I've recieved here at PS.... it may be time to look at whiteflash, james allen, etc....
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