New member here with a question. I''ve done a bit of reading here in the educational forum and armed with a bit of knowledge, went to visit a fairly large jeweler on Tuesday during a trip to South Florida. I explained what I was looking for which is an extremely clean VS1 or better stone with a quality cut being the most important consideration followed by a stone with a good depth/table ratio. That being said, we chatted for 4 hours and he showed me how and why cut should be the first consideration. He had 3 poorly cut one carat stones he uses for educational purposes. He showed me a .83 stone with an ideal cut which I compared visually to all 3 of the poorly cut one carat stones. The larger stones had a smaller table and deeper depth and the reverse held true for the smaller stone. Quite an education to say the least.
After looking at approximately 6 stones within my budget which is approximately $5k, I found one that talked to me which is a very clean VS1 F in color with an ideal cut. The table is 62 and depth is 55 and the girdle is medium. This particular stone is not GIA certified and priced at $4,800.00 I visually compared this stone very carefully against a GIA certified 1.20 stone with the exact same measurements and cut quality and took my time doing so. I am far from an expert with a trained eye but comparitively speaking to my eye, they were almost identical in cut, color and overall fire. It''s a very nice stone with one very small inclusion off the table at the 1 o''clock position. I am going with a 6 point setting and a vast majority of the inclusion will be hidden by the prong if not all.
I''ve bought a fair amount of jewerly from this chap before and I''d mentioned I visit this forum and his comment was basically for comparitive purposes, go to Blue Nile and search their stones which are on the same quality level. I''ve done that and price wise etc., it appears to be a decent price. He has absolutely no problems getting the stone GIA certified if I am willing to bear the expense of doing so and add that to the overall cost. The stone comes with a one year price match guarantee with any jeweler and a trade in/up policy where I''ll get a store credit for the exact amount (4,800) towards the purchase of any other stone or piece of jewerly in the store which is for life.
It seems like a decent deal. He''s been in the business for 30 years and has a 10,000 square foot store with 5 million plus in on hand inventory which he hopes to double by the spring time to 10 million plus. I am seriously thinking of purchasing the stone. The one thing I can see after 4 hours of viewing stones is that when shopping stones in a store face to face, you can compare a dozen stones side by side. Obviously with e-shopping, comparing a dozen stones side by side in person is not an option.
That all being said, how does this deal sound in general? Any thoughts, recommendations and or input will be extremely helpful to say the very least.
Thank you.
After looking at approximately 6 stones within my budget which is approximately $5k, I found one that talked to me which is a very clean VS1 F in color with an ideal cut. The table is 62 and depth is 55 and the girdle is medium. This particular stone is not GIA certified and priced at $4,800.00 I visually compared this stone very carefully against a GIA certified 1.20 stone with the exact same measurements and cut quality and took my time doing so. I am far from an expert with a trained eye but comparitively speaking to my eye, they were almost identical in cut, color and overall fire. It''s a very nice stone with one very small inclusion off the table at the 1 o''clock position. I am going with a 6 point setting and a vast majority of the inclusion will be hidden by the prong if not all.
I''ve bought a fair amount of jewerly from this chap before and I''d mentioned I visit this forum and his comment was basically for comparitive purposes, go to Blue Nile and search their stones which are on the same quality level. I''ve done that and price wise etc., it appears to be a decent price. He has absolutely no problems getting the stone GIA certified if I am willing to bear the expense of doing so and add that to the overall cost. The stone comes with a one year price match guarantee with any jeweler and a trade in/up policy where I''ll get a store credit for the exact amount (4,800) towards the purchase of any other stone or piece of jewerly in the store which is for life.
It seems like a decent deal. He''s been in the business for 30 years and has a 10,000 square foot store with 5 million plus in on hand inventory which he hopes to double by the spring time to 10 million plus. I am seriously thinking of purchasing the stone. The one thing I can see after 4 hours of viewing stones is that when shopping stones in a store face to face, you can compare a dozen stones side by side. Obviously with e-shopping, comparing a dozen stones side by side in person is not an option.
That all being said, how does this deal sound in general? Any thoughts, recommendations and or input will be extremely helpful to say the very least.
Thank you.
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