Hi all, we''ve been lurking for a while, and have finally decided to go ahead and purchase a diamond engagement ring. BUT have a ton of questions about "how" to do this....
Would like to buy a 1.3-1.6 carat round brillant eye clean excellent cut (probably a sparkly AGS 0 H&A from what I read on this forum) from one of the pricescope vendors--probably F to I color/ probably something VS2 or better (I think we will ask for help on this later!)--our question is how to go about doing this....
1-first off, if we purchase the stone, how to go about getting it appraised and set?
do we order the loose stone to be sent to home, then take it to a local appraiser (Twin Cities Minneapolis-St Paul area) OR have it sent directly to the appraiser? , and if it is satisfactory, then take it locally to be set?
I know there''s been a bunch of threads about insurance and having the guys who set it have it insured or you having it insured before its set, but I didn''t follow what the consensus was about this.
Or do we look at the stone, take it to an appraiser locally and then send it back to WF or GOG or whereever to be set?
Or do we select the stone and have it set at the vendor THEN shipped to us and taken to an appraiser for our first review of the stone/setting?
2-We want a simple 6 prong tiffany style platinum setting--so should we order that too and have a local jeweler set it or purchase that locally? or order both the ring and stone from a vendor and ship the stone back to have it set?
3-How do we get the final appraisal of the stone plus ring (for insurance purposes)--bring the stone for the initial look over and plans for the setting or do they have to see everything together?
4-Lastly, for the wedding band, we''d like something with channel set diamonds in the band--what is the best way to "match" the wedding band to the e-ring --I don''t see any matching sets made with no diamonds in the band on the E ring but with channel set diamonds in the wedding band.
Thanks in advance!!!!
Would like to buy a 1.3-1.6 carat round brillant eye clean excellent cut (probably a sparkly AGS 0 H&A from what I read on this forum) from one of the pricescope vendors--probably F to I color/ probably something VS2 or better (I think we will ask for help on this later!)--our question is how to go about doing this....
1-first off, if we purchase the stone, how to go about getting it appraised and set?
do we order the loose stone to be sent to home, then take it to a local appraiser (Twin Cities Minneapolis-St Paul area) OR have it sent directly to the appraiser? , and if it is satisfactory, then take it locally to be set?
I know there''s been a bunch of threads about insurance and having the guys who set it have it insured or you having it insured before its set, but I didn''t follow what the consensus was about this.
Or do we look at the stone, take it to an appraiser locally and then send it back to WF or GOG or whereever to be set?
Or do we select the stone and have it set at the vendor THEN shipped to us and taken to an appraiser for our first review of the stone/setting?
2-We want a simple 6 prong tiffany style platinum setting--so should we order that too and have a local jeweler set it or purchase that locally? or order both the ring and stone from a vendor and ship the stone back to have it set?
3-How do we get the final appraisal of the stone plus ring (for insurance purposes)--bring the stone for the initial look over and plans for the setting or do they have to see everything together?
4-Lastly, for the wedding band, we''d like something with channel set diamonds in the band--what is the best way to "match" the wedding band to the e-ring --I don''t see any matching sets made with no diamonds in the band on the E ring but with channel set diamonds in the wedding band.
Thanks in advance!!!!
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