I went to GOG on Thursday with the intent of upgrading the stones in my curent ring. In my mind, I was thinking I would go for the best cut I could afford in a slightly larger size in I and no lower than sI1. My current center stone I believe is .625, maybe lower but we''re not really sure and definitely not sure about the color. Because it is a Zales ring, I''m just assuming that they are I color bur they definitely have obvious inclusions. Pretty much everything would end up being an upgrade form there.
The diamond that was suggested to me was not currently in house and so I am awaiting a video on that. The "problem" is that the diamond is a .69 carat AGS0 G VVS1. Being that I haven''t seen it yet, I guess I feel like I''d be paying a little more than I was willing to..not so much budget wise (the diamond I believe is 1500) but more clarity and color wise. It doesn''t seem that there are many I colored AGS rated princess stones out there under a carat so it seems to me that if I don''t buy this one (assuming its good) that I might be waiting forever for one to come in that fits exactly what I am looking for.
Because I am not that comfortable with purchasing online(not that good at reading ASET images and don''t have equipment here at home--trying to avoid that), I feel that I should stick with GOG but they didn''t seem to be that confident that we could find that diamond anytime soon either or that I''d save much money anyway by doing so. I keep thinking maybe I can get just a bit more size if I go lower in color and clarity.
I might buy myself an eternity band instead to keep me busy/happy while I wait for a diamond of my preference to come in. I will definitely wait for the video to come in on the diamond before I make my decision but I wanted some input.
Assuming the diamond is a winner and worth the price, would you just go ahead and pay for the higher clarity and color or wait it out?
Thanks.
The diamond that was suggested to me was not currently in house and so I am awaiting a video on that. The "problem" is that the diamond is a .69 carat AGS0 G VVS1. Being that I haven''t seen it yet, I guess I feel like I''d be paying a little more than I was willing to..not so much budget wise (the diamond I believe is 1500) but more clarity and color wise. It doesn''t seem that there are many I colored AGS rated princess stones out there under a carat so it seems to me that if I don''t buy this one (assuming its good) that I might be waiting forever for one to come in that fits exactly what I am looking for.
Because I am not that comfortable with purchasing online(not that good at reading ASET images and don''t have equipment here at home--trying to avoid that), I feel that I should stick with GOG but they didn''t seem to be that confident that we could find that diamond anytime soon either or that I''d save much money anyway by doing so. I keep thinking maybe I can get just a bit more size if I go lower in color and clarity.
I might buy myself an eternity band instead to keep me busy/happy while I wait for a diamond of my preference to come in. I will definitely wait for the video to come in on the diamond before I make my decision but I wanted some input.
Assuming the diamond is a winner and worth the price, would you just go ahead and pay for the higher clarity and color or wait it out?
Thanks.