We got married about 5 years ago. At the time I wanted to give my wife a bigger diamond than we could afford. After a lot of research on diamonds, in this forum and others, we decided that we would purchase the nice platinum Vatche solitaire setting of her choice, and set it with a convincing diamond substitute.
Today, the CZ is worn out, and we can afford to replace it with a diamond. I''d like to buy a loose diamond online, and have the vendor replace the cz in our ring with the real thing. If they could also polish up the ring, and size it up slightly (my wife thinks her knuckles are bigger since having babies), then that would be nice too.
I''m inclined to use Whiteflash, which seems highly regarded here and has great selection, but it happens that we now live in west Texas, and WF is in Houston TX, so we would be subject to 8.25% sales tax, which would amount to an extra $600 or so depending on what the rock ends up costing. I noticed on this board that WF appears to offer Pricescope members a 10% discount -- is that correct? In that case, I suppose the sales tax business would be a wash... Unless other highly regarded vendors offer a PS discount?
The placeholder stone in the setting is either 7 or 7.5mm, and we would want a similarly sized round diamond, probably 1.3 to 1.5 carats, say G to J color, GIA or AGS certified. I want an ideal cut, preferably H&A. We wouldn''t mind some distinguishing features, e.g. inclusions visible at 10x (but "eye clean") or blue fluorescence (but not at all cloudy or muddy).
Ideas? Recommendations?
THANKS!!!
Today, the CZ is worn out, and we can afford to replace it with a diamond. I''d like to buy a loose diamond online, and have the vendor replace the cz in our ring with the real thing. If they could also polish up the ring, and size it up slightly (my wife thinks her knuckles are bigger since having babies), then that would be nice too.
I''m inclined to use Whiteflash, which seems highly regarded here and has great selection, but it happens that we now live in west Texas, and WF is in Houston TX, so we would be subject to 8.25% sales tax, which would amount to an extra $600 or so depending on what the rock ends up costing. I noticed on this board that WF appears to offer Pricescope members a 10% discount -- is that correct? In that case, I suppose the sales tax business would be a wash... Unless other highly regarded vendors offer a PS discount?
The placeholder stone in the setting is either 7 or 7.5mm, and we would want a similarly sized round diamond, probably 1.3 to 1.5 carats, say G to J color, GIA or AGS certified. I want an ideal cut, preferably H&A. We wouldn''t mind some distinguishing features, e.g. inclusions visible at 10x (but "eye clean") or blue fluorescence (but not at all cloudy or muddy).
Ideas? Recommendations?
THANKS!!!
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