You just might be a PS if you...

[Gypsy]

What are the qualities many of us possess?

1. Must love bling.
2. Must be into researching minutia related to various topics from breastfeeding to metal alloys, to cupcake recipes....


Your turn...

 

[Circe]

Must love macro shots.

 

[Skippy123]

must keep a loupe in your purse at all times.

 

[SB621]

1-Start or end sentences with "well pricescope says..."
2-Be able to talk about diamonds in 3 letter identifiers as if we were a military covert operation

 

[tyty333]

Must love pets.

 

[diamondringlover]

You know every way possible to keep your jewels clean and sparkly

 

[m-2-b]

--Admire your bling in all different light settings...

--Know what DSS means...

 

[Rosebloom]

Can identify these: BDG, WF, GOG, IDJ, LM, VC, VanC, SK, DBL, SS

 

[HopeDream]

are immune to diamond sticker-shock (10k? what a bargain!).

have sufficient financial acument to finance your hobby. (PSers don't just window-shop).

buy your own bling instead of waiting for someone else to give it to you.

 

[Enerchi]

... are able to stand in line anywhere and evaluate another woman's jewelry from afar --- and get your DH on board with the evaluation so you can discuss it later!

... commonly refer to PSers by their call names and your SO totally "gets" who you are talking about!

... log on to PS and check new posts before you check email, get out of bed, go pee.... "PS first, all else is second!"

... go on vacation during a Hurricane and make it your goal to get to a diamond store so you can post a thread (or two) of bling, just so the other PSers who aren't with you, can enjoy the jewels vicariously with you (not that I know anyone who's done that...!)

... pop into Cartier while vacationing in Vegas just so you can take photos to help other PSers make a decision on what to purchase! Because - that's just how we roll! Psers are a helping "all for one/one for all" kinda group!

 

[GoldFish8]

Be able to talk about diamonds in 3 letter identifiers as if we were a military covert operation

HAHAHAHAH!!! SO FUNNY! and true...

I will add this ... be able to tell the difference between an OMC / OEC / Tranny / MRB.

OH! and uses the word "Tranny" to describe a diamond

 

[Dancing Fire]

must be a liberal.
must remember every specs of your E-ring by heart.

 

[marcy]

All of the above plus know which local stores and restaurants have great lights for diamonds or colored gemstones.

 

[distracts]

... love taking bling pics, and do it often.

(I've been trying to get my friend who just got a gorgeous sapphire e-ring and texts me like three pics a day to join and start a thread for her ring. She needs to do it.)

... When someone who is engagement ring shopping says "I know the four Cs, what else could there possibly be to learn?" you react as if they just said the earth was flat.

... If you are just as nitpicky and detail-oriented about everything as you are about your jewelry.

are immune to diamond sticker-shock (10k? what a bargain!).

lolol this one is so true.

 

[FrekeChild]

...if you take photos of your jewels for fun.

...if you regularly take photos of your jewels on your pets/children.

...if you have a jewelry inspiration folder on you computer that has more pictures than every other folder...except the folder with all of YOUR jewelry photos in it.

ETA: ...if you've considered making a calling card with pricescope.com printed on it to slip to people in jewelry stores.

 

[Dee*Jay]

... spend more time with your online friends than you do your real friends...

 

[cygnet]

... pop into Cartier while vacationing in Vegas just so you can take photos to help other PSers make a decision on what to purchase! Because - that's just how we roll! Psers are a helping "all for one/one for all" kinda group!

The Cartier boutique in the Seattle area closed a few months ago! Waaaaaah!

(...You just might be a PS if you are in severe emotional distress after a luxury jewelry store goes out of town, even if you already knew you'd never be able to buy anything there)

 

[Gypsy]

... pop into Cartier while vacationing in Vegas just so you can take photos to help other PSers make a decision on what to purchase! Because - that's just how we roll! Psers are a helping "all for one/one for all" kinda group!

The Cartier boutique in the Seattle area closed a few months ago! Waaaaaah!

(...You just might be a PS if you are in severe emotional distress after a luxury jewelry store goes out of town, even if you already knew you'd never be able to buy anything there)

This is a good one. Especially as I have a potential job offer in Seattle and when I read that I was like "well, that's one more thing against Seattle!"

 

[rosetta]

Must immediately demand HAND SHOTS as soon as anyone posts a ring

Goes insane over a diamond video

Can not only remember specs of own ring, but the specs of their favourite PS rings as well

 

[ksinger]

... are on a first-name basis with every single person at your favorite jewelry store, and they know you so well that they will let you - ENCOURAGE you - to take the piece you're considering, home overnight so you can "contemplate it tonight...see it in different lights", without paying for it.

... you bake Christmas goodies for the staff of said jewelry store....

 

[lknvrb4]

take pictures of your bling with your pet. I was showing my husband the pet bling pics and he said you have totally found your own group where you fit right in.

 

[JaneSmith]

ETA: ...if you've considered making a calling card with pricescope.com printed on it to slip to people in jewelry stores.

I have to restrain myself from grabbing anyone at the engagement ring section and telling them about PS.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

have sufficient financial acument to finance your hobby. (PSers don't just window-shop).

Sorry, this PSer's financial acument forces her to mainly be a window shopper. Except for some very nice CS that found their way into my hands.

On the other hand, I gave up a corporate career to be a metalworker. Does that count?

 

[Rosebloom]

... are on a first-name basis with every single person at your favorite jewelry store, and they know you so well that they will let you - ENCOURAGE you - to take the piece you're considering, home overnight so you can "contemplate it tonight...see it in different lights", without paying for it.

... you bake Christmas goodies for the staff of said jewelry store....

You are my hero.

 

[ihy138]

...if you consider your jewels one of the top three things you would take with you if there was a fire in your house. (pets and SO are the other two).

 

[MichelleCarmen]

When you talk to your friends, you talk to their diamonds not to them! (or keep glancing at their diamonds, but hope they don't notice!)

 

[MichelleCarmen]

... pop into Cartier while vacationing in Vegas just so you can take photos to help other PSers make a decision on what to purchase! Because - that's just how we roll! Psers are a helping "all for one/one for all" kinda group!

The Cartier boutique in the Seattle area closed a few months ago! Waaaaaah!

(...You just might be a PS if you are in severe emotional distress after a luxury jewelry store goes out of town, even if you already knew you'd never be able to buy anything there)

This is a good one. Especially as I have a potential job offer in Seattle and when I read that I was like "well, that's one more thing against Seattle!"

Aren't you in a sunny location? You wouldn't like Seattle if you need the sun to maintain your energy reserves. We only see the sun in August.

Oh, I guess that makes it, you know you're a PSer in Seattle if you look forward to an actual day of sunshine so you can take some great outdoor shots! Then you depend upon Starbucks lighting for the remaining 364 days of the year to optimize your diamond's brilliance/fire!

 

[Matata]

Take great delight in making these faces while listening to jewelry store clerks trying to sell a frozen piece of spit to an unsuspecting victim.

 

[SB621]

Also wanted to add:

When you are at Tiffanys on 5th Ave watching all people ering shop and say you could do SO MUCH better if you just checked online. And when people are looking at colored stones at Tiffanys I practically had to bite down on my nuckles to keep from saying- "No don't do it....you can't spend 10k on a peridot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[mary poppins]

- have to make great effort to pay attention to driving instead staring at your ring when the sun is hitting it *just right*

- choose your airplane seat based on which side of the plane will get the best sun for making a disco ball on the back of the seat in front of you during take off or landing

- immediately look for pictures of a celebrity's engagement ring when you hear she got engaged . . . and then you try to find a better picture by posting about the engagement on PS

- know your ring size for each finger