EZ
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Jul 16, 2005
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I am seriously considering a diamond purchase this week, maybe even this afternoon. My first choice, after a lot of searching, was a 1.01 carat that has really good numbers. My fiancé showed an interest in the technical aspect of diamonds this weekend and asked if there were other diamonds that measured up. In another thread John also said I should make sure to compare apples to apples. I can't really find other apples but I have found another similar one by using the tools I have found here on PriceScope.
One of the diamonds is from Whiteflash and the other is from Dirtcheap. It looks like both of these companies have good reputations here so that helps and I do not have a problem with ordering on-line. The 1.01c diamond is about 8K and the 1.12 c. is about $8.6K. The HCA scores are .6 for each(60.3%/55%/34.7/40.6) (60.3%/57%/34.3/40.6) with both showing ex-ex-ex-ex. The 1.01 is 6.50-6.53X3.93 and the 1.12 is 6.76-6.81X4.09.
I know size matters but would a person be able to really detect .25 mil?
Given all of the above, and more if you want it, are both of these good deals? Which diamond would you choose? And the harder follow-on question - Why? Should I keep looking to find somehting like thes at a better price? I have both on hold so I'll be needing to make a decision by this afternoon. If necessary, my credit could probably handle the hit of getting both of these to check out and sending one back but I still value the collective wisdom found here. (Is it good form to have two diamonds shipped to one's home knowing that one of them _IS_ going back?)
btw - if it is copasetic I can supply the links for these two.
Oh! One last thing... (maybe Once the diamond is bought, will an F color really pick up the color of a gold ring? Would Platinum be better? She has already mentioned (and I agree) that white gold is probably too much maintainence. We are thinking a Tiffany style solitare. I like the pictures I have seen at excel diamonds, are there others avaiable that are so sculpted? The blue nile version has prongs just look square and boxy.
Thanks in advance,