loveloveloveit
Brilliant_Rock
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okay, so i have recently had my engagement & wedding rings remodelled and I they are ready for collection. my problem is that the valuation on the centre diamond is somewhat different to my other two valuations on that diamond, which I have had in two settings previously. the most recent setting though is the one my jeweller has taken it out of and the valuation I got at the time (only 12 months ago - I hated the setting) matched the original one done when the er was originally made. the difference is quite a bit I feel. It has been said to be a G/H colour VS2 for the first two valuations, but now I am told it''s a K colour VVS2.
the options are from what I can work out:
either the diamond has somehow been switched somewhere along the way although I don''t think this really has happened as it is with a very reputable jeweller now in Melbourne
perhaps the valuer at the current jeweller remodelling is much better than the valuer who has done it the same two times previously?
the other valuations were for "insurance" purposes and therefore not a very good indication anyway - could it be for replacement value now rather than insurance?
or finally, does the economy explain this difference in value even though it doesn''t explain the difference in colour/clarity?
any thoughts? my issue is that 7 years ago the er was valued at $9500 for a princess cut solitaire. NOW it is a solitaire plus two very small pink diamonds and it is only being valued at $6500 (both of these are Australian dollars by the way). the other thing is that the small princess cuts I have in the wedder which were purchased to match the main stone are F colour apparently which doesn''t make sense if it''s truly a K stone.
sorry for the long post - I am having a serious "mind clean" issue now! When the stone was originally purchased it was through a jeweller who chose it as a result of insurance rather than having specifically been chosen by me, which unfortunately has left a bit of room for uncertainty. I never had a grading valuation for the stone itself, only the ring valuations.
I have just spent almost $3000 (AUD) on getting the rings remodelled - I feel as though it''s a complete waste if the diamond isn''t worth much and would I be better off with a top quality coloured stone rather than a poor quality diamond? or, am I reading too much into it??? I am really so over being disappointed by the ER and maybe the setting hasn''t been the issue all along, perhaps it was the diamond???
has anyone else had a similar issue?
thanks
the options are from what I can work out:
either the diamond has somehow been switched somewhere along the way although I don''t think this really has happened as it is with a very reputable jeweller now in Melbourne
perhaps the valuer at the current jeweller remodelling is much better than the valuer who has done it the same two times previously?
the other valuations were for "insurance" purposes and therefore not a very good indication anyway - could it be for replacement value now rather than insurance?
or finally, does the economy explain this difference in value even though it doesn''t explain the difference in colour/clarity?
any thoughts? my issue is that 7 years ago the er was valued at $9500 for a princess cut solitaire. NOW it is a solitaire plus two very small pink diamonds and it is only being valued at $6500 (both of these are Australian dollars by the way). the other thing is that the small princess cuts I have in the wedder which were purchased to match the main stone are F colour apparently which doesn''t make sense if it''s truly a K stone.
sorry for the long post - I am having a serious "mind clean" issue now! When the stone was originally purchased it was through a jeweller who chose it as a result of insurance rather than having specifically been chosen by me, which unfortunately has left a bit of room for uncertainty. I never had a grading valuation for the stone itself, only the ring valuations.
I have just spent almost $3000 (AUD) on getting the rings remodelled - I feel as though it''s a complete waste if the diamond isn''t worth much and would I be better off with a top quality coloured stone rather than a poor quality diamond? or, am I reading too much into it??? I am really so over being disappointed by the ER and maybe the setting hasn''t been the issue all along, perhaps it was the diamond???
has anyone else had a similar issue?
thanks