Serendipity99
Rough_Rock
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- Apr 10, 2014
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Hi everyone. Sorry for the length... I've lurked (apparently not long enough.. I seem to have not learned enough...) for awhile but I'm desperate for help and advice so I thought you all may be my best resource.
I am almost certain that I made a big mistake. My fiancé let me choose the stone and setting I wanted while at a trade show (I'm not a professional, but a family member works in jewelry so that was my "in" - family member doesn't do diamonds, but we thought it would be a good place to get the ring and save a little money).
Due to the nature of trade shows I basically had one day to figure it out. I found a vendor who I believe is based out of the diamond district in NY and worked with them to find a stone and setting. I chose a rectangle cushion cut (not sure of exact ratio) that I thought was H, VS1, 1.04 carats, and very good cut. Ok... So then it gets put into the floating halo setting I thought I liked at the time (more issues there but smaller problem) and now I see that the stone color is just not what I thought H looks like. Also the sparkle is iffy so maybe cut is not so great too?? Sometimes it looks ok but on inspection.. something doesn't seem right.
Key here is that I didn't realize how different EGL is from GIA and it's an EGL graded stone. I'm on the verge of tears every time I think about this as I see no real fix here. I think we overpaid ($5,800 for setting and stone) as I see cushions with those stats but from GIA on various sites for less and the setting is not that intricate or heavy with additional diamonds. I think they would laugh me off the phone if I requested a return (it's also been a couple months....after it was bought he held on to it to do a surprise romantic proposal so I hadn't seen it in 2 months).
I told my fiancé my mistake and he said he had noticed the color and sparkle issue but thought maybe that's what I wanted... Not at all! He is willing to do whatever we need to in order to fix it though. Should I send it to GIA for more accurate grading and then complain about the discrepancy to the vendor? He did tell me they were the same standards... Do I have any options at all here?
Trying to add pics here...
I am almost certain that I made a big mistake. My fiancé let me choose the stone and setting I wanted while at a trade show (I'm not a professional, but a family member works in jewelry so that was my "in" - family member doesn't do diamonds, but we thought it would be a good place to get the ring and save a little money).
Due to the nature of trade shows I basically had one day to figure it out. I found a vendor who I believe is based out of the diamond district in NY and worked with them to find a stone and setting. I chose a rectangle cushion cut (not sure of exact ratio) that I thought was H, VS1, 1.04 carats, and very good cut. Ok... So then it gets put into the floating halo setting I thought I liked at the time (more issues there but smaller problem) and now I see that the stone color is just not what I thought H looks like. Also the sparkle is iffy so maybe cut is not so great too?? Sometimes it looks ok but on inspection.. something doesn't seem right.
Key here is that I didn't realize how different EGL is from GIA and it's an EGL graded stone. I'm on the verge of tears every time I think about this as I see no real fix here. I think we overpaid ($5,800 for setting and stone) as I see cushions with those stats but from GIA on various sites for less and the setting is not that intricate or heavy with additional diamonds. I think they would laugh me off the phone if I requested a return (it's also been a couple months....after it was bought he held on to it to do a surprise romantic proposal so I hadn't seen it in 2 months).
I told my fiancé my mistake and he said he had noticed the color and sparkle issue but thought maybe that's what I wanted... Not at all! He is willing to do whatever we need to in order to fix it though. Should I send it to GIA for more accurate grading and then complain about the discrepancy to the vendor? He did tell me they were the same standards... Do I have any options at all here?
Trying to add pics here...
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