marchesa6989
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2011
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thanks to PS i learnt how to be an educated and selective customer, but that didn't make for the easiest ring journey as certain vendors can't handle the amount of questions and details we discerning peeps require! that being said i did my research, used the PS diamond search and individual searches on each vendor sites religiously, updated those at least twice a day to look for new stones and played the patience game until the perfect stone came along.
and boy oh boy did it! after a harrowing journey of emails to and fro between various vendors, i finally found a round AGS000 1.23 H SI2 (eye clean with twinning wisps) through Union Diamond, and Tony Rixom there was a refreshing change from the other people i had spoken to previously. i suddenly felt like i wasn't walking on the journey alone and after 2 months of searching to finally talk to someone who understood what i was going for and gave me a stone about 0.2-0.3cts bigger than others could for the same price point was amazing. i think the persistence in searching really paid off as even Tony was surprised at my find and said that if this one sold, he couldn't provide anything remotely similar.
although this was a great price, i'd also recently fallen in love with halo settings thanks to my fellow PSers and struggled with finding a way to find a nice one and stay as close to budget as possible. luckily good karma came back to me, and after writing that review on B2C jewels horrible service, the manager Ricky actually contacted me and offered a sincerely apology and a credit of $500 to put towards any setting i wanted!
i did more research and found out a few points:
1. B2C jewels get their settings from Unique Settings of NY, but sell them at a better price point than most other vendors
2. Whiteflash Amphora is actually from Unique Settings of NY (I asked them and they said they order it from them but upgrade the stones)
so how could i say no to a halo for a grand total of $590!!! Ricky was great to work with after that and he really made a strong effort to attend to my requests and ensure that i was happy.
so without any further commentary, may i present my sparkly!! (as i have fondly nicknamed it). its icy white and has amazing light return, fire and brilliance.
now i'm not actually wearing it right now since SO has some plan going to ask me in the next week or two, but since i'm the one who knows about diamonds he gave me the A-OK to make sure it was up to scratch and of course, i got tempted and took some photos hahaha
omg the lighting in here is HORRENDOUS and its so hard to take good photos
and boy oh boy did it! after a harrowing journey of emails to and fro between various vendors, i finally found a round AGS000 1.23 H SI2 (eye clean with twinning wisps) through Union Diamond, and Tony Rixom there was a refreshing change from the other people i had spoken to previously. i suddenly felt like i wasn't walking on the journey alone and after 2 months of searching to finally talk to someone who understood what i was going for and gave me a stone about 0.2-0.3cts bigger than others could for the same price point was amazing. i think the persistence in searching really paid off as even Tony was surprised at my find and said that if this one sold, he couldn't provide anything remotely similar.
although this was a great price, i'd also recently fallen in love with halo settings thanks to my fellow PSers and struggled with finding a way to find a nice one and stay as close to budget as possible. luckily good karma came back to me, and after writing that review on B2C jewels horrible service, the manager Ricky actually contacted me and offered a sincerely apology and a credit of $500 to put towards any setting i wanted!
i did more research and found out a few points:1. B2C jewels get their settings from Unique Settings of NY, but sell them at a better price point than most other vendors
2. Whiteflash Amphora is actually from Unique Settings of NY (I asked them and they said they order it from them but upgrade the stones)
so how could i say no to a halo for a grand total of $590!!! Ricky was great to work with after that and he really made a strong effort to attend to my requests and ensure that i was happy.
so without any further commentary, may i present my sparkly!! (as i have fondly nicknamed it). its icy white and has amazing light return, fire and brilliance.
now i'm not actually wearing it right now since SO has some plan going to ask me in the next week or two, but since i'm the one who knows about diamonds he gave me the A-OK to make sure it was up to scratch and of course, i got tempted and took some photos hahaha
omg the lighting in here is HORRENDOUS and its so hard to take good photos
hahaha
after all that effort knowing i did well is that extra icing on the cake 
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