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What''s your biggest jewelry regret.

Date: 4/21/2010 4:09:18 PM
Author: Callisto
I lost an ebay auction for .75tcw 8-prong martini ready-set-go whiteflash diamond stud earrings 2 weeks ago. I regret not bidding higher. Someone bid on them in the last 5 seconds to snatch them from me... what a dream-crusher. They got them for just over $400.... how ridiculous is that? This was a few weeks ago and it still bothers me daily...
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I wanted them so badly.
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wow! that is a ridiculous price!
 
I don''t think I have any jewelery regrets. Everything I have purchased I loved at that time and if I did sell anything, even though I regretted having to sell it, I knew there was no justification in keeping them.
 
I hemmed and hawwed over a beautiful GIA 1.70 carat G VS1 cushion on ebay. We settled on $7700, then she backed out and decided she still loved it. Maybe she got a better offer, who knows.

I still reget it after a whole year.
 
Let''s see.

I wish I had gotten platinum or white gold instead of palladium for my wedding set.

There was a sapphires by the yard WF necklace on Diamond Bistro and I hemmed and hawed and missed it. Meh.
 
Date: 4/22/2010 12:42:54 PM
Author: geckodani
Let''s see.

I wish I had gotten platinum or white gold instead of palladium for my wedding set.

There was a sapphires by the yard WF necklace on Diamond Bistro and I hemmed and hawed and missed it. Meh.
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Can I ask why?

When I was looking for settings, I kept coming back to your (palladium) setting.
 
A three stone OEC ring on Ebay for $98 bucks. I''m not kidding. K color, SI-somethings in clarity...don''t know what I was thinking. And a diamond band on the Bistro for $60 something. Oh, and a ruby/omc ring that I can''t afford but wish I could.
 
Date: 4/22/2010 12:42:54 PM
Author: geckodani
Let''s see.


I wish I had gotten platinum or white gold instead of palladium for my wedding set.


There was a sapphires by the yard WF necklace on Diamond Bistro and I hemmed and hawed and missed it. Meh.
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I remember that sapphire necklace well! And I kicked myself for not making an offer in time.

geckodani: not to threadjack, but why do you regret choosing palladium?
 
Both regrets pertain to my upgraded diamond that I bought last fall:

1) I picked the wrong size--it's too big for a halo setting in my opinion, but too small to stand alone as a solitaire. So I have no idea how to set it!

2) I wish I would have bought an August Vintage cushion instead of a round.

But my biggest regret is resetting my original engagement ring DH gave me. I miss the setting that he picked out, and now I think that one was prettier than the one I switched to, and far more sentimental.
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Biggest regret. I bought it during my "big & blingy" period and yearn for a simpler setting. Would rather just sell it and buy something totally different, like a tsav.

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Prior to PS and knowing how ideal cut diamonds perform I had a 1/3 ct. solitaire pendant that was a real firecracker - G or better color and eye clean. I traded it in for a 1/2 ct that is no where near as nice. I should have had it mounted in something to give it more presence.

I once found an amazing color pear shaped aqua ring - and I didn''t buy it.

Wish I had bought a larger EC diamond for my RHR.
 
Last year when I got my 3 stone ring it needed to be re-shanked and 6 prongs re-done. The shank, looks great, but they didn''t do a great job on the prongs. I think I spend around $700-$1000?? I can''t remember. I WISH I would''ve just used it for a brand new setting. At the time I was considering a solitaire and while I''m glad I didn''t do that, I wish I would''ve pulled the trigger for the setting.

And while I love a few of my silver Tiffany pieces, there are 3 pieces that I spent WAY TOO MUCH MONEY on.. like over $600. I wish I would''ve used that for something else, as I don''t wear them very often.
 
Oh I also lost a bid on ebay for an OEC S-T color (I think) diamond. It was 1.7ish carats. I lost by $40ish.

arg.
 
Wow, there are lots of ebay related regrets here. I''d better just stay away from ebay. My only regret is when I was 16 my dad bought me something very overpriced from the NY diamond district (street level). I can''t echo enough to stay away from that place. However, despite being overpriced it has sentimental value to me. I just wish we had been more educated back then.


I''m glad to say I have absolutely no regrets in my adult life jewelry choices (crosses fingers). I did go through about 2 rings before settling on this one, but it is THE one so I''m glad I ended up with it. Everyone I know says it''s perfect for me and when they grab my hand, they KEEP looking at the ring for longer than just the normal glance. I''m especially glad I followed my heart and got yellow gold even though it''s not "in style" and got an M, which I also really wanted (a faint tint because I find them to be very romantic), despite all the hoopla about white and colorless diamonds. I''m so glad I followed my heart on the vision I wanted to create because my fiancee said "I''m so glad I gave you the $ and let you do this for yourself because if I saw this ring on my own, I absolutely would have known, and picked it. But, I never would have found it on my own."

I suppose my only regret is not living near enough to GOG to view their vintage lines in person. That would be my ultimate afternoon of fun. I''ll probably eventually go there to do that. I actually have this nagging fear that they''ll quit cutting vintage cushions and rounds and i''ll be too late. It''s a rather upsetting thought and if that happened, that would be my only regret.
 
I have sooooo MANY jewellery regrets..ok, here goes:

1) My BIGGEST regret is wasting money on lots of smaller lesser quality diamonds (which I ended up either giving away, which is fine; but the worst is having to sell them for a fraction of what I'd paid for them, or not even being able to sell them at all); as well as on numerous settings which I ended up practically throwing away.

2) Posting on PS the 4.50ct-ish H VVS1 Tiffany Lucida on an auction (and also having to spend a ridiculous amount on the appraisal) only to end up with too many crazy bids driving up the price, and thus not being able to get it.
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Next time I'm definitely keeping it a secret, if there's *ever* even going to be a next time.

3) Not buying a 4ct RB when DH and I went to Antwerp when prices were relatively lower compared to now (4ct+ stones are prohibitively expensive now).

4) Not buying from PS vendors with upgrade and/ or cashback policies.
 
Okay, to answer those that wondered why I regret the palladium, there are three reasons.

1) Deep nicks and scratches can NOT be polished out. I''ve taken my ering to three separate jewelers to be polished, and there''s just nothing they can do about the deeper nicks (I believe this is due to the brittleness of the metal).

WG can be polished and rhodium plated to minimize the appearance of scratches, and platinum can be polished and smooshed back into place, but with palladium... you''re stuck. I''m slowly eating away at my setting.
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The good news is that where there aren''t scratches, the metal is still brilliantly shiny, which is one of the things I like about it.
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2) No one knows how to work with it. One of my local jewelers tried to rhodium plate it (can''t be done). I didn''t think this would be a big deal, but it''s annoying.

3) Okay, don''t laugh, but it doesn''t SOUND like real metal, LOL!!! When I set my rings down on a surface, they sound.... odd. Almost plasticy? I don''t know how else to describe it.

I still adore my rings, I''ll just do it differently if there''s a next time.
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HI:

Well too many impulse purchases to recall; but the biggest regret I have was dismantling a ruby and diamond ring my Dad gave me for my 16th BD.

cheers--Sharon
 
Date: 4/23/2010 8:57:41 AM
Author: geckodani
Okay, to answer those that wondered why I regret the palladium, there are three reasons.

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Thanks for explaining, geckodani.

I did end up going with good ol'' white gold for my engagement ring, even though palladium intrigued me.

Do you think your setting will eventually be un-wearable? (Sorry for all the questions!)
 
Date: 4/23/2010 12:15:56 AM
Author: swedish bean
Oh I also lost a bid on ebay for an OEC S-T color (I think) diamond. It was 1.7ish carats. I lost by $40ish.


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If it makes you feel any better, you never know how much you might have lost by. The winner might have put in a maximum bid that was $1000 more than your highest bid, you just can''t know.
 
Date: 4/23/2010 2:08:30 PM
Author: lilyfoot

Thanks for explaining, geckodani.

I did end up going with good ol'' white gold for my engagement ring, even though palladium intrigued me.

Do you think your setting will eventually be un-wearable? (Sorry for all the questions!)
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I think that I will eventually smack it so hard that it will crack, or that I will smack it in the same place so often (most of the nicks are in the same place) that it will crack or break.
 
I don''t have any buying regrets. I think about things and try to check them out before I buy them, so I''m usually happy with them. If I miss out on buying them before I finish thinking about them, I figure they were not meant for me. I also don''t buy anything that doesn''t have a really good return policy. I can usually figure out if something was a total mistake within the 15 (or even better) 30 day return period.

The big jewelry regret I have is that as a stupid 15 year old, I lent a bracelet to a boy I had a serious crush on. It was a silver bracelet, half of a pair that my grandmother had sent to me, handmade of 980 silver, better than sterling (which is only 925). They don''t make these anymore--and my grandmother is dead now. I thought that his asking to borrow my bracelet meant that he had a crush on me also. Unfortunately, what it meant was that he wanted a free bracelet. I never saw that bracelet again (and of course, he never went out with me either. Not that I wanted him to, after that. I just wanted my property back).

Lesson learned.

At least I still have the other half of the pair.

It''s actually amazing how often this kind of thing happens. The boy said he ''lost'' it--so what could I do about that? I have heard similar stories from many, many people, there''s a lot of dishonesty in the world. I never lend anything to a ''friend'' anymore that I ever expect to see again and really don''t want people to even my things on (my mother let someone try some jewelry on once and they walked away and she never saw it again. It was also a ''friend''.)

I have also lost various pieces of jewelry over the years, that I miss. Not too many, since I am a super careful person who checks and rechecks clasps and fastenings and doesn''t leave things lying around. The worst seems to be earrings--those fishhook earrings just come right out of your ear and disappear. I have also had hoops open up unexpectedly and vanish. The earrings I wear most now are diamond studs and they have lapousette backs which are so far very secure but I made sure that they were insured (knock on wood).
 
Date: 4/23/2010 8:57:41 AM
Author: geckodani
Okay, to answer those that wondered why I regret the palladium, there are three reasons.


1) Deep nicks and scratches can NOT be polished out. I''ve taken my ering to three separate jewelers to be polished, and there''s just nothing they can do about the deeper nicks (I believe this is due to the brittleness of the metal).


WG can be polished and rhodium plated to minimize the appearance of scratches, and platinum can be polished and smooshed back into place, but with palladium... you''re stuck. I''m slowly eating away at my setting.
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The good news is that where there aren''t scratches, the metal is still brilliantly shiny, which is one of the things I like about it.
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2) No one knows how to work with it. One of my local jewelers tried to rhodium plate it (can''t be done). I didn''t think this would be a big deal, but it''s annoying.


3) Okay, don''t laugh, but it doesn''t SOUND like real metal, LOL!!! When I set my rings down on a surface, they sound.... odd. Almost plasticy? I don''t know how else to describe it.


I still adore my rings, I''ll just do it differently if there''s a next time.
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Dani: Thanks for detailing your experiences. I don''t seem to see many "real life" experiences of those who have palladium rings.
 
Date: 4/23/2010 6:32:52 PM
Author: onedrop

Date: 4/23/2010 8:57:41 AM
Author: geckodani
Okay, to answer those that wondered why I regret the palladium, there are three reasons.


1) Deep nicks and scratches can NOT be polished out. I''ve taken my ering to three separate jewelers to be polished, and there''s just nothing they can do about the deeper nicks (I believe this is due to the brittleness of the metal).


WG can be polished and rhodium plated to minimize the appearance of scratches, and platinum can be polished and smooshed back into place, but with palladium... you''re stuck. I''m slowly eating away at my setting.
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The good news is that where there aren''t scratches, the metal is still brilliantly shiny, which is one of the things I like about it.
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2) No one knows how to work with it. One of my local jewelers tried to rhodium plate it (can''t be done). I didn''t think this would be a big deal, but it''s annoying.


3) Okay, don''t laugh, but it doesn''t SOUND like real metal, LOL!!! When I set my rings down on a surface, they sound.... odd. Almost plasticy? I don''t know how else to describe it.


I still adore my rings, I''ll just do it differently if there''s a next time.
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Dani: Thanks for detailing your experiences. I don''t seem to see many ''real life'' experiences of those who have palladium rings.
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Any time.
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That''s one of the things I love about Pricescope!

At the time, I could not afford my Scott Kay in any other metal (even WG was much more expensive) so that was the main motivation for going with the palladium.
 
I regret that we did not find PS sooner. We bought some diamond sidestones prior to PS and I would have rather spent that money on my first diamond that I have been upgrading. In the end, we traded the side stones for an RB and sold the RB, but between the setting and the loss we took on the sale, we lost about $1200. Not a huge amount, but it still hurt.

I also wish that in December when I went from a K to a G I had only gone to an I color instead
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I think it would have been fine color-wise for me, and I would not then have been spoiled with such a high color diamond that is making it harder for me to get the size I want for our budget without serious misgivings about the color "compromise" we are making.

I also wish I had not agonized so much about spending the money each time I have upgraded
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In the end, once the money was spent, we did not miss it. But it was AGONY to actually spend it!
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Sheer agony.
 
HI:

I sincerely regret dismantling a ring my Dad gave me for my 16th birthday. Complete stupidity on my part.
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cheers--Sharon
 
Date: 4/23/2010 9:38:38 AM
Author: canuk-gal
HI:

Well too many impulse purchases to recall; but the biggest regret I have was dismantling a ruby and diamond ring my Dad gave me for my 16th BD.

cheers--Sharon
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You must really regret it Sharon cuz you told us twice!
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I regret losing things!!

I recently lose a beautiful, gorgeous, one-of-a-kind gem ...and I literally cried. I''m still heartbroken over it since I"m almost positive I won''t be able to find or afford something close to it in a very long time.
 
I have 2 jewelery regrets, neither very big but more annoying, Last weekend I was at a auction and they had a enamel ball watch marked sterling with a swiss movement, I thought it was interesting and would work on my charm bracelet but know nothing about them so thought I would bid up to 50 bucks, it went for 60 bucks, when I got home and checked ebay the cheapest one was 575. with most of them going for over 1000. aaargh! The other was a wide floral diamond band on diamond bistro that went for 150. I loved it but wanted to think about it for a day and it was gone, again aaaaargh!!!! 150?!?!
 
Date: 4/27/2010 2:58:52 PM
Author: MakingTheGrade
I regret losing things!!


I recently lose a beautiful, gorgeous, one-of-a-kind gem ...and I literally cried. I''m still heartbroken over it since I''m almost positive I won''t be able to find or afford something close to it in a very long time.
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How did you lose it? Any chance that you might be able to recover it? It''s a horrible feeling to lose something so precious.
 
Purchasing a horrible pair of 1 ct total wt. diamond studs from Macy''s prior to discovering pricescope.
 
Biggest regret? Oh gosh, how much space do I have here, ha ha!!

#1 I didn''t buy a 5.5ct EC Michael Beaudry that I fell in love with about 8 years ago. I thought it was too expensive,
but looking back, it was less than I ended up spending on <-------------- that ring.

#2 Regret that I didn''t contact a certain PS vendor

#3 Regret that I didn''t consider a RB. I want perfection of cut and I feel I can get "close"
with a RB.

Paralysis by procrastination = confusion and spending way more money!!
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