The WANT Thread

[SlimKlim]

There is no such thing as a 'deal' on diamonds. You can certainly get swindled, but if you're getting a 'deal', its a shit stone thats a reject from the big dealers and even the mall stores. Maybe that matters to you, maybe it doesnt, but Ive seen quite a few people get 'deals' and they come back with a dull cut pee colored stone with flecks in it, but they were too enamored with the 'deal' they got to notice.

I am deal hunter extraordinaire, and I couldnt find anything that matches blue nile in quality and price on real high quality certified diamonds.

Allegedly this lady my Director knows can source all the same stuff the big places like Blue Nile can, she can just do a little better on pricing. I've been trying to learn about the whole "cut, color, clarity" thing. What I lack is an actual understanding of the visual differences between, say, a "Very Good, H, VS2" and an "Ideal, G, VVS2." I think I need to sit down with someone who can show me the differences between all of that, then I can be a more educated consumer and shop for the best deal on the quality of stone I want to buy.

This definitely isn't a purchase I want to cheap out on, but I also don't want to spend a dollar more than I absolutely have to, and right now I still lack the knowledge to pull that off. Like I said I'm still in the pretty early stages, not sure when I'll have the money set aside and will be ready to pull the trigger. I'm not going to contact someone like Lee's hookup or this lady my boss knows just to waste their time getting a quote, if I'm not ready to actually make the purchase, so I figure save up the expected MSRP, then start working some connections.