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gazoo said:
It's terribly frustrating as unless the seller has a receipt to prove it, you just don't know. I try to have them photograph the stone on a dime to get a gauge of things and because I've had several sizes I feel more confident that way. Sadly, I've had friends buy ".25's" on eBay that ended up being only .08 when they arrived. They returned them as SNAD (Significantly Not As Described), after verifying the size being wrong at Tiffany. It's a gamble but sometimes you get lucky and get a bigger one that you thought you'd get. Even if you find one with a receipt, get to Tiffany's to verify everything is ok.

I don't have a .33 to photograph for you. Maybe someone else here does. HTH!
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Thank you, everyone! Yes, trying to find a DBTY necklace on the second-hand has been extremely difficult. I've been asking sellers to measure the diamond diameter for me to get an idea of the size.

How do you verify carat size at Tiffany's? Can I straight up ask them or do I compare several necklaces and figure it out myself? I feel like they might frown upon second-hand purchases. Will they authenticate for you at the store? Or is there an online service like authenticate4u that will authenticate Tiffany and Cartier jewelry?
 
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hedonista said:
Thank you, everyone! Yes, trying to find a DBTY necklace on the second-hand has been extremely difficult. I've been asking sellers to measure the diamond diameter for me to get an idea of the size.

How do you verify carat size at Tiffany's? Can I straight up ask them or do I compare several necklaces and figure it out myself? I feel like they might frown upon second-hand purchases. Will they authenticate for you at the store? Or is there an online service like authenticate4u that will authenticate Tiffany and Cartier jewelry?
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It depends on how nice the SA is, honestly. With me I've been lucky, I go in and say I don't know what size mine is and want to look at larger ones to layer and hand my DBTY it to them. They usually look at it and will ball park it and then pull out the size they think it is before finding a larger stone for me to try on. Then I check theirs out side by side next to mine to verify the size. It's worked so far for me. They've never asked me where or how I got it. HTH!!
 
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BPC said:
Doesn't make sense, it's the same area. I need to find the receipt. Unless they're just arbitrarily coming up with a price, but that would be very strange.
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Just wanted to chime in, I thought they did extension up to two inches for free? I just bought my .17 ct platinum DBTY yesterday (thanks to much enabling from this thread), but the 16 inch was way too short (not trendy choker length but actually choking me...) and I asked for it to be extended to 18 inches. I was not charged for this, just for the necklace. This was at the Fifth Ave store.

Seems arbitrary for them to decide whether to charge someone for an extension, unless it's within a certain period of time?
 
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andreaxabc said:
Just wanted to chime in, I thought they did extension up to two inches for free? I just bought my .17 ct platinum DBTY yesterday (thanks to much enabling from this thread), but the 16 inch was way too short (not trendy choker length but actually choking me...) and I asked for it to be extended to 18 inches. I was not charged for this, just for the necklace. This was at the Fifth Ave store.

Seems arbitrary for them to decide whether to charge someone for an extension, unless it's within a certain period of time?
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Someone said they won't charge if you do at the time of purchase.
I had mine for close to a year before deciding to have it lengthened.. so who knows..
 
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andreaxabc said:
Just wanted to chime in, I thought they did extension up to two inches for free? I just bought my .17 ct platinum DBTY yesterday (thanks to much enabling from this thread), but the 16 inch was way too short (not trendy choker length but actually choking me...) and I asked for it to be extended to 18 inches. I was not charged for this, just for the necklace. This was at the Fifth Ave store.

Seems arbitrary for them to decide whether to charge someone for an extension, unless it's within a certain period of time?
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BPC said:
Someone said they won't charge if you do at the time of purchase.
I had mine for close to a year before deciding to have it lengthened.. so who knows..
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There is no consistency in the way they decide. When I called to order to customer service, they were going to charge $50 for the two inches (16 to 18). When I went into the store, I was able to convince them to do so at no charge to me. This was at the time of initial purchase for both attempts.
 
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I came home with a .29 rose gold a few days ago. I'm pale and freckly and liked how the RG chain disappeared more against my skin so the diamond was floating. I had intended to get a .17 platinum, or a three stone, but they had very few options in store and I couldn't even try these on. (Tip: don't go two days after Valentines.) The platinum I did try was somehow very blingy on me and was more about the chain than the diamond. So, I love it my RG in inside lighting, but it's maybe a bit coppery looking outside. It's my first RG piece so I don't know.... I might exchange for platinum, or start saving for RG studs.
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Azjv said:
I came home with a .29 rose gold a few days ago. I'm pale and freckly and liked how the RG chain disappeared more against my skin so the diamond was floating. I had intended to get a .17 platinum, or a three stone, but they had very few options in store and I couldn't even try these on. (Tip: don't go two days after Valentines.) The platinum I did try was somehow very blingy on me and was more about the chain than the diamond. So, I love it my RG in inside lighting, but it's maybe a bit coppery looking outside. It's my first RG piece so I don't know.... I might exchange for platinum, or start saving for RG studs.
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I think it looks great on you! Live with it for a while and see if you change your mind.
 
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Azjv said:
I came home with a .29 rose gold a few days ago. I'm pale and freckly and liked how the RG chain disappeared more against my skin so the diamond was floating. I had intended to get a .17 platinum, or a three stone, but they had very few options in store and I couldn't even try these on. (Tip: don't go two days after Valentines.) The platinum I did try was somehow very blingy on me and was more about the chain than the diamond. So, I love it my RG in inside lighting, but it's maybe a bit coppery looking outside. It's my first RG piece so I don't know.... I might exchange for platinum, or start saving for RG studs.
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This info may be inaccurate, but your comment caught my attention. Does your DBTY have the thinner bezel? I'm asking because I have a smaller 0.10 DBTY in RG. I believe the larger RG DBTY have a thin bezel like platinum and gold. When I compared my RG DBTY to the larger ones, I noticed they were more copper in color compared to mine. It could have been random, but there could be something to it. Even the SA noticed but had no explanation.
 
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