You should check out pricescope, and post your question there. It is a knowledgeable community all about diamond and jewelry. You may also want to consider online store. If you don’t care about brand name, you can get better and bigger diamond in similar style. Just for your information.
If you buy your jewelry at a designer store, you pay a premium for the name. You can find better quality at a local jewelry store for less money? Go for it. That’s a big difference in carat size and clarity. Once the ring is on your finger, no one will know where it comes from.
Agree completely. I’d MUUUCH rather get bigger and better quality. In reverse, why pay more to get less?????
OP, my post is long because I think you are looking for factual reasons on why to chose a Tiffany ring or one from someone else. So, I’m going to try to offer a few points to consider.
You’ve posted before with concerns about the size of the stone. I think in your heart you know you aren’t going to be satisfied with the smaller stone - no matter where it comes from.
Plus, reputable jewelers are easy to find and almost all offer a full value upgrade program on diamonds. And, an appraisal takes minutes and a few dollars. There is literally no reason to worry about the ring being real or as graded.
And, in
fact, there is NOTHING special or better about a Tiffany diamond. vs. another stone of the same quality (cut, clarity, color). Tiffany actually grades their diamonds themselves vs. using a third party such as the “gold standard” GIA. This isn’t “bad” except I prefer knowing my diamond is independently certified separate from the retailer. I think Tiffany is
very trustworthy but, since you are concerned about the diamond being graded as it is, a third party is a better way to be assured than any retailer’s guarantee.
Tiffany is a retailer. They don’t mine or even cut their own diamonds. They go through manufacturers to procure diamonds then they simply set them. So to say any other diamond is “no name” is hilarious in that it has no meaning. Other diamonds may have come from the same mine and been cut by the same guy / gal. For this reason, when you try to resell a Tiffany diamond you get no more money than with other similarly graded stones. You may get a small uptick for a whole Tiffany ring but, again, you won’t get much more because the only difference is the branding.
There are tons of articles on the web that explain just this - how the “value” of a Tiffany ring is ONLY the branding. Nothing more. Certainly nothing around quality. Here’s one
https://beyond4cs.com/reviews/tiffany/
Last note. I love diamonds far more than bags or anything other “thing”. And, I demand quality. My wedding band stone is a 3 ct oval GIA certified G, VS2. It shines like crazy because of 1) the actual cut is outstanding. How the diamond is cut is one of the most important things for sparkle and shine. It impacts how the light bounces around in the diamond 2) the tiny occlusions are in a place hidden by the prongs so it’s completely “eye clean” on my finger. And, I got my diamond and setting from an online retailer for less than a third of what a similarly priced Tiffany ring would have cost. They give 100% trade in value for the stone for life and it came with the GIA cert and laser inscription. I still took it to a local appraiser who confirmed I had exactly what they said I had in minutes for a few hundred dollars as I watched him in his office. So, the diamond never left my sight. It’s in a “Tiffany” 6 prong setting on a classic diamond studded band and my wedding ring matches. Some people have thought my set was from Tiffany’s and I let them know it’s inspired by T&Co. but, special and unique to me.
You are about to receive an amazing gift and it’s worth some more time to consider. Please poke around on the web a bit more for how to buy diamonds. Get educated on what really impacts shine (it’s not always round is better), value (brand names are usually not the best buy) and quality (the characteristics of the diamond not the seller).
Then once you know what you are getting, if you still want to know your ring is from Tiffany’s, consider getting one preloved as you will get it at a huge discount and likely get that bigger stone you want.
Good luck and feel free to pm me if you have any questions on my post.
