Unhappy with Tiffany diamond

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#76
I find that it depends what you're spending! Silver might get you water, but diamonds get you soda or sometimes champagne and cookies/chocolate

I hope he is able to get you some results soon, he may have to search the entire selection, but I do assume the current selection is a little depleted due to valentines day
 
#77
luciness said:
No updates yet :(


Still waiting for the SA to email me his ring search results.

Maybe there is a shortage of rings after valentines day ? ><

I did tel him I will be on holidays for two weeks starting next Thursday and he said he will definitely get back to me before then so I will just be patient!

What type I refreshments does US tiffany have ?! We are just offered tea or coffee here
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ame said:
I find that it depends what you're spending! Silver might get you water, but diamonds get you soda or sometimes champagne and cookies/chocolate

I hope he is able to get you some results soon, he may have to search the entire selection, but I do assume the current selection is a little depleted due to valentines day
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Just wanted to jump in and say the SA my BF and I working with did tell us yesterday that stock is a bit low right now because of Valentine's Day. She said their "prime" buying season is from about mid-November through V-Day. I hope you find your perfect ring soon (and I hope we do too :yes:)!
 
#78
Sweetpeach, I was at Tiffany today trying on solitaires for a potential upgrade and also to pick up my new eternity band, and I have to say, I tried on an I color stone and was blown away by how gorgeous and bright white it looked. I was pre-programmed to look only at G-H, but was amazed at how white the I was. Although I currently have a G VS1, I think I may go for an I VS2 for my upgrade to get the carat size a want, and at a significant difference in price point.

Just wanted to pass along my experience.

Can't wait to see your options!
 
#79
Ok I am quite fed up now.


I have been waiting patiently for almost a week for the results of the ring search and have heard nothing.

Yesterday afternoon I called the SA and he promised he would email the list to me this morning.

It is afternoon now and still nothing. I have called him today as well and left a voicemail. I don't think this behavior is professional at all considering he promised me he would get back to me this MORNING. Even a message to let me know he is still waiting on the results would be ok.

If I could do this again I would NOT buy from tiffany.

My bfs little brothers fiancé recently got her engagement ring back from resizing and the shape of the band was not even round - it was OVAL!!

Very disappointed with Tiffany.
 
#80
I'm so sorry this is turning into such a stressful experience. Can you request another SA? That is ridiculous under many circumstances, but especially for something so expensive.
 
#84
I'm not too sure.. Apparently they can't give the specs over email so I will go into the store to have a look and possibly take a sneaky pic of the cert.

Will tiffany vs2 be eye clean? I am reading some stuff online saying there might be specs of dust etc on the sides
 
#85
Id want more than the depth! But just based on what they've shown, 1ct. Look at them in person. See which one speaks to you. 6.5 is "average" mm size for a 1ct so youre looking at a pretty good spread on that 1ct right there depending on table size.
 
#86
ame said:
You dont need a Hearts on Fire brand to get the same fire. Its all in the cut quality.
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THIS!

When I was first started shopping for a diamond for my ering, I was stuck on G-H color and nothing less than VS2. My SA found me a 2.03 ct, I, SI2, TRIPLE EXCELLENT cut and it was super white and totally eye clean! A couple of months later, I decide to "upgrade" before I even got my ring and wanted a larger size. SA called me in to look at a 2.43 ct, GIA, XXX, J, SI1 stone. My immediate reaction was HE** NO! I DON'T WANT A YELLOW DIAMOND!

I was so blown away by the sparkle and fire, I never noticed any color. Now, I'm not saying my ring is perfectly white, but when set, it LOOKS white. Moral of the story is don't get caught up in all the specs... after all, you're not wearing the CERT on your hand for all to see. If it LOOKS white and eye clean, then that's what it is! ;)

If you sacrificed color to H-I range, you could get a noticeably larger stone. BTW, just because the cert says SI, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's less eye clean than a VS... It depends on what type of inclusion and where it is located. (My inclusion is a white feather close to the girdle, and I had trouble finding it with the loupe.) I have seen VS2's that are less eye clean than my SI... ;)

As long as it's a GIA Excellent cut, you will not notice the color near as much as with other labs or grading systems... I really hope you find the stone of your dreams!
 
#87
As far as a cut grade on a cert, I don't take any lab's cut grade seriously if it's not an AGS grade. They are the only one with a legit straight up grade system for cut. GIA is working on one, but theirs is so broad it's not something I take into consideration. I look at angles. AGS looks at angles. GIA has some random-*** criteria.
 
#88
ame said:
As far as a cut grade on a cert, I don't take any lab's cut grade seriously if it's not an AGS grade. They are the only one with a legit straight up grade system for cut. GIA is working on one, but theirs is so broad it's not something I take into consideration. I look at angles. AGS looks at angles. GIA has some random-*** criteria.
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Is AGS more superior than GIA certification, and therefore, more reliable?
 
#89
In terms of cut grade, AGS is the standard and the only one that truly does grade cut quality, so if you're meaning reliable in terms of cut grade, yes. They are the pioneers, they actually developed cut grading standards. GIA has been trying to develop one now kind of as catch-up. They've been "working on one" for decades, supposedly, but it was AGS coming out with one and making it legitimately a serious player that made GIA actually work on one. AGS developed the ASET scope which can identify light return in a stone and show whether or not it's properly cut.

GIA has such a HUGE window for what they call excellent, and so many stones that are total dogs will fall into that excellent, and then stones that should be deemed excellent are deemed very good. Their criteria is so...not consistent, which is why angles are EXTREMELY vital to picking a quality stone, as well as seeing it in person, and not just going with the GIA "cut grade" to make a choice. Just because GIA says it's excellent, does not mean it is because their range for what they deem excellent is just so wide and varied. Where when you get an AGS Ideal, you know that sucker is gonna be amazing.

As far as clarity and color grades, I lean more to GIA, both are pretty on par, I tend to not be as agreeable on clarity with AGS. A GIA cert "costs more" and has a better marketability, as it's more widely recognized and known than AGS.
 
#90
I went to take a look at the certificates of the two rings today:smile1:

both were precision/symmetry/polish excellent

the 1 carat H VS2 stone:
depth 59.3%
table 60%
crown 33.6
pavilion 40.6

the 0.96 carat F VS1:
depth 62.1%
table 54%
crown 35.1
pavilion 40.6

I ran both through the HCA and they got similar scores. For the 1 carat stone, the table seems rather large? .. the HCA scored it a 'very good' on light return and excellent on everything else. I'm assuming this is because of the table size..Is that bad >< ?

It seems most stones I see have a table of 53 - 58

I spoke to my fiance and he basically said pick whatever stone will make you happy. However he did not really want to go under a G in color (he is willing to put in slightly more $$ if need be :p)
 
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