Who REALLY KNOWS about diamonds

JARblue

I recommend the legitimate business with store front, especially if it's a family friend.

Is there a particular reason for the budget? Does it just need to be large? Or does he want absolutely flawless characteristics? You can get a huge diamond with a lot of flaws for that much or you can get a much more reasonable sized one that is damn near perfect.

Also, the grades are very subjective. While you might look at two diamonds that are the graded identically, depending on the individual grading them, they might be very different in price because one has far more flaws. My experience with this is that the legitimate guys grade a lot tougher, so a gem that at first look appears to be lower quality might actually have fewer and/or smaller flaws than one from a traveling salesman that is graded higher.

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DEpointfive0

LMAO!!! We ARE Iranian, so you never know

We're with a broker right now and yeah, the headings so far seem retarded... No rhyme or reason behind them.

As for the budget, the guy's a dentist... Now, he COULD go by the 3 months of the salary rule... But I told him that I'd kill him if he did that, and thank god he said that was too much too

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fonzo179

DEpointfive0 My congrats to your brother for the committment. I'm sorry I can't provide more input on the diamond particulars, friend. For what it's worth, each time I do business any amount over $1000 with retailers, I conduct a sit-down with the store manager and specialist at the same time. I am a crude, heartless, uncharacteristically aggressive businessman. I just don't like people trying to pull the rape with my money.

My only recommendation is to grill your salesman and his boss. Even if you are not a diamond expert, be a "BS" expert and make them sweat. That much money for diamonds should have you at the top of their priority list, as opposed to a "next in line" kind of customer.

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