the stone fell out of my ring at work the night before last and got chipped. i had that damn thing less than a year


does carelle have a warranty?

8/24/2009 12:44:08 PM

no idea if they do, but my ring is covered forever as long as we take it in every 6 months for a "checkup"

they clean it and inspect all the prongs and such.

8/24/2009 12:59:58 PM

The diamond fell out and got chipped???

I don't feel like searching through 21 pages. What size and setting do you have? I'm looking at Tiffany style 6 prong settings for a 1ct to hopefully avoid this...

8/24/2009 1:17:00 PM

what the hell did you drop it on to chip a diamond

8/24/2009 1:52:22 PM

Quote :

"^where do you work? i'm coming to see you "

hiddenite gems, hiddenite nc

it's a long drive for a jewelry cleaning. just go to any jeweler. if they won't clean it for free they are snobs!

8/24/2009 3:16:25 PM

haha i got one for sale, anyone want to buy?

8/24/2009 3:17:15 PM

I want a FAT diamond...

i have to find a rich man

8/24/2009 3:25:24 PM

Quote :

"the stone fell out of my ring at work the night before last and got chipped. i had that damn thing less than a year does carelle have a warranty? "

Yeah, someone bought you a CZ, kiddo

8/24/2009 4:05:19 PM

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"what the hell did you drop it on to chip a diamond "

Kryptonite.

8/24/2009 9:40:20 PM

Quote :

"what the hell did you drop it on to chip a diamond "

Kryptonite.

8/24/2009 9:40:20 PM

the main stone isnt a diamond, its a multicarat rhodolite. it had 3 thick prongs with diamonds that held it... prongs and the diamonds are fine, the stone slipped out somehow.

8/25/2009 2:08:08 AM

going to get one right now

8/27/2009 5:28:43 PM

so... after scanning all 22 pages of this thread, no links really proved to be helpful to the first-time diamond buyer. Anybody know of some sites that will give us some good guidance? (as we know next to nothing about any of this!) thx!

8/31/2009 10:03:44 PM

By the way, she said yes on Sunday morning.

Wedding plans here we (she) come.

1st step -- Location ----- Emerald Isle, NC
2nd step -- date -- TBD

9/1/2009 12:35:02 AM

^congratulations!

9/1/2009 7:23:16 AM

^^ I got married on the beach at EI and my wife has been looking to break into event planning after having so much fun planning ours. We'll also be living down there starting October. I don't know what you have in mind but I can put you in touch with her and she'd probably help/plan your wedding for next to nothing just so she can build a reference base.

9/1/2009 7:33:16 AM

If Emerald Isle were Topsail I'd totally take you up on that

9/1/2009 7:41:53 AM

When you say vintage do you mean something like this? http://tinyurl.com/lx7kqh

9/1/2009 8:56:22 AM

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"so... after scanning all 22 pages of this thread, no links really proved to be helpful to the first-time diamond buyer. Anybody know of some sites that will give us some good guidance? (as we know next to nothing about any of this!) thx!"

aea check out the last page (21) there is a lot of useful information in there...

I found the links I posted at the very bottom of the page really useful for my search b/c it went into "what matters"...

Get a really solid idea of what price you want to fit into, then get on JamesAllen.com and look at some stones to find what you have to do to get into your price point, then to get a real world size feel go to Jareds...

Cut, Clarity, Color is the order to consider... Size is the direct variable to scale the cost

Solitaire settings will run up to $1.5k for general stuff... I'm partial to the platinum 6 prong tiffany setting which goes for $540 on blue nile... so I factor that into the cost and then search for rocks from there.

General Goal is an "eye clean" stone... and a Diamond is NOT an investment in anything other than your future... You will never be able to sell it for anything remotely around what you paid for it

9/2/2009 6:45:35 PM

Question for the guys: who was nervous when they asked?

9/3/2009 11:03:41 AM

nevermind asking the question. i'mma be nervous bout droppin dat $texas

9/3/2009 11:05:29 AM

^^ I was nervous when I asked, and we had dated almost 7 years and I knew 100% the answer would be "Yes!" haha. I wasnt so nervous I was shaking but huge butterflies in my stomach.

9/3/2009 11:14:21 AM

Last night we were chatting about her day and she was talking about how she loved using her Elmo(sp?) projector and how she liked seeing her hands on the wall (lovely hands)... People joke about how girls aren't going to carry around a 10x loupe... But the rock is going to be on the freaking wall... My clarity requirements just went up 2 grades b/c she WILL be looking at it all the time under magnification...
Doh!

9/3/2009 1:30:37 PM

Congratulations jmpack!


I said YES August 22!



It's white gold, princess cut, floating solitaire with accent diamonds. The accents go 1/2 way around the ring and underneath the floating solitaire. He did a great job on his own and I was very impressed with his choice! It's a perfect mix of what we both liked: he liked solitaires and I liked 3 stone or accents best. My ring is beautiful.

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9/3/2009 2:03:25 PM

He proposed yesterday morning... I said yes of course

10/18/2009 10:22:49 AM

Congratulations!

And you already know this, but that's beautiful!

10/18/2009 11:32:52 AM

ahhhh its beautiful!! (both of them)

10/18/2009 1:30:34 PM

If I find a girl engagement worthy, she'll be all set with a various array of costume jewelry.

10/18/2009 2:58:52 PM

bttt

I was about 2 months overdue since for my extended service plan visit but I guess it only would have been a problem if I were trying to file a claim on it. ^__^;;

HEY JOIE THIS BUMP IS FOR YOU

11/1/2009 5:15:06 PM

why thnx u!!



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11/1/2009 6:28:09 PM

aw

11/1/2009 6:36:15 PM

My guy has been hinting. The other day I told him that if he wasted 3k on a ring instead of a house down payment or an awesome honeymoon I'd be pissed. Diamonique all the way! I'm not ashamed to be broke.

11/1/2009 7:06:42 PM

^^^daaaaaaaaang that's nice!

11/1/2009 7:34:20 PM

DAMN Joie! Niiiiiiiiiiiice

11/1/2009 8:37:57 PM

i did good.

11/2/2009 8:45:02 AM

i'll get an actual picture of her ring tonight or something...but here's what it looks like

11/2/2009 8:55:20 AM

that's nice quag. good choice.

11/2/2009 9:20:03 AM

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"By the way, she said yes on Sunday morning. "

congrats j4

11/2/2009 9:31:00 AM

d7freestyler, what's that style called? beveling? or halo? my girl looked at rings like that, too, but i can't remember what that's called...it came down between one like that and one i got

did Joie pick it out or did you do it yourself?

11/2/2009 10:21:28 AM

Love these last two. Really beautiful!

Congrats, Joie!

11/2/2009 10:44:08 AM

daaaaaaaang yall. Nice shit!

11/2/2009 8:49:30 PM

Gorgeous rings everyone. Congratulations.

11/2/2009 10:01:47 PM

Thinking about proposing to my SO, and she has stated several times that she doesn't an expensive ring or a diamond, but does want some kind of ring.

I think she'd like an emerald or something like that...something smallish but important to her (birthstone, irish, etc.).

But, most of the people I know got a diamond for an engagement ring...and it's kinda customary.

A) How often is a diamond engagement ring an option and people get something else instead.

B) Is this some she-trick/test, where they say they don't want something but they really do?

11/11/2009 5:09:01 PM

^it is always a test/trick

You could do a diamond center with emerald sides or vice versa for the ring if you want to include both.

11/11/2009 5:50:55 PM

Emerald is a soft stone and not suitable for daily wear. If you're worried she's tricking you or something work on your communication or talk to her mom.

It's been brought up before but left hand rings that aren't diamond usually say promise ring to a lot of people.

11/11/2009 6:23:57 PM

My fiancee and i broke up. doh.

Anyone want to buy this?


Ritani Endless Love. I bought it from QTPie

11/11/2009 9:43:09 PM

oh no dan!

11/11/2009 9:48:09 PM

^^ awww i'm sorry.

11/11/2009 9:55:08 PM

how much?

I'm very sorry

11/11/2009 10:06:43 PM

^^^^ damn

11/12/2009 8:14:32 AM