Sja

Get yo’ bling here!
I got the contact information of one of the jewelry associates through my brother-​in-​law, who also got his wife’s engagement ring here. Through a combination of phone calls, e-​mails, and office visits, I got the exact ring I was looking for. This is how it all went down:
We talked about budget and style of ring I was looking for. He basically told me straight up that my budget was not going to work for the size and shape of diamond I was looking for. I liked the honesty. He sent me some images of mountings/​settings that he had in his inventory. I was not satisfied with any of them. I was pretty anal about it, and marked up the images in photoshop and sent it back to him. I wanted the band to flair out wider as it approached the center stone and surrounding pave. He didn’t have anything like it and told me he would have to get the mounting/​setting custom made and that it would take 4 – 6 weeks. I said sure no problem. A month later he sent me a shop drawing /​rendering of the mounting for me to approve before fabrication. Again, I had some more adjustments that I marked up in photoshop and sent back to him. A week later, I got the revised rendering and I approved it for fabrication. I was also asked if I wanted them to make the wedding band at the same time. I had to do it at that time, so that it would match the engagement ring, due to the percentages of gold and copper that were mixed to make the rose gold. I thought it was an excellent suggestion.
While all that was going on, I visited his office to look at diamonds that he had picked out to match my request for a high quality asscher cut diamond. At this point, I had researched diamonds to death and knew all about the 4 c’s, depth and table, etc. He showed me 3 diamonds, of differing qualities and sizes. I inspected each one with magnifying glass, one was .75 ct, another was 1 ct, the last was 1.25 ct and had nearly flawless characteristics. Guess which one I got. There was no pressure, it’s just that I couldn’t help myself, when you see 3 diamonds next to each other and 1 just sticks out like that.
So about 6 weeks after I approved the rendering, the rings were complete. I went back to the office and gave my payment. I saw the ring and it was just perfect. My wife was floored, and still tells me every couple of days how much she loves her ring. She put it on Pinterest and apparently it keeps getting pinned.
So anyway, it was a long process, but it was well worth it. If you are looking for an engagement ring, and want to get the diamond straight from the diamond dealer and not from a middle man, this is the place. Ladies, feel free to forward this review to your man.