January 25th, 2008
Occasionally we get asked if we can match a price or give a better deal on a diamond because someone has seen what seems to be a similar diamond somewhere else or on another website.
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January 16th, 2008
I’m sure most people would think twice about buying a diamond (or two) from a stranger in a McDonald’s.
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January 15th, 2008
The OGI Firetrace software is software that predicts the light performance of a diamond using its proportions. Whilst this method isn’t new (DiamCalc, AGS), both OGI and Sarin have “consumer-friendly” (and “dealer-friendly” 🙂 ) versions hat show brightness (white light), dispersion (coloured light) and scintillation (play of light on the surface of the diamond).
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January 14th, 2008
Recently, we brought in two D colour Asscher cut diamonds for a couple of clients.
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January 9th, 2008
Out of the most respected labs in the world, no lab apart from the AGS gives princess cuts a cut grade. Therefore, for the most part, consumers usually are left in the dark about the true cut grade of princess cuts. Whilst some dealers may go merely by table and depth percentages, and others by crown height, these numbers alone aren’t the best indicators of a superior princess cut.
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January 3rd, 2008
One of the perils of selling jewellery online is that at some point in time, the customer will need the ring resized, polished, claws tightened and so on. A ring, like a car, isn’t maintenance free. So, they will take it to a local jeweller, who will use the opportunity to try and drum up some business and badmouth online jewellers.
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January 2nd, 2008
In Ideal-Scope images of round brilliant cut diamonds, it’s common to see 8 black arrows amongst a sea of red.
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December 30th, 2007
Everyday it seems that another diamond website offering thousands of stones. Conversely, everyday it seems more and more jewellers and diamond retailers complain and even slander these websites.
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December 27th, 2007
We’ve updated our diamond analysis methods and in the coming weeks, will be improving it even further.
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December 8th, 2007
We recently increased the prices for our platinum engagement rings by $200 ($220 inc GST).
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