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just to give you a rough gauge, i paid around 17k for a 0.7, D, VVS1, tiffany setting.

 

Lee Hwa gave me a sweeter deal of about 15k for a 0.7 something, D, IF.

 

what is your cut grading for the tiffany? Seems rather ex.. maybe the D jack it that high.. is the price recent?

 

Coz when i pop over tiffany and Cartier, it's not really that ex..

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Hi ppl

 

Time has come for me to tie a knot [sweatdrop][sweatdrop] but i am a idiot when come to diamonds .. [blush] .

 

My girl has set me on a Tiffany engagement ring [dead]

 

How much would .4 carat from Tiffany cost me? my budget is about 6 k

 

Do I need to make a appointment to see it? payment can done by installment plan or not? [confused]

 

Married brothers...please advice or share experience [:p]

 

Payment for wedding ring by instalments marks the beginning of trouble.

 

She should know your financial capacity but yet asked for something that you can only purchase via instalments although its rightful that she wants something fancy since its once in a lifetime (or maybe not? [rolleyes])

 

My advice as a non-married brother... be wary and be very careful on your choice.

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since the rest said it is within ur budget. forget the negativity of it being more pricey. just bring her there to choose. the last thing u want to do is argue over a few hundreds $ with her. u can also check out singaporebrides.com forum since this has been thoroughly discussed there b4.

 

good luck

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my rule of thumb.... colour grading inversely proportional to cup size [:p]

 

but seriously if u're a salaryman try don't pay instalment lah. $ situation likely to get very tight after wedding/honeymoon/married life etc

 

lastly congrats and all the best! [thumbsup]

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aiyoh fren

wat kind of material ger do you hv ??

 

ok... screw tiffanny

 

go to robertson walk

opposite UE Sq

 

on the ground floor there is a guy ... he is a private jeweller / designer

think the name is Adam ... forgot the name of the store already

Walk into the lobby, first shop on your left

 

for 6k you shd be able to get VVS1 + maybe G color or something close to it .

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just to give you a rough gauge, i paid around 17k for a 0.7, D, VVS1, tiffany setting.

 

Lee Hwa gave me a sweeter deal of about 15k for a 0.7 something, D, IF.

 

what is your cut grading for the tiffany? Seems rather ex.. maybe the D jack it that high.. is the price recent?

 

Coz when i pop over tiffany and Cartier, it's not really that ex..

 

it is the D

 

D is the cause of that hefty price increase

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Tiffany diamonds are way overpriced. You pay for the snob appeal and brand, that's all.

 

nah.. he's paying for the box and paper bag... [laugh]

 

cannot like that say

 

Box can get you a blow

 

Paper bag can get you a swallow

 

might not be that expensive afterall

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skali all her frens all married rich man... [laugh]

dan his bank going to be empty juz for the ring alone not to tok abt wedding dinner.... [sly]

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Hi ppl

 

Time has come for me to tie a knot sweatdrop.gifsweatdrop.gif but i am a idiot when come to diamonds .. blush.gif .

 

My girl has set me on a Tiffany engagement ring dead.gif

 

How much would .4 carat from Tiffany cost me? my budget is about 6 k

 

Do I need to make a appointment to see it? payment can done by installment plan or not? confused.gif

 

Married brothers...please advice or share experience tongue.gif

 

Bro, I think Tiffany diamonds are rather expensive, you should be able to get a similiar quality diamonds at much cheaper price....

 

Note that the most important thing of the 4 C (Cut, Clarity, Colour and Carat) is the cutting. It will make a lesser colour grade seems more colourless than it is. The depth, angle and width somehow determine how well a diamond reflect lights. There is also a programme on the website whereby if you key-in the portion (dimension) of a diamond it will calculate and show you the score on how good it is.

 

Do go for diamonds with either AGS or GIA certificate, the rest of the certificate including in-house certificate may not be recognised world-wide. I believe those GIA certificate dated year 2006 onward they have included an additional component of "Cut grade", if possible aim for the excellent cut grade diamonds.

 

Do read up more on diamonds stuff, if you like I can provide a few website as I was in your similiar position 1 year ago. I got my wife a 0.51 GIA excellent cut diamond ring on platinum setting from Larry Jewelry, but its not their house brand diamond.

 

Good luck on your search for that special diamond for your future wife. thumbsup.gif

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There is also a programme on the website whereby if you key-in the portion (dimension) of a diamond it will calculate and show you the score on how good it is.

Care to share the web add? [:)]

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Hi ppl

 

Time has come for me to tie a knot [sweatdrop][sweatdrop] but i am a idiot when come to diamonds .. [blush] .

 

My girl has set me on a Tiffany engagement ring [dead]

 

How much would .4 carat from Tiffany cost me? my budget is about 6 k

 

Do I need to make a appointment to see it? payment can done by installment plan or not? [confused]

 

Married brothers...please advice or share experience [:p]

 

Payment for wedding ring by instalments marks the beginning of trouble.

 

She should know your financial capacity but yet asked for something that you can only purchase via instalments although its rightful that she wants something fancy since its once in a lifetime (or maybe not? [rolleyes])

 

My advice as a non-married brother... be wary and be very careful on your choice.

 

 

Sadly, that is still the trend for new debtors... [:/]

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Neutral Newbie
Hi ppl

 

Time has come for me to tie a knot [sweatdrop][sweatdrop] but i am a idiot when come to diamonds .. [blush] .

 

My girl has set me on a Tiffany engagement ring [dead]

 

How much would .4 carat from Tiffany cost me? my budget is about 6 k

 

Do I need to make a appointment to see it? payment can done by installment plan or not? [confused]

 

Married brothers...please advice or share experience [:p]

 

Your girl has an expensive taste. She will love you no matter Tiffany or not. Diamond or not. [;)]

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just to give you a rough gauge, i paid around 17k for a 0.7, D, VVS1, tiffany setting.

 

Lee Hwa gave me a sweeter deal of about 15k for a 0.7 something, D, IF.

 

what is your cut grading for the tiffany? Seems rather ex.. maybe the D jack it that high.. is the price recent?

 

Coz when i pop over tiffany and Cartier, it's not really that ex..

 

it is the D

 

D is the cause of that hefty price increase

 

 

Still, it doesn't really justify the price... but then, buy liao.. enjoy..

 

I must still say that D is quite hard to find but it's good to have a balance among the Cs

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Tiffany diamonds are way overpriced. You pay for the snob appeal and brand, that's all.

 

nah.. he's paying for the box and paper bag... [laugh]

 

cannot like that say

 

Box can get you a blow

 

Paper bag can get you a swallow

 

might not be that expensive afterall

 

wah lao.. that sound crude leh.. let's not mar the happy ocasion with such dirty thingy... [:p] we shd be sprirtually clean for now [angel][laugh]

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skali all her frens all married rich man... [laugh]

dan his bank going to be empty juz for the ring alone not to tok abt wedding dinner.... [sly]

 

 

there's always installment mar.. and there's so many bank.. if his credit limit is 10k, then I think that's enough for a lot of things liao..

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Hi ppl

 

Time has come for me to tie a knot [sweatdrop][sweatdrop] but i am a idiot when come to diamonds .. [blush] .

 

My girl has set me on a Tiffany engagement ring [dead]

 

How much would .4 carat from Tiffany cost me? my budget is about 6 k

 

Do I need to make a appointment to see it? payment can done by installment plan or not? [confused]

 

Married brothers...please advice or share experience [:p]

 

Wah!! $6K budget? Frankly .... $6K is not a budget liao ..... [laugh][laugh]

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