Where did your FH purchase your ring from....I am helping my brother find a reliable place. He has already looked at Fortunoff. Suggestions???? TIA
Cacarina
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Diamonds International in the city is good. He could go look around in the diamond district in Manhattan. It is somewhere in the 40s on the west side.
MrsList09
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Mine is from Canada. Diamonds are apparently much cheaper there and Canada doesn't buy blood diamonds so if he wants to plan a trip to Montreal or Toronto with his friends, he can multi-task.
jbirney
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friend of ours work in the diamond distr. NYC and took my fh to Allure- great website. check it out!!
MnM182008
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FH got mine from the Karat Shop in Huntington. However I think the best place to get a ring from is Costco, everything is set in platinum, and the quality of the diamonds are fabulous. They have a larger variety online.
HamptonsBride
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I got my e-ring setting & wedding band from a jeweler in the city...loved dealing with him & his stuff is beautiful... Leigh J Nacht
Alexandra17
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jenna's jewelers in Deer Park
Dee0522
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DH got my diamond somewhere in NYC, in the diamond district. The setting was made by Rose Jewelers in Patchogue.
Mine is from blue nile and it's awesome, I ordered my matching wedding band through them too. they have a 30 day return policy no question ask if you are not happy with it...
Lsorrent
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FH got mine from Leder's Jewelers in Rockville Centre. His father uses them for all of his mother's jewelry too.
Nitania13
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We bought the setting from Michael C. Fina in Manhattan at 45th Street. Justin Stadler is an amazing sales guy there. We bought the diamond from the diamond district on 47th street (btw 5th & 6th Ave). You have to make sure you get a GIA certified stone (NOT EGL) and know exactly what you're looking for as far as cut, color, clarity & size (carat) so you can properly compare stones. Also take note of the polish, symmetry and proportion percentages. Those will all affect the sparkle of the diamond. By the time we'd picked my stone we knew A LOT. It's a lot of foot work, but you can get an amazing deal there if you do your homework and make sure to get a certified stone. ALSO, VERY IMPORTANT. Before you buy the stone make sure your brother has the jeweler bring it to an appraiser on the block and have it appraised in front of you. Justin @ Michael C. Fina actually helped us find an appraiser (and we didnt even get the stone from him). My FH went w/two separate jewelers to appraise the two stones he had narrowed it down to and chose from that (and we literally looked at over 200 stones by the time he'd decided). We also looked at several Fortunoffs (who were ridiculously overpriced for not even that nice of stones), other diamond centers throughout NJ, LI, etc. We REALLY searched a lot.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to FM me.
gabbie83
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R&R in the diamond district their stuff we got our wedding bands there as well and i got beautiful diamond earrings from DH for Christmas last year
FutureMrsG
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Fh bought my ring at Michael C. Fina in the city.
Ednkim4eva
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We had the setting made from Sam in Diamond Roof (Tri-County). Got the diamond from NYC.
JACK808
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John J. Sampieri in the Diamond District.
Felice917
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Bluenile. com is comprehensive and they give you the GIA certification. If nothing else, the website gives a ton of information and he can educate himself on the process.
mosh424
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FH bought mine at Fortunoff and does not regret it one bit.
OY
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Edcora in Manhattan! they have beautiful one of a kind jewelries! If you go, ask for Eddie -- he's wonderful.
here's the info, EDCORA JEWELRY INC, 26A Elizabeth Street, NYC 212 274-8099
