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Originally posted by NotMinus
don't buy jewelry online or at discount retailers, its cheap and it really is cheap, they won't be properly polished, the stone settings tend not to last and any details won't have been properly taken care of. Go to a local jeweller / goldsmith and take a look at what they make in shop, you will spend a little more but you will actually buy something worth keeping.
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GOD,
This is SO TRUE.
Jewelry is one thing I would NEVER buy online because each stone is unique and requires the buyer to know something about what they are doing.
I also recommend a local independent jeweler NOT in a Mall.
Take some time to get educated online about the type of jewelery you are interested in (gold karats, diamond 4c's etc.)
And NEVER buy from Zales. They are the cheap branch of another dealer (Bailey Banks and Biddle?) and the stuff they sell is little better than industrial grade. I took my loop (a nice Hasting's triplet) to look at their diamonds when the future ex and I were shopping for her engagement ring and I thought the damn thing was dirty when I first looked at one of their stones.
Turns out the "diamond" was full of inclusions, not that the price reflected how crappy it was.
I hear many Zales stores won't even let you borrow one of their loops now.