求教各位在美国买过钻戒或钻石的朋友

[小村故事]

总听说美国钻石比这边便宜，有什么特别好的商店推荐吗？
谢谢！

 

[OrangeJuice]

You can try the following places:

1) Chinatown - There are many jewelry stores on Canal Street. Make sure you negotiated with them (50% at least). If you don't negotiate, you end up paying more.

2) Diamond Street - 47th St. and 5th Ave (and 6th Ave) in midtown Manhattan area. Those jewelry stores are mostly owned by Jewish. So make sure you negotiate with them (50% at least). If you pay cash, you can get a better deal.

Note that many stores have the same product and you must look around and compare to find the best price. There are also many people that will try to take advantage of you and sell you poor quality merchandise (e.g., SI1 or lower clarity).

Be prepared to walk away - Many of the jewelers here will try to push you to buy. Don't ever buy the first thing you see. It will still be there in an hour. Look around, find out price on comparable products and find someone you can talk to try to buy from (e.g., manager who can make decision).

Make sure you get a receipt and appraisal paper - This will help you find out if you really had a deal.

Be careful with your purse!

Do not tell them how much you want to spend! If you do, this is the price they will charge you. Tell them what you are looking for and then only after they show it to you and indicate the price should you tell them what you wanted to pay. That will leave you in a better bargaining position.

Tricks they can play
- They can show you a certification that doesn't belong to a diamond. To prevent this type of trickery, check the diamond stone in a loop to make sure the inclusions match the ones shown on the chart. If you have any doubts, don't buy it.
- They may sell you a synthetic and treated diamond stone as real diamond stone. This will be hard for you to identify unless you know jewelry. However, a good rule of thumb is anything that looks too perfect and is at a 「great」 price probably isn't real.

So, I would look for a diamond with defects. A perfect stone is likely not a real diamond.

You can try:
David S Diamonds Inc
9 W 47th St
New York, NY 10036

Also check out New York's Diamond Club and ask them for a list of their members:
http://www.nyddc.com/

Good luck on your diamond purchase! Let me know once you've bought your diamond there.

P.S. Have you checked out Costco.ca? Their on-line diamond products are quite good in terms of quality (VS2 and I color) and price. I highly recommend Costco.

The info I gave you is based on my friend's experience. I haven't bought any diamonds from NYC yet. But I have collected good enough information, just in case one day I will go and check it out.

 

[小村故事]

You can try the following places:

1) Chinatown - There are many jewelry stores on Canal Street. Make sure you negotiated with them (50% at least). If you don't negotiate, you end up paying more.

2) Diamond Street - 47th St. and 5th Ave (and 6th Ave) in midtown Manhattan area. Those jewelry stores are mostly owned by Jewish. So make sure you negotiate with them (50% at least). If you pay cash, you can get a better deal.

Note that many stores have the same product and you must look around and compare to find the best price. There are also many people that will try to take advantage of you and sell you poor quality merchandise (e.g., SI1 or lower clarity).

Be prepared to walk away - Many of the jewelers here will try to push you to buy. Don't ever buy the first thing you see. It will still be there in an hour. Look around, find out price on comparable products and find someone you can talk to try to buy from (e.g., manager who can make decision).

Make sure you get a receipt and appraisal paper - This will help you find out if you really had a deal.

Be careful with your purse!

Do not tell them how much you want to spend! If you do, this is the price they will charge you. Tell them what you are looking for and then only after they show it to you and indicate the price should you tell them what you wanted to pay. That will leave you in a better bargaining position.

Tricks they can play
- They can show you a certification that doesn't belong to a diamond. To prevent this type of trickery, check the diamond stone in a loop to make sure the inclusions match the ones shown on the chart. If you have any doubts, don't buy it.
- They may sell you a synthetic and treated diamond stone as real diamond stone. This will be hard for you to identify unless you know jewelry. However, a good rule of thumb is anything that looks too perfect and is at a 「great」 price probably isn't real.

So, I would look for a diamond with defects. A perfect stone is likely not a real diamond.

You can try:
David S Diamonds Inc
9 W 47th St
New York, NY 10036

Also check out New York's Diamond Club and ask them for a list of their members:
http://www.nyddc.com/

Good luck on your diamond purchase! Let me know once you've bought your diamond there.

P.S. Have you checked out Costco.ca? Their on-line diamond products are quite good in terms of quality (VS2 and I color) and price. I highly recommend Costco.

The info I gave you is based on my friend's experience. I haven't bought any diamonds from NYC yet. But I have collected good enough information, just in case one day I will go and check it out.

So appreciated! I know there are many jewelry stores in Mahattan especially in that Jewish street. Just don't want to get involved with their deals cuz I'm definitely not as smart as they are.

I spent a bit of time searching online saying there are several large &popular websites/physical jewelry stores. Blue Nile, Diamond and Mondera. I purchased once at Costco, not bad experience in terms of the price and quality, but for sure they are way more attractive by those 3 brands in the States when you purchase larger piece. It's always helpful to do some study.

 

[luvmonbora]

如果有机会去趟George town, Cayman Island,那是免税天堂，钻石，手表专卖店，价钱很好。
看到很多人拿着钻石/手表品牌价目直接在专卖店交易。
http://www.kirkfreeport.net/locations.html

 

[Eye2010]

去las vegas，选择特别多，想要什么样的钻有什么样的，尤其是顶级的4C，绝对不会存在没货的情况~！

 

[Shamanlord]

vegas,....

 

[苦逼热狗]

路过顺带问一句，结婚要准备几个戒指啊？求婚+订婚+成婚以后一共6个？4个？还是3个？

 

[Eye2010]

路过顺带问一句，结婚要准备几个戒指啊？求婚+订婚+成婚以后一共6个？4个？还是3个？

男方给女方的：

求婚戒--带钻的，预算：男人两个月薪水，你攒钱吧~

结婚戒--不带钻的，挺便宜的，就几百块钱。

女方给男的：

结婚戒，也不带钻的，也便宜，就几百

结婚以后就看你心意了，爱送多少送多少了，越多越好咯~！

 

[苦逼热狗]

男方给女方的：

求婚戒--带钻的，预算：男人两个月薪水，你攒钱吧~

结婚戒--不带钻的，挺便宜的，就几百块钱。

女方给男的：

结婚戒，也不带钻的，也便宜，就几百

结婚以后就看你心意了，爱送多少送多少了，越多越好咯~！

我现在钱都存着等着交property tax了.......
有个认识的人好像在peoples谈了一个3克拉的石头，1万拿下的？！
3克拉品质好的，切工还成的在那个什么blue nile石头得要多少啊？

 

[挺傻]

我现在钱都存着等着交property tax了.......
有个认识的人好像在peoples谈了一个3克拉的石头，1万拿下的？！
3克拉品质好的，切工还成的在那个什么blue nile石头得要多少啊？

一万买三克拉的石头，那石头是什么成色呀。

你要订婚用订婚钻戒，我觉得选择就在TIFFANY或者CARTIER。其他的就不考虑了吧。天天带着的，不在大在于品质。

其他的自己买着带带都无所谓，网上便宜很多，COSTCO也不错。

 

[Eye2010]

我现在钱都存着等着交property tax了.......
有个认识的人好像在peoples谈了一个3克拉的石头，1万拿下的？！
3克拉品质好的，切工还成的在那个什么blue nile石头得要多少啊？

其实求婚戒指这个东西就是个心意，量力而为了。

当初就算我老公不给我买戒指求婚，我肯定也要追着跟他说--我愿意！！！

年轻时候，不用勉强，见过好几对都是结婚以后，经济好点了，再买更大的钻给老婆的。

老夫老妻的恩恩爱爱更珍贵~！

3克拉1万加币，这个钻肯定不怎么样，颜色和纯度肯定都不好。

最近才看报纸说，一般的拿得出手的钻，市价是1克拉1万加币~

3克拉好的钻，距离我还太遥远，没研究过呢还，等牛人现身说法~！

 

[Eye2010]

一万买三克拉的石头，那石头是什么成色呀。

你要订婚用订婚钻戒，我觉得选择就在TIFFANY或者CARTIER。其他的就不考虑了吧。天天带着的，不在大在于品质。

其他的自己买着带带都无所谓，网上便宜很多，COSTCO也不错。

COSTCO价格在加拿大来说真的很不错了~！

 

[某某]

求婚的钻戒，预算在男生三个月左右的工资，就可以了。不一定要买几克拉几克拉的。太大了，戴着都担心。

 

[xiaoyoyo]

其实求婚戒指这个东西就是个心意，量力而为了。

当初就算我老公不给我买戒指求婚，我肯定也要追着跟他说--我愿意！！！

年轻时候，不用勉强，见过好几对都是结婚以后，经济好点了，再买更大的钻给老婆的。

老夫老妻的恩恩爱爱更珍贵~！

3克拉1万加币，这个钻肯定不怎么样，颜色和纯度肯定都不好。

最近才看报纸说，一般的拿得出手的钻，市价是1克拉1万加币~

3克拉好的钻，距离我还太遥远，没研究过呢还，等牛人现身说法~！

同意。
俺至今还没婚戒呢。天天开心比大钻戒来得实惠。

 

[苦逼热狗]

一万买三克拉的石头，那石头是什么成色呀。

你要订婚用订婚钻戒，我觉得选择就在TIFFANY或者CARTIER。其他的就不考虑了吧。天天带着的，不在大在于品质。

其他的自己买着带带都无所谓，网上便宜很多，COSTCO也不错。

没办法,人就图个大.
路上走回来的时候想起了朋友跟我说得价位, 这玩意儿不是按重量算得,个头越大成色越好的翻倍的跳, 心理就嘎嘣一下不淡定了, 还想着还让不让人讨媳妇了啊. 朋友说3克拉得小30万人民币.