What's the HCA and how much is the damage?

HCA 1.4, around SGD4876 inclusive 7% gst

But of course I will get slight discount from them and also gst refund. Estimate total with setting around SGD6k

Managed to find another similar diamond with similar score. But the heart and arrow looks weird - Link

This post has been edited by XiuKeong: Aug 28 2016, 11:58 PM

That is a failed H&A!

Congrats on your other purchase btw.

Yea, 3EX with HCA 1.4 but the H&A is most important.

I'm yet to receive my purchased diamond H&A. Cross finger that it is Signature Ideal as they advertised

Oh? What did they show you then? You are talking about Jann Paul, right?

Michael Trio. Not sure why the diamond is at HK, apparently they said the HK people buy good HCA diamond

It is normal for the diamond to be elsewhere, probably with the supplier. In your case, HK. The store usually won't pile up their inventory with a lot of stocks. Even if you buy in Malaysia or from any other countries, it should work the same way. Unless the diamond is a signature cut that belongs to the store, then maybe they will have it with them. I can't say that I am 100% correct, but this should be how retail business works, for instance, if you want to buy a particular sofa from a furniture shop, they will need to order from the factory itself. I know a jeweller in Malaysia call Tailored Jewel also take in stock from HK.

Another interesting fact is that different jewellers may connect to the same supplier. So store A, store B, store C can help you buy the same diamond, as long as they are connected to the same supplier. Same like furniture shop A, B, or C can help you buy the same sofa, as long as it is from the same factory.

I see, hopefully mine will turn out fine or else need to find other diamonds already

So how did it go?

HK warehouse sold it already, I need to find another one

While you are searching for another piece, you can try to take a look at WhiteFlash and BrianGavin for comparison. The clarity and colour may not be what you want but still worth to take a look. My personal experience with WhiteFlash was pretty nice. Did not try BrianGavin though, but Brian Gavin used to work for WhiteFlash. Both ship to Malaysia. And of course, we will need to pay for GST, so need to take it into account as well. Both companies use AGS cert (mostly I guess).

WhiteFlash
0.62 ct F VS1 A CUT ABOVE® Hearts and Arrows Super Ideal Round Cut Loose Diamond
0.635 ct F VVS2 A CUT ABOVE® Hearts and Arrows Super Ideal Round Cut Loose Diamond

BrianGavin
0.617 D VS2 Hearts and Arrows Round

If you are in Singapore, you can try JamesAllen as well because they ship to Singapore, but not Malaysia. JamesAllen use GIA cert (mostly I guess). You can also use this for comparison if you wish to.
James Allen Search Result

This post has been edited by kambingkoh: Aug 31 2016, 11:25 PM

Can't bro, already paid deposit but they didn't secure my diamond.

Haha, for your reference only. Don't worry. There are plenty of GIA certified diamonds out there. I am sure you will get yours soon.

To find a good diamond is easy but to find a good diamond with good HCA score in that store is hard

Hmm, so limited choice for that store? What are the other options they offer you now?

I'll give them time to find me a similar diamond to the one that I want, if not I will ask for refund most probably.

All the best!

hi, can I know any feedback from habib customer? I going to buy propose ring
after see so many shop (d&p, love co, pohkong, tomei, wah chan, goldheart and etc), i found habib price are most reasonable.
I just want to buy a normal diamond and a good design setting.
for setting habib is less than 1k and other are around 2-3k

HABIB? Buying Hearts on Fire (HoF)?

As far as I know, if buy whole ring with diamond, the ring should be cheaper, and not something around 2-3k. Anyway, retailer can charge more to the diamond and make the ring setting look more affordable, and vice-versa, whereby the retailer charge more to the ring setting, and make the diamond look cheaper. I think both makes sense to me.

They usually have a separate costs for both, you can ask them about the individual item price, aka the ring setting and the diamond. Also, you can ask them about how heavy is the white gold setting in terms of grams. I have seen ring settings that is quite hollow at the back, meaning, it uses less gold, that's how some business try to save cost.

Another point to concern about is how many karat gold are you getting. Some jewellers these days offer 18K, 14K, 10K, 9K. Higher K more expensive.

And if you are getting, for example, 18K, it will have 75% as gold, 25% as others. Usually, quality ring setting will consist of Palladium, as far as White Gold is concerned. There can be some jewellers' 18K White Gold that DO NOT have Palladium.

If you don't mind, would like to know what is the market price like for HABIB's diamonds. Did not go into the shop before.

Hai, may I know any recommended jewellery shop that can resize diamond platinum ring. What will the cost be to resize? Thanks