I think u can get a loose 0.6ct diamond from Wah Chan, VS2, F colour, 3ex cut with GIA cert for less than 7k LOL that was a year ago when i went to get my proposal ring..price depends on how good u manage to nego.

My fren got a pretty good deal from Habib recently but dun remember the specs though, lower spec but larger size.

U r only paying for the design of the company, like Tiffany & Co's

U can always get a loose diamond from habib, wah chan, poh kong etc and send it over for it to be "custom made"...

*edit i think the special cut is the lumiere cut which is different from conventional ones

This post has been edited by hitsugayat10: Sep 7 2015, 07:36 PM

U can nego for sure...0.7ct also depends on other specs esp colour..
I did stayed in wah chan as a trainee manager (for a while) more than a decade ago and the baseline is 30% discount for branch manager (which i think is still keeping the same policy)
Not sure about the rest but i got my diamond for 4.5k when price stated was about 6.6k or 6.7k...dun remember
Just dun look at the base price
U can get at least 25% by negotiating...i think my friend got more in habib

This post has been edited by hitsugayat10: Sep 7 2015, 07:57 PM