Shopping for engagement ring
From your experience, which shop that you're satisfied with?

- Prefer physical shops or those can see the physical jewellery
- No expensive brands like Swarovski or Tiffany or De Beers
- Prefer those already setup with ring instead of choosing loose gem and ring separately

FYI Swarovski is NOT expensive brand

manmade crystals only

far east jewellers, ampang park.

Oops ok haha kept brainwashed by ads that it is premium

This ok ah? Got experience before?

Wah Chan for the best deals!

Wah Chan vs Poh Kong. Both ok?

It is depends on you whether you are more concern on price, quality, service or brand.

If you are looking on Quality:

Rank 1 should go to 101 facets Hemera Diamond which is available on 20% of Poh Kong outlets, Diamond Boutique, Diamond and Gold and Poh Kong Gallery.
Why Hemera diamond?
- The only diamond in Malaysia which consist of more than 100 facets.
- Currently the world most brilliance diamond in the world since 4 years ago.
- Trade In Value is the highest in the market. There is no deduction on the diamond if you upgrade to any size in the future. Depreciation only apply on the white gold casing. Thus, there is 2 price tag which separate the diamond and casing when you purchase. And this is the only diamond you can sell for cash in the future provided with receipt and certificate (sell back to the same company).
- The design of casing is different with other company, it is specially made for Hemera diamond only. the casing and prongs are thick from side view (although from top view you really can't see it is thick).
- You can view the pavilion part of diamond. Usually normal casing cover half of the pavilion part of diamond.
- Can easily find the outlets for services.

Other options for quality diamond:
Allove Diamond from SK Jewellery with 81 facets.
- Price is higher than Hemera Diamond even after discount.
- Brilliance, Fire and Sparkle at grade High.

Estrella Diamond from Diamond Platinium
- Their marketing and service is good.


If you are more concern on Pricing:
Wah Chan should be the rank 1
- Normal diamond (57 facets)
- Quality of workmanship and service hmm hmm

Lazo Diamond should be rank 2



Don't need to thx me. My 2 cents. I work at Jewellery line.
You can forget about all those branded shop with normal diamond but ridiculous price like Love & Co, Tiffany and others.

This post has been edited by doraemonkiller: Oct 28 2016, 10:33 PM

I prefer Wah Chan.

Poh Kong punya salesperson very cocky.

I went to their Midvalley branch and Sunway branch.

Both cocky like sh!t.

Whereas Wah Chan punya willing to spend a few hours chatting with me about their diamond grading.

Depends the salesperson you met.

Takkan both branches I also met with fooked up salespersons right?

If need to take few hours just to talk about grading then most of the salesperson might become cocky except the newbs. Only within 15 minutes to understand the grading is good enough.

I went there and tell them my requirements they already macam don't wanna do my business.

Where still got chance to talk with them?

The Wah Chan one is the salesperson willingly explain to me the details wan.

Deswai can talk until a few hours.

Besides chatting about diamonds we also got talk about marriage proposals, which ring setting his customers usually look for and so on.

What is the sell back discount if I don't want to upgrade? Meaning after 5 years, my RM 10k which I spend on the diamond, how much can I get?

If you have friends working in any of these brands, ask staff discounts, got my wife diamond ring with more than 50% discount many years ago.

This post has been edited by Xccess: Oct 31 2016, 12:16 AM

-40% for cash.

Does that mean the shop pay your friend to buy the diamond ring?

For normal 58 facets diamond, we can sell back at the similar discount anywhere, as long as we have the certificate. No need receipt.

Friend worked as gemologist, she arranged the design and diamond, gave us special rate under staff discount. That was more than 8 years ago.

This post has been edited by Xccess: Oct 31 2016, 12:02 AM

Impossible

If the salesman told you this then good luck to you. They can cheat you for their sales. Try to ask any shop whether they will buy your diamond anot.

This post has been edited by doraemonkiller: Oct 31 2016, 12:10 AM

Now should be impossible due to restrictions impose by the company. And Solitaire Ring do have market price, impossible to sell it very low price except those second hand diamonds from unknown source.

I can sell diamonds at Habib, at 40% discount as well. Either that or pawn shops, but pawn shops will discount it more.

More than 100% discount??????

It means that I buy ring, and I get cash for the ring.

Sorry my bad. It's around 60% discount. Already amended my mistake.

This post has been edited by Xccess: Oct 31 2016, 12:17 AM