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Know What You are Looking For
There are several key differences to buying
jewelry and wholesale diamonds online compared to actually buying in a
brick and mortar store. Knowing these differences is key to having a
successful buying experience. Here are several tips to help you with the
online buying process.
- Understand Your diamond types
and quality: Since you will not have a commissioned
salesperson to help you with answering your questions while buying
your jewelry online, you should have a strong understanding of the
types of diamonds and their 4 C's before you begin to make your
purchase. Fortunately, Mansfield Designs has brought much of this
information together on this site to help educate you before you make
your decision as to what online retailer or stone interests you.
- Comparison Shop: Just
like shopping for a car or a house, a diamond purchase can be a fairly
expensive proposition, and one you should not approach lightly. With
that in mind, you should shop several retailers before deciding on
your diamond purchase. Since all diamonds are different, of course a
precise comparison is impossible, but you should be able to find
extreme similarities between what one jeweler will offer you and what
another one has for sale. Once you have at least two similar stones or
pieces of jewelry to compare, you can then make your decision on which
one to buy based on other factors like price and delivery time.
- Make sure there's a solid return
policy: Diamonds are forever and virtually indestructible, so
there is no excuse for any retailer to not have an iron-clad return
policy that you can live with, in case the stone that you get is not
keeping with what you were hoping for. Make sure you read carefully
through their return policy.
- Get a clear view of your
diamond: The sites you are buying from should allow you to
magnify the view of your diamond or jewelry quite extensively,
allowing you to get a clear look at the stone before you buy.
- Make sure the size is right:
Before buying a diamond ring online you should be absolutely certain
that you know the ring size you will need. Buying a ring and then
needing to get it altered later can be expensive and time-consuming.
Many sites will offer you the opportunity to print out a finger sizing
chart in order to assist with getting the proper measurement.
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