has anyone bought a diamond from BlueNile? Fair deal or rip off?

Answer 1

as someone who used to sell fine jewelry: all diamonds are rip offs.

here is what you must know: you will never be able to get back what you paid for it. the price you will pay is always going to be beyond what the stone is worth. if you believe you are getting a good deal, it's probably too good to be true.

find a stone you love, then get IT. haggle on the price as much as you can, but there is so much difference between the stones and so little of it is obvious to someone with no training. i would encourage you to see stones in person before making any decisions. but there is no way of declaring any diamond purchase anything besides a rip off when most are picked up off the african plains by starving children and cut by nearly blind ones in india.

less than 1% of women worldwide one a single stone over a carat. count your blessings that you can choose one...

Answer 2

Ignoring the angriness of the first answerer.....sheesh
Blue Nile CAN be a fair deal. However, before you make such a major purchase, please remember that two diamonds, color, clarity, and carat being equal, can look drastically different, based on the quality of the cut (not the shape, but the actual faceting of the stone). I would very much recommend that you see a diamond in person before commiting to a purchase. Certifications and reports only give you the letters, they don't tell you what a stone actually looks like. A stone can be a D Flawless, and still look like crap if the proportions of the cut are wrong.