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Costco Jewelry
July 23, 2010 at
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I went through their "custom ordering program" which really means you tell them what you want and they see if they have one like it in stock somewhere in any of their stores.
A friend of mines Dad is a diamond broker so I went to him to see what he could do for me and I told him what I found. He said that even at his cost he couldn't give me a better deal unless I just wanted to get some of the diamonds he had in his safe that he hadn't been ablt to sell for awhile.
Decided to become the Executive member so I could get the 2% back. Had it appraised so I could get it insured and it came in a full two times what I paid for it. I tried to get the guy to knock it down as you have to pay a premium based on how much it's appraised at, not necessarily what you paid for it (stupid!), so in the end it cost me more to insure but whatever.
I asked my gf at the time to see how much the appraiser would buy it off of us for and he offered her a couple more grand than I paid. I tried to get her to sell it to him heh but that didn't go over well...
Here's an example of a ring that states Made in the USA
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Prod...BC&topna
My guess is that if the others don't than it's not made in the USA however Costco typically does have high quality expectations so I'm not sure if I'd worry about it.
I say give it a shot and if it ends up being a POS just exercise their excellent return policy
I went through their "custom ordering program" which really means you tell them what you want and they see if they have one like it in stock somewhere in any of their stores.
A friend of mines Dad is a diamond broker so I went to him to see what he could do for me and I told him what I found. He said that even at his cost he couldn't give me a better deal unless I just wanted to get some of the diamonds he had in his safe that he hadn't been ablt to sell for awhile.
Decided to become the Executive member so I could get the 2% back. Had it appraised so I could get it insured and it came in a full two times what I paid for it. I tried to get the guy to knock it down as you have to pay a premium based on how much it's appraised at, not necessarily what you paid for it (stupid!), so in the end it cost me more to insure but whatever.
I asked my gf at the time to see how much the appraiser would buy it off of us for and he offered her a couple more grand than I paid. I tried to get her to sell it to him heh but that didn't go over well...
Here's an example of a ring that states Made in the USA
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Prod...BC&topna
My guess is that if the others don't than it's not made in the USA however Costco typically does have high quality expectations so I'm not sure if I'd worry about it.
I say give it a shot and if it ends up being a POS just exercise their excellent return policy
how does insuring a ring go about?? is it like paying insurance on your car type??
I don't exactly know what you are looking to get but I think I got my wife this LINK [costco.com]
It's really nice and feels solid. It sucks they don't half size but she didn't need it anyways so whatever. I don't think we insured this as the cost to appraise and insure was kind of high when compared to the purchase price of the ring. Saved the receipt so hopefully if something ever does happen we can get it replaced...
Good luck!
I don't exactly know what you are looking to get but I think I got my wife this LINK [costco.com]
It's really nice and feels solid. It sucks they don't half size but she didn't need it anyways so whatever. I don't think we insured this as the cost to appraise and insure was kind of high when compared to the purchase price of the ring. Saved the receipt so hopefully if something ever does happen we can get it replaced...
Good luck!
thanks for the feedback. you learn something new everyday
that band is really pretty, those diamonds look really big, its amazing its only half a carat. i definitely would save the receipt. if i get a band i have to have it resized, i'm a 8 and i can go to 8 and half. thats one thing i dont like about costco jewelry they dont give you options to choose your ring size.
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