Proposal Ring - Part 3

[KenSF5]

I've been lurking around this thread for a while and have visited JP a few times and just chose a super ideal diamond that was 1.09.. As the 1.03 F colour was more expensive.
Just received the scopes, wondering if anyone here can take a look at them? I just found the Asset Scope to show some lighter red in the middle.. Am I thinking too much? Was comparing this and a 1.10 but this table size is bigger and looks bigger in person too. HCA of 0.8.

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Is this a super ideal? Comparing to some pictures here, worries me...

I think this is the same as my previous photography error when I got my scopes. It was simiar to yours. It happens when the hole that the diamond sits on when taking photos is not the exact same size of the diamond. Then it will affect the photos like this. Normal light leakages doesn't look like that.

They showed me that they used a 0.5ct hole when taking the photo of my 1.4ct diamond, which made my diamond sit too high. When they changed it and I saw with my eyes, those greyish lines was gone. My error was exactly the same as yours. You should go down and check it too.

 

[akloaklo]

Why wanna propose twice lol ??

See what stage you guys at la. Haha. If talking about marriage / apply housing should be more or less confirmed marrying each other already what

In Singapore a couple BTO is akin to a proposal already, sometimes no choice have to apply first in case your luck really cui keep cannot get. For me and my gf we apply a few times already and finally got a queue number. Since we are going overseas for holiday soon, wanted to give her a surprise proposal before the novelty wears off, so I brought her to JP to choose also since she's the one gonna be wearing it.

More or less confirm already. Why im asking is because there seemed to be diff ways a guy propose.

1. By surpise, without her getting to choose the ring...got chance will buy the wrong size

2. By surprise with some help to secretly get the ring size.. Incase get wrong size.

3. Bring gf go choose ring when the girl said "yes" ...but then did the guy propose without a ring?

4. Bring gf go choose ring, propose after getting the ring.

Im leaning towards proposing without ring but that seemed weird.

 

[simplydel21]

More or less confirm already. Why im asking is because there seemed to be diff ways a guy propose.

1. By surpise, without her getting to choose the ring...got chance will buy the wrong size

2. By surprise with some help to secretly get the ring size.. Incase get wrong size.

3. Bring gf go choose ring when the girl said "yes" ...but then did the guy propose without a ring?

4. Bring gf go choose ring, propose after getting the ring.

Im leaning towards proposing without ring but that seemed weird.

My SO bring me along to choose haha coz he is not confident that he will get what I like. We just went down to collect the ring last Saturday. Now he is planning the big surprise.

 

[reluctance]

I think this is the same as my previous photography error when I got my scopes. It was simiar to yours. It happens when the hole that the diamond sits on when taking photos is not the exact same size of the diamond. Then it will affect the photos like this. Normal light leakages doesn't look like that.

They showed me that they used a 0.5ct hole when taking the photo of my 1.4ct diamond, which made my diamond sit too high. When they changed it and I saw with my eyes, those greyish lines was gone. My error was exactly the same as yours. You should go down and check it too.

I saw with my own eyes the light leakage on a normal ideal cut and it didn't look like it, however this particular diamond, I was only concern when I received the scope that was taken in 2014 too (according to the image timestamp). It didn't bug me in the shop as much..

Shouldnt they use the right hole to take these pictures for the bigger diamonds if thats the case?

 

[mero_cwj]

I saw with my own eyes the light leakage on a normal ideal cut and it didn't look like it, however this particular diamond, I was only concern when I received the scope that was taken in 2014 too (according to the image timestamp). It didn't bug me in the shop as much..

Shouldnt they use the right hole to take these pictures for the bigger diamonds if thats the case?

Ask them whether the white areas are light leakage or photography error, and for a fresh set of scope images? If they are not light leakages, I think they should be more than happy to prepare new scope images for you to alleviate your concern.

Maybe it's because they had a different setup in 2014 and improved their photography setup since then. The 1.10 that I picked didn't have these issues in the scope images, but it was certified in April this year so they may have used a different setup for the scope images.

 

[NoLogicLah]

More or less confirm already. Why im asking is because there seemed to be diff ways a guy propose.

1. By surpise, without her getting to choose the ring...got chance will buy the wrong size

2. By surprise with some help to secretly get the ring size.. Incase get wrong size.

3. Bring gf go choose ring when the girl said "yes" ...but then did the guy propose without a ring?

4. Bring gf go choose ring, propose after getting the ring.

Im leaning towards proposing without ring but that seemed weird.

I do 1. Propose with ring then go do size selection. But i didnt had a chance to choose ring size anyway hahaha.

 

[akloaklo]

I do 1. Propose with ring then go do size selection. But i didnt had a chance to choose ring size anyway hahaha.

So u bought 2 rings? Or is the 1st ring borrow from the shop?

 

[reluctance]

Ask them whether the white areas are light leakage or photography error, and for a fresh set of scope images? If they are not light leakages, I think they should be more than happy to prepare new scope images for you to alleviate your concern.

Maybe it's because they had a different setup in 2014 and improved their photography setup since then. The 1.10 that I picked didn't have these issues in the scope images, but it was certified in April this year so they may have used a different setup for the scope images.

I've checked with them and they did a re-scope for me.


Looks much better...
Also have a 1.1 to compare.. this is the aset scope


Which is better?

 

[NoLogicLah]

So u bought 2 rings? Or is the 1st ring borrow from the shop?

Haven propose. Comes with a standard ring size 6, after propose then u bring it to resize lor

 

[cherrystalk]

ask them to shortlist those within your budget

who knows your gf might choose the cheaper 1



if you are concern, you can consider do some setting to make the diamond looks better and bigger, eg 6 prong + sides diamond

i think around 1k+ more only for 16 sides diamond

ah this ring is so pretty

 

[mero_cwj]

More or less confirm already. Why im asking is because there seemed to be diff ways a guy propose.

1. By surpise, without her getting to choose the ring...got chance will buy the wrong size

2. By surprise with some help to secretly get the ring size.. Incase get wrong size.

3. Bring gf go choose ring when the girl said "yes" ...but then did the guy propose without a ring?

4. Bring gf go choose ring, propose after getting the ring.

Im leaning towards proposing without ring but that seemed weird.

For me, marriage already on the cards because bought property and paid for downpayment already. So the fact that I would propose would definitely not be a surprise, but when and how I was going to propose and the ring itself are surprises

But I didn't want to take risks with the ring sizing and potentially have to go through the hassle of resizing, so after we bought property I ordered a sample ring sizer from ebay and just took her ring finger measurements to KIV

I'm still more traditional I guess so I think while pragmatic Singaporeans may already have a de facto engagement because of BTO etc, one can still pop the question without it being a mere formality!

 

[j0j0]

hi all. probably asked before but just want to see if got any new info. which credit card did u all use to pay? I know of amex cashback and SCB manhattan world mastercard. any better options or these 2 are the best there are around now?

 

[gwenie80]

UOB Visa One Card - charge $2000 per month for 3 consecutive months(in a quarter, do check your quarter carefully) you will get $300 cash back on the 4th month statement.

 

[j0j0]

UOB Visa One Card - charge $2000 per month for 3 consecutive months(in a quarter, do check your quarter carefully) you will get $300 cash back on the 4th month statement.

wow that's 5%! thanks a lot!!!

 

[mero_cwj]

To add on, if you are unable to split the transactions to take advantage of the maximum amount of cashback (maybe because proposal coming up soon and you don't have long between confirming the ring and collecting), the other alternative is to use a miles card, which is probably one of the better general purpose credit cards to have.

 

[dearmisterj]

More or less confirm already. Why im asking is because there seemed to be diff ways a guy propose.

1. By surpise, without her getting to choose the ring...got chance will buy the wrong size

2. By surprise with some help to secretly get the ring size.. Incase get wrong size.

3. Bring gf go choose ring when the girl said "yes" ...but then did the guy propose without a ring?

4. Bring gf go choose ring, propose after getting the ring.

Im leaning towards proposing without ring but that seemed weird.

i did 4, but i did it in a way where she didn't feel like she was choosing a ring. just suggested one casual day that we should swing by jp to look at the diamonds and design so that it will make things easier for me to pick the ring later on.. the whole session was casual (the salesperson was in on it too) and at the end of it i 'told' him that we were just looking and perhaps planning to purchase only 1-2 years down the road ;-) and so now you have a ring design, ring size, and an unsuspecting bride-to-be

 

[master_chief117]

More or less confirm already. Why im asking is because there seemed to be diff ways a guy propose.

1. By surpise, without her getting to choose the ring...got chance will buy the wrong size

2. By surprise with some help to secretly get the ring size.. Incase get wrong size.

3. Bring gf go choose ring when the girl said "yes" ...but then did the guy propose without a ring?

4. Bring gf go choose ring, propose after getting the ring.

Im leaning towards proposing without ring but that seemed weird.

Hahaha. Yea, that is weird to me too. In my opinion , you should only propose once and that would be the most memorable one.

But of course, you should also consider what is of importance to you. Seems like you are concerned about getting the ring size wrong etc? I support your concern as that is quite valid.

Personally, I feel that if my wife to be is the gonna be wearing it, the design better be something she likes. Therefore not only ring size / carat size matters - ring setting itself might be an issue if there is some design she fancies. This is true for me and my gf as we were already looking a specific setting design. But beware as they might end up choosing more expensive setting instead, like mine did , with side diamonds But hey - I'm not complaining as long as she likes it.

I'd think our partners probably appreciate it if we bring them along for the selection assuming budget is not of a concern to you cause might they'd end up choosing bigger carat sizes

Like someone said earlier the ring is just one component of the proposal - if more or less confirmed already , its the surprise of the proposal - the where and how that matters too!

 

[audioenslave]

just wondering if a budget of 2.5k or max 3 k would be enough for me to find a proposal ring at jp?


my so wants to get a particular set of wedding bands from tiffany & co which would cost another few kk.

 

[master_chief117]

just wondering if a budget of 2.5k or max 3 k would be enough for me to find a proposal ring at jp?


my so wants to get a particular set of wedding bands from tiffany & co which would cost another few kk.

Just the diamond excluding setting? Or 3K max all in?

If just the diamond you could get something in the 0.4 range, super ideal/solasfera (I'm cant remember if JP carries anything below 0.4)
If Including setting you'd prolly have to top up your budget by at least $500.

However as many others have mentioned you could probably get bigger carat sizes from House of Hung next door but they would not be super ideal cut. 3k including setting is definitely doable at House of Hung.

 

[audioenslave]

Just the diamond excluding setting? Or 3K max all in?

If just the diamond you could get something in the 0.4 range, super ideal/solasfera (I'm cant remember if JP carries anything below 0.4)
If Including setting you'd prolly have to top up your budget by at least $500.

However as many others have mentioned you could probably get bigger carat sizes from House of Hung next door but they would not be super ideal cut. 3k including setting is definitely doable at House of Hung.

hmm ok thanks for advice