jmoody15
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This is great advice, provided you're willing to pay twice as much for th same diamond.
Or get 1/2 the diamond for the same budget.
If there were any truth to your statement, I may agree with you. If you do as I suggest, and take your time in making this decision, you'll find that a lot of B&M places have better prices than BlueNile and other online vendors. Plus, you never know what you'll get from online vendors (see makewayhomer and zbromer for details). Its always better to see the diamond in person anyways, to know what truly is most important.
I never would have ranked the 4Cs the way I did if I made my purchase online. Plus, I never would have gotten the quality stone that I did at the same price (I actually checked BlueNile after the fact with the certification in my hand, and found out that I saved a few hundred dollars in the end)
But if you want the quick and (fairly) cheap way out, then go with the online stores. You can pick it out in 20 minutes and be done with it. But I'd imagine she deserves more effort than that.