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Affinity TSV question

melfie — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:25:55 GMT

I was watching the earlier presentation of the TSV and didn't understand the vendor and host's explanation of GIA's involvement with the Affinity line. A diamond grading isn't stated for diamonds in the ring. What does the Q mean when they say they have "partnered" with the GIA? TIA.

Re: Affinity TSV question

evelomaddict — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:32:55 GMT

"You can purchase our gemstone jewelry with added confidence knowing that QVC incorporates the GIA's expertise into the QVC gemstone identification quality assurance process."

a bit misleading, huh.

Re: Affinity TSV question

missy1 — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:48:23 GMT

It's pretty, but not for 1,000.

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melfie — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:49:02 GMT

Incorporate GIA's expertise? So the GIA isn't evaluating or examining their diamonds. No wonder there's no grade. Well that is misleading and not at all what I understood from the live presentation. :/

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brii — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:53:03 GMT

The diamonds are so small. Can a diamond that small even be graded?

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melfie — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:55:52 GMT

On 4/3/2015 brii said: The diamonds are so small. Can a diamond that small even be graded?

They (the host and vendor) said the diamonds in the 18K tennis bracelet are graded. Those look pretty tiny so Im guessing yes.

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VioletEyes — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:01:17 GMT

On 4/3/2015 brii said: The diamonds are so small. Can a diamond that small even be graded?

Yes, diamonds come in parcels in a particular grade, so that they are matched in color, clarity and cut...even very small diamonds. The question is why haven't they been graded? Are they single cut diamonds or fully faceted? Are they I1 or SI graded? An eye clean diamond could me I1 which is flawed not always necessarily visible to the naked eye. If they are grading the tennis bracelet as VS H color than why the secrecy on the TSV?

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melfie — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:08:12 GMT

On 4/3/2015 SoftRaindrops said:
On 4/3/2015 brii said: The diamonds are so small. Can a diamond that small even be graded?
Yes, diamonds come in parcels in a particular grade, so that they are matched in color, clarity and cut...even very small diamonds. The question is why haven't they been graded? Are they single cut diamonds or fully faceted? Are they I1 or SI graded? An eye clean diamond could me I1 which is flawed not always necessarily visible to the naked eye. If they are grading the tennis bracelet as VS H color than why the secrecy on the TSV?

I understand less and less about the Q's product descriptions and their pricing. Today's clearance price on the 6 3/4" tennis bracelet is $50 more than last month's featured price. That makes no sense at all.

Re: Affinity TSV question

VioletEyes — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:16:39 GMT

On 4/3/2015 melfie said:
Incorporate GIA's expertise? So the GIA isn't evaluating or examining their diamonds. No wonder there's no grade. Well that is misleading and not at all what I understood from the live presentation. :/

GIA for the most part don't grade small stones under ten points. Graduate gemologists GIA trained can loupe a diamond ring and determine the clarity, color and cut. Of course the setting can reflect color into the diamonds such as 14k yellow gold, so accuracy is off sometimes. I suspect QVC's TSV are I1 and the color is I or J , otherwise they would have said SI1 or SI2, G or H color.

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VioletEyes — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:58:17 GMT

Out of curiosity, I called customer service regarding the TSV. The rep told me there is no information on the GIA grading of this ring. Nothing on whether the diamonds are SI or I1 and in addition no color grade. That tells me all I needed to know. if they were SI, I am sure they would have shared it.

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melfie — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:24:40 GMT

On 4/3/2015 SoftRaindrops said: Out of curiosity, I called customer service regarding the TSV. The rep told me there is no information on the GIA grading of this ring. Nothing on whether the diamonds are SI or I1 and in addition no color grade. That tells me all I needed to know. if they were SI, I am sure they would have shared it.

That's interesting. They should drop the GIA references on this ring. Thank you for the information SoftRaindrops.

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faeriemoon — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:31:54 GMT

This ring is supposed to look like something it's not. Don't care for it at all.

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melfie — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 00:04:10 GMT

Now they are showing the Affinity Canary Yellow Diamond Ring and again the host and vendor mentioned the Q partnering with the GIA. I'm looking at the GIA color diamond grading scale and I seen nothing that says "Canary". I see "fancy vivid", "fancy light", etc. But not "Canary". And according to the GIA.edu website

Yellow is diamond’s second most common fancy color. Yellow diamonds are sometimes marketed as “canary.” While this isn’t a proper grading term, it’s commonly used in the trade to describe fancy yellow diamonds.

If the GIA says it's not a proper grading term why is it being used? They should use the GIA's proper grading terms if they're going to mention the GIA.