Mike D.
Great customer service, great price on great stone, appraised $1000 above!!!
So first I had some issues with my credit card - MY issues entirely. I moved recently and, ordinarily, retailers will let a billing and shipping address be different. For such a large order, of course, DoW held up my order until I fixed the CC. Great for my security and great customer service - you call the phone and a real person immediately answers (really!!!!). The diamond came in a couple days - some stones are overnight if they have them in San Fran, but the stone I wanted was from overseas. Still, it was like 3 days. Excellent. The stone itself was gorgeous - exceeded my expectations even though I knew what all the numbers meant - and I went and had it appraised by a friend just for kicks and he appraised it $1100 above what I paid. He based his appraisal on looking at the stone, noting color and inclusions under a scope, looking up the GIA number laser'ed onto it and looking up the GIA ratings (which he mostly agreed with). I purposely didn't bring the DoW-supplied GIA paperwork in order to get a legit evaluation. I'm Belgian and I have some diamond knowledge distant in my family - I'm far far FAR from a diamond trader or expert, but the guy who eval'ed it for me is a jeweler and trader and family friend.



