Shopping very hard locally for the following stone 2.05-2.10 H, SI1, Ideal Cut, EGL Cert $10.5k is my current offer, three stores are battling for my business. Should I continue to push for a better price as I see many lower prices for same stone on the

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Good Luck!

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I totally agree. Moreover - I would highly recommend buying the diamond online. When buying online you can get much better value. Online jewelry stores take significantly lower margins than brick and mortar jewelry retailers. They can afford to do so since they don't have to bear the overhead of the expenses that come with a physical jewelry store, and especially with having to hold a diamond inventory that is very expensive. Check out this link:

http://www.diamondpriceguide.com/c92_Diamond-Market/c75_Diamonds-Online/q79795_What-are-the-advantages-of-buying-jewelry-online

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I would be very cautious before purchasing an EGL stone that's H SI1. With EGL you never really know.
I've seen H colored EGLs that would have received an M color with GIA. They were practically yellowish.
Even worse: an SI1 EGL is most likely not to be eye clean. Most SI1 EGLs that I've seen are GIA I1-I2. In some of such stones that I ran into I could actually spot a black inclusion straight in the middle.
With all that said I must say the following:
1. You could actually get great deals with EGL stones, but:
2. I highly recommend when purchasing EGLs not to go below a VS2 clarity and not to go below a F-G color, and:
3. I also recommend looking at the EGL certificate because EGL has many labs that differ in quality (EGL USA is best). See more info here:

http://www.diamondpriceguide.com/c78_Certified-Diamonds/c18_Diamond-Certifications/q88788_How-do-i-know-in-which-specific-EGL-lab-a-diamond-was-certified

and here:

http://www.diamondpriceguide.com/c212_Meet-Our-Editorial-Staff/q88615_Is-EGL-Israel-any-better-or-worse-than-other-branches

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