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Q&A: Experience Shopping for Diamond Studs With a $2k – $4k Budget

By Mike Fried,

Hello,

I am looking to buy diamond stud earrings for a push present. I am looking at either 1 ct tw or 1.5ct tw studs. I’ve read your article on purchasing studs and I regularly read the Q&A. At this size your article says I should buy their preset studs however I’ve seen several Q&As on studs (some of them with this size range) and you’ve selected the diamonds separately. Which way should I go? Preset studs or individually picking the stones? Thanks for your help.

At this size, you’ll get a better value with an individually selected pair. This way you can make sure they are a perfect match.

I’m happy to find some options for you, do you have a ballpark budget for the pair?

I am comfortable around $2,000. I can go up to a max of $4,000 but would prefer only to do so if it’s a substantial/noticeable difference. Also just to clarify I am looking at round studs. Thanks for your help!

Thank you for the info.

I found this beautiful pair for ~2k.
Blue Nile LD12375876
Blue Nile LD11807017

And this slightly larger one for almost 4k:
Blue Nile LD12409416
Blue Nile LD11982226

All of them would look fantastic as earrings.

Since it doesn’t seem as if the face up size is dramatically larger I am leaning towards the $2k pair. Unfortunately the second 0.5 diamond you sent me is unavailable. Can you make another suggestion?

Absolutely. Here you go:

Blue Nile LD11862899

Thank you. The stones look lovely. Do you all still have Blue Nile coupon codes?

Sure. Just pop this code in your shopping cart: [contact us for your own unique coupon code]. It’s for $100.

I placed the order and they should arrive next week! Thanks again for your help.

That’s great news!

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