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We are doing a remodel and want to get a 48” oven range. We see the prices are from $2800 to $15,000. I’ve struggled to find honest reviews of the products, and find it difficult to tell the differences. It doesn’t help that most nearby stores hardly have any of these larger stoves on the floor.

Obviously we want one that won’t cause a bunch of problems. Is a $4000 much worse than a $8000 one or $10000? How can we figure this out?

Booked a hotel in southern Illinois last October for the eclipse next weekend. Called the hotel yesterday just to confirm everything was good, the hotel did not have my reservation. I have a confirmation from Booking.

The phone number Booking has for the property is incorrect, it’s some girls cell number, not the hotel. I ask Booking to figure out what happened. They say as far as they are concerned I have a reservation and to just go to the hotel next week, it should be fine. I ask them to confirm it, they try to call and get voicemail. I tell them the number is wrong, their policy is to only use the number supplied by the property. I give them right number they won’t use it.

They send

What the hell? I’ve been doing ABB for 15 years and never had someone raise the price. Of course it’s on a trip where it’s a super expensive place (sleeps 12), and we are using all the beds. We would have to get a few smaller places or another large one, but with a week to go, everything is double the price.

Should I report this? Leave a bad review? Call my lawyer?

If I agree to the increase I’m paying $1000s more. If I reject it they can cancel. What if I just do neither?

Of course they are clever and texted me instead of unit the ABB messaging. They know what they are doing.

Infuriating.

So, I picked up a 3 carat lab made emerald cut diamond and I worked to keep the table and depth near 65%. The table is 63% and the depth is 65.6%. I tracked down the AGS cut guide for emeralds and they have angles that are used to rate the diamond. There are three angles for the three crown angles and he same for the pavilion angles underneath. Is there a way to figure out the angles from the IGI info? I could probably do the math if necessary but thought I’d ask if there was already a guideline for it.

They already took the diamond off the website since I bought it so I’m not sure how to add the data sheet. Is there a way to add a pdf? I copied it to my photo app but it’s too fuzzy. The

So looking around three carats and weirdly they have this one for $8874:

3.03, G, VS1

https://www.cleanorigin.com/emerald-lab-created-diamond-dd04f0c9d74d/

Then this one is at $8888, but its:

3.21, E, VVS2

https://www.cleanorigin.com/emerald-lab-created-diamond-e95de64d165e/

I realize the E and VVS2 are a bit of overkill for an Emerald cut, but I really like it. I like the depth being smaller because it makes the diamond look bigger and I like the L/W ratio. Any problems you can see, and why would one literally the same price have such lower

After 288 days. Illinois sucks, it should take no days.