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This is from pompeii3, for the price it's a decent deal, the center stones were good, very much comparable to what I was seeing in stores. Chris, the head of customer service, is great and really goes above a beyond to make you happy.

Pros: Great price, great customer service, awesome return policy,warranty, plus they allow you to upgrade or switch out stones for little to no cost.

Cons: Some of the smaller I1-3 stone tend to be cloudily or dark due to being poor cuts.

Currently,We are  trying decide if we want to trade this ring in for something else or keep it, either way we had to send it back to upgrade some of the smaller stones and resize it if we did decide to keep it. 

It really depends on what your opinions on erring are, it you want something impressive for a low price but don't really care to much about imperfections that only you would notice(with my ring it has to be about 3 inches from my face to really see the flaws)this is a great choice. If you are really into having a perfect piece of jewelry then this might not be the way to go, though they do carry so VS rings but they are in the $2000 range and up.

Hope this helps :)

Here are some more reviews,

http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/help-world-jewels-vs-pompeii-3

http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/pompeii3

I just got the same ring that Koolbeans621 did.  I gave my husband 4 choices to choose from and he surprised me for Christmas.  It's an anniversary ring for me. 

My opinion?  It's actually really nice, especially for the money!  It's completely eye clean and under the loupe (I prefer 30x, which is pretty high) I can only see a few black inclusions here and there on the smaller stones.  The three main stones are surprisingly clear, and none of the stones on the ring are cloudy.  I think the bonus is that they are all under .25 and bezel set, so you can't really see anything anyway.  It's very sparkly!  I've been wearing it with a CZ eternity band and there is no color or clarity discrepancy between them.

Here's a picture with the CZ band for comparison on both color and clarity.  My camera makes the bezels look wonky, but in real life they are pefect circles (I think it's the light reflecting off of them): (edited to add...it's slightly blurry and outside in natural light so this picture looks flat)

Sorry if the picture is huge!  Maybe it's just my browser, but the pictures always resize smaller for me once I upload them?

I got our wedding bands there and they are really nicely made.  Yes, some of the stones don't look as great as the others but they are so tiny you can't tell.  

morganjenkstamwood It crazy, because the band I was planning on getting looks exactly like your cz one.

@Koolbeans621:  Wow really?  What did you end up deciding, are you going to keep yours?

@elovesm:  Thanks!  I wear a size 5. 

I had a ring custom made from them. I really liked it, the side diamonds are smaller but I wanted a smaller ring. Its an aquamarine.

My FI purchased mine for me from Pompeii3 because that's what he could afford. It's a very pretty ring, but there are a few flaws. The workmanship isn't clean, there is a little crookedness here and there, and some of the side stones are very dark. In the beginning, sometimes my FI and I would wonder if the stones had fallen out, but then we saw that it was because the stones were so dark. Mine is a color-treated blue diamond. My mother and I saw the exact same ring, except better quality, for $200 less than what my FI paid for online in the Ultra Diamonds outlet store on Black Friday. I'd recommend getting a ring that you can see in person because the pictures that they have online and the product you receive will not be the same.

morganjenkstamwood Yes, we are keeping it, though we did upgrade all of the stones and have it resized and all that jazz. Right now, we waiting to get it back from pompeii.

I ended up returning my ring right at the 30 day mark, but I have to say their customer service is FANTASTIC.  I called them on the phone (unlike another company that won't give a phone number) and the owner himself answered.  He had no problem with me returning the ring, even though it had been exactly 30 days.  My refund was posted to my account within 10 days.

If you find a ring you like, call them to order it.  He said they have all the rings there and can search to find one that has the nicest looking stones.  He offered to do that for me and I may take him up on it in the future.