Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

How sad... Today is my wife's birthday. She has wanted diamond stud earrings since we were dating and I finally saved up enough money to get them for her to surprise her on her birthday. I originally was going to buy her the 1/2 carat total weight, but after seeing the size, I saved up for nearly another year to buy her the 1 carat total weight - a half carat on each ear! She works hard and she deserves at least that, so I pulled the trigger and got them. I was so excited when they finally came in, so I immediately opened up the box to see what my wife would be seeing hours later at her birthday dinner. Upon opening the box, I had to do a double - no, a TRIPLE take. I had a feeling that I'd think they were a little small, but these earrings were TINY! Not only tiny, but there was NO sparkle to them AT ALL! See the pictures and YOU be the judge. I went to my laptop to read the description of these earrings, as maybe I misread what the size should be for 1 carat total weight, or a half carat each. I found the description (see picture, attached) that said these should have a height of 0.18 inches (4.572 mm) and a width of 0.18 inches (also 4.572 mm). I also attached a photo to show the conversion of inches to millimeters from Google.com for you all. Well, I carefully measured both the height & width and the BOTH were MUCH SMALLER than 4.5 mm!! (see THOSE pictures too!). The width of the diamond was just UNDER 3mm & the height was only 2mm!! I could not believe it! Do these people really think that we as consumers are that stupid? Oh, and the color, clarity of the diamond is awful as well. I know that these aren't the Hope diamond, or from Tiffany's, but I at LEAST wanted them to sparkle for her. And if you see the last picture I posted, you'll know that they didn't even sparkle... I really felt awful and I had no back-up gift because I spent all my saved extra money for her gift on these pathetic excuses for diamond earrings. I've been burned by Amazon in the past a couple of times, but it was always by their outside vendors. This time though, the ONE time I counted on Amazon to fulfill my wishes of getting exactly what was described, I got burned by them. Needless to say, I am returning these immediately. Do yourselves a BIG self service and go out and buy your earrings from a reputable jeweler where you can see before you buy. I honestly feel like I was robbed, but worse my wife now has no gift to open tonight.