Engagement ring - money saving tips?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My advice is that it a waste of $$ altogether. Thank god we didn't buy a diamond solitaire but something else. Being happily married is prize enough for us. Good luck with your choice, but please tell us if you are not offended by the question, do you make any significant charitable donations? Just curious with 7,500 in the jewelry budget there.
PS, you might want to ask first how often women wear their engagement rings.

Lol ready for this? My ring is about $8K. I wear it every day. Dh and i are very happily married AND we make sizable charity contributions both monetarily and physically. Quit with your judgement and assumptions. You sound ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Craigs List!! I got beautiful antique diamond/platinum ring appraised at > 5k for 2,800. Someone had broken off their engagement and just wanted to recoup what they could and move on.

[Anonymous]

Buy am antique ring. Rings used to be handmade and there is more to a ring than just the size of the stone - lots if pretty details. Mine was about 4K with a .6 carat diamond of average quality and I get lots of compliments. I also wasn't set on a diamond but the store we went to, this is what I ended up liking.

[Anonymous]

I REALLY wish I would have gone with a sapphire solitaire. I don't know why I got all caught up in the diamond thing. Blue is my favorite color, and I'm sure it would have been much cheaper!

Oh well.

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Vintage! I have almost a carat in platinum from the 20s and it was 3k. It was well loved and the stone shows it a little on the ends. Goes well with my beloved pieces from my grandmother. One of a kind. European cut which they don't make anymore, super sparkly.
Costco also has good deals if you want new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I REALLY wish I would have gone with a sapphire solitaire. I don't know why I got all caught up in the diamond thing. Blue is my favorite color, and I'm sure it would have been much cheaper!

Oh well.

Mine is a sapphire solitaire. It's vintage and beautiful- people give me compliments all the time, and I've been married for ten years. We got it at a vintage dealer and paid $3k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My advice is that it a waste of $$ altogether. Thank god we didn't buy a diamond solitaire but something else. Being happily married is prize enough for us. Good luck with your choice, but please tell us if you are not offended by the question, do you make any significant charitable donations? Just curious with 7,500 in the jewelry budget there.
PS, you might want to ask first how often women wear their engagement rings.

Not OP, but this is not helpful and quite judgmental.

Too bad. I am sure it is meant to be. Sounds like they are living together already. So with all that savings, have they done anything for anyone anytime ever? I ask the same question of myself and don't always like that answer either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My advice is that it a waste of $$ altogether. Thank god we didn't buy a diamond solitaire but something else. Being happily married is prize enough for us. Good luck with your choice, but please tell us if you are not offended by the question, do you make any significant charitable donations? Just curious with 7,500 in the jewelry budget there.
PS, you might want to ask first how often women wear their engagement rings.

Lol ready for this? My ring is about $8K. I wear it every day. Dh and i are very happily married AND we make sizable charity contributions both monetarily and physically. Quit with your judgement and assumptions. You sound ridiculous.

But you're not OP, so nobody is talking to you.

[Anonymous]

We upgraded our rings 11 years ago. After much research, we bought a 1.13 carat D color SI1 diamond from a diamond cutter in NYC via online. The cut is really important! We were more educated about the stone than anything we would have gotten from a local jeweler. They used to be called Superbcert diamonds, now they go by excel diamonds. You can get a nice diamond including setting on that budget. Check them out - http://www.exceldiamonds.com/about-us.php

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Cut cut cut, and high quality melee if you are going in that direction. My is an AGS 000 and it is brighter and more beautiful than anything I've seen out there. I wear mine everyday, all the time. I love looking at it. Not everyone loves jewelry but it happens to be something I really like. To each his own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Craigs List!! I got beautiful antique diamond/platinum ring appraised at > 5k for 2,800. Someone had broken off their engagement and just wanted to recoup what they could and move on.

If you bought a ring "appraised" for $5k for 2800, it's likely you paid too much.

[Anonymous]

Are these high end pawn shops? Any experiences as sellers? Tell me about Tysons Exchange.
http://www.watchandjewelryexchange.com/accepted-items/

What about this ? http://www.viennajewelry.com/viennajewelry/diamonds/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are these high end pawn shops? Any experiences as sellers? Tell me about Tysons Exchange.
http://www.watchandjewelryexchange.com/accepted-items/

What about this ? http://www.viennajewelry.com/viennajewelry/diamonds/

Took at look at Tysons Exchange, they only had a few rings, all look to be in fair shape and prices don't look attractive. LGL and EGL certs?

Vienna is not any better. I don't think I saw any certified stones at all. Prices look high for uncertified diamonds.

[Anonymous]

Try to negotiate cash for a discount. Worked for us (usually diamond must be over a certain price point).

[Anonymous]

Skip it. You're too old for that juvenile crap.