Ok, a friend of mine just bought a really nice engagment ring from a private party. The ring was from some collapsed engagement or something. In any case, buddy got the thing appraised at a jewler of buddy's choosing, they put it at 10k, and the guy was asking for 2k, guy said he paid 4.5k, now wants it gone. It doesn't appear to be stolen since the receipt, certificate of authenticity match watch is on the jewelry, including the map of the stone. In any case, value or being ripped off isn't at hand here.
Buddy is feeling good about purchase, until he brings it up in a group settings of friends. The girls all unanimously said buying a second hand ring, is tacky. No girl wants to know her ring was someone else's failed engagement. The guys were split. I thought everyone would beleive it to be a good buy, since he took the precautions from being ripped off, in a way helped a fellow man, and got a valuable for much less than appraised. Needsless, to say, I was in the far minority, 3 saying "good for him", and 8 saying "tacky and wouldn't do it themselves".
Then I was thinking of the anandtech group to get a larger poll, and see if this is the way everyone thinks, or if it was just this money grubbing group.
Buddy is feeling good about purchase, until he brings it up in a group settings of friends. The girls all unanimously said buying a second hand ring, is tacky. No girl wants to know her ring was someone else's failed engagement. The guys were split. I thought everyone would beleive it to be a good buy, since he took the precautions from being ripped off, in a way helped a fellow man, and got a valuable for much less than appraised. Needsless, to say, I was in the far minority, 3 saying "good for him", and 8 saying "tacky and wouldn't do it themselves".
Then I was thinking of the anandtech group to get a larger poll, and see if this is the way everyone thinks, or if it was just this money grubbing group.
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