What did you pay for your girl's engagement ring? and where?

[Glavinsolo]

Originally posted by: mike2fix
10 grand at Ben Bridge and both the diamond and the woman are LONG gone.......

Ouch!

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: Specop 007
250 or so at Helzburgs I think.

The actual wedding ring was 30 bucks.
For both of ours. 😀

I told the wife she can have a kick ass wedding ring or a house.
She wisely took the house.

smart man. That's what I would have done. 😀:thumbsup:

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

$4800 at Blue Nile.

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: Papagayo
$4000 for 1 Carat ring..

Make sure to shop around and compare..

That's what I figure my budget will be for approx. a 1 carat in another few years.

 

[iamwiz82]

$890 with coupon at Blue Nile for a .5 carat, SI2, ideal cut. I have yet to see that kind of price again on Blue Nile.

EDIT: Got fatcash back, too!

 

[DBL]

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
I have been shopping for the past 3days and then it hit me. I don't know jack about anything that goes in to an engagement ring. Could you post what you paid for what you got? I have a friend who trades rare gems but I'd rather not bug him until I know exactly what I want.

-Glav

Read. There is a lot to know.
Diamond Talk


Better prices than Bluenile
Dirt Cheap

5 C's in relative order of importance...
CUT
Color
Clarity
Carat
Certificate

 

[Mr N8]

$1700, paid in cash at a local jeweler. DO NOT BUY IT AT THE MALL!!!!!!!

 

[ragazzo]

$5500 for 1C in NYC w/cert. I catch my wife still staring at it from time to time and that makes it worth it 🙂

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: DingDingDao
$12,500, last month. Will be proposing in May 🙂

You bought her a door knob?

 

[jadinolf]

About $400 in 1963.
Wedding ring was $15
Mine was $32

Purchased at Neustadt's in Norwalk, CT

 

[PingSpike]

$1800-1900 I think.

 

[Yaotl]

Originally posted by: shimsham
0, and she still said yes.

Same.

 

[CraigRT]

not very much, a total waste of $

 

[tami]

mine was purchased at a diamond dealer who usually doesn't deal with the general public. my fiance paid about 1/3 of the retail (we got the appraisal for insurance purposes).

definitely shop around and compare. ideally, it's best to see what the diamond looks like.

and pay close attention to the 4 Cs (carat, clarity, color, cut).

 

[jamesave]

Originally posted by: DBL

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
I have been shopping for the past 3days and then it hit me. I don't know jack about anything that goes in to an engagement ring. Could you post what you paid for what you got? I have a friend who trades rare gems but I'd rather not bug him until I know exactly what I want.

-Glav

Read. There is a lot to know.
Diamond Talk


Better prices than Bluenile
Dirt Cheap

5 C's in relative order of importance...
CUT
Color
Clarity
Carat
Certificate

The 5 C's are Actually:

CASH - how much money do you have-
and the rest in no particular order:
Cut
Color
Clarity
Carat

 

[gigapet]

PSA: diamonds are not precious nor semi precious stones

 

[TravisT]

$1100

 

[tami]

Originally posted by: gigapet
PSA: diamonds are not precious nor semi precious stones

PSA: diamonds are used in engagement rings whether they are precious or not.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: tami

Originally posted by: gigapet
PSA: diamonds are not precious nor semi precious stones

PSA: diamonds are used in engagement rings whether they are precious or not.

if you are a sheep and must do what society says is the norm. then you are correct.

 

[DBL]

Originally posted by: jamesave

Originally posted by: DBL

Originally posted by: Glavinsolo
I have been shopping for the past 3days and then it hit me. I don't know jack about anything that goes in to an engagement ring. Could you post what you paid for what you got? I have a friend who trades rare gems but I'd rather not bug him until I know exactly what I want.

-Glav

Read. There is a lot to know.
Diamond Talk


Better prices than Bluenile
Dirt Cheap

5 C's in relative order of importance...
CUT
Color
Clarity
Carat
Certificate

The 5 C's are Actually:

CASH - how much money do you have-
and the rest in no particular order:
Cut
Color
Clarity
Carat

Ok, fine but after you figure out how much cash you have, the other C's become important if your goal is to get the best diamond for your particular budget. Saying that there is no particular order is setting oneself up for problems or disappointment down the road. The average person knows so little about diamonds and how their value is determined. Unfortunately, some of the industry uses this to take advantage of the consumer?s ignorance. It never hurts to educate oneself, especially considering the amount of money in a typical engagement ring purchase.

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: gigapet
PSA: diamonds are not precious nor semi precious stones

Right... They're friggen expensive stones 😀

 

[bondboy]

Originally posted by: mike2fix
10 grand at Ben Bridge and both the diamond and the woman are LONG gone.......

That's probably the most painful response on this thread. :brokenheart:

 

[austin316]

Originally posted by: gigapet
PSA: diamonds are not precious nor semi precious stones

yeah, but the diamond trade is precious. Its basically solely run be DeBeers.

 

[DBL]

Originally posted by: gigapet
PSA: diamonds are not precious nor semi precious stones

Sure they are.

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: austin316

Originally posted by: gigapet
PSA: diamonds are not precious nor semi precious stones

yeah, but the diamond trade is precious. Its basically solely run be DeBeers.

yes....its obviously easy to create artificially supply shortages and artifical demand when you control source, distribution, POS and marketing.

Im going to try and avoid supporting that raquet if I can convince a futture SO to select an equally expensive alternate stone.