Engagement ring prices

a.hay said:
It should be 2 or 3 months wages.
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My missus keeps dropping hints like that, but she'll be bloody lucky.

She's also started dropping hints about Tiffany! I think it's the setting that she loves though, and as I'm pretty sure a large amount of the cost of the Tiffany ring is the name, I'll be going to a small, independent jeweller and getting the same style ring but far better quality/diamond for the same money.
 
z0mbi3 said:
I'd pay about 15k, going by the 3 months wages rule.
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I can see this thread descending into e-willy waving, or in actual fact, just willy waving.



Personaly, I would spend as much as is needed IF I found a ring I considered "perfect", by that same token I would also have no issue spending half a months wages as well.

My adivce is don't say "I'm going to spend THIS much on a ring" think more like "This is my top end, lets go and look around", don't feel that you are somehow lessening the romantic notion by not destroying your bank balance.
 
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z0mbi3 said:
What do you mean?
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Not getting at you specificaly but to put it bluntly:

"I can spend THIS MUCH <--------------> on a ring making MY token of love better than YOUR token of love! HAHAHAHAHA"!


It's just waving bank balances around, doesn't "mean" anything but people feel the need to do it anyway as it makes them feel self important.
 
Fenris said:
Not getting at you specificaly but to put it bluntly:

"I can spend THIS MUCH <--------------> on a ring making MY token of love better than YOUR token of love! HAHAHAHAHA"!





Or just look at the above post.
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Yeah well ignore him he just likes stirring.
 
There are some odd people in here!

You spend whatever you want to spend as long as you know you can afford it! And for those that say, spend £50 and if she demands more dump her, that's kind of a crappy attitude!

For most women the price of the ring isn't important, however, if you spend that little bit extra you are letting her know that you think she is worth it, that she is more important than money and you want her to have nice things. It doesn't mean she is a money grabbing slapper.

When we went ring shopping my missus found the style she liked and there was 3 rings, gold & white gold for £800 and a platinum one for £1500. She loved the platinum one until we found out how much it was, then said she would just have the white gold. I know that white gold needs touch up work every year and wanted her to have the ring she fell in love with, so I purchased the platinum one.

But, a word of warning, don't forget that they wedding band will have to match the engagement ring, so platinum engagement means platinum band :O :p That was £500 i think with my ring costing £140.
 
I've narrowed my choice down to the following - any help/advise would be greatly appreciated :)

Carat weight: 0.31
Cut: Signature Ideal
Colour: G
Clarity: VS1
Price per carat: £1,081
Depth %: 70.2%
Table %: 69%
Symmetry: Excellent
Polish: Excellent
Girdle: Medium to slightly thick
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 3.87 x 3.82 x 2.68 mm
Length/width ratio: 1.01



Carat weight: 0.31
Cut: Very Good
Colour: F
Clarity: VVS1
Price per carat: £1,110
Depth %: 73.7%
Table %: 70%
Symmetry: Very good
Polish: Excellent
Girdle: Medium to slightly thick
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 3.81 x 3.73 x 2.75 mm
Length/width ratio: 1.02

Carat weight: 0.31
Cut: Very Good
Colour: F
Clarity: VVS1
Price per carat: £1,103
Depth %: 73.3%
Table %: 74%
Symmetry: Very good
Polish: Very good
Girdle: Medium to slightly thick
Culet: None
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 3.86 x 3.74 x 2.74 mm
Length/width ratio: 1.03
 
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AHarvey said:
There are some odd people in here!

You spend whatever you want to spend as long as you know you can afford it! And for those that say, spend £50 and if she demands more dump her, that's kind of a crappy attitude!

For most women the price of the ring isn't important, however, if you spend that little bit extra you are letting her know that you think she is worth it, that she is more important than money and you want her to have nice things. It doesn't mean she is a money grabbing slapper.
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I'm not sure anyone has said you should dump her if she won't accept a £50 ring.

As for your second paragraph. The belief that spending a little extra to make her feel special is just crazy. Surely the unconditional love and compainship is more than enough to make her feel special.

"Here you go dear, I spent a little extra just so you know how special you are" What complete rubbish!
 
I would definitely look more importantly at the colour - as close to D as possible as the whiteness really does seem to show against the more yellow ones.

Go take a look at some of the cheaper ones around and you can really see a yellow tinge to them.

As for the clarity just get the best you can afford. the VS1 and VVS1 both shouldnt have any inclusions that you can see with the naked eye so you should be ok :D
 
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