Engagement ring prices

Orange Peel said:
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 important 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!
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Obviously you are just tight fisted! It's just money at the end of the day!

I feel sorry for anyone you ever date if you always put money first!

My wife and I have been together since we were both 15, it'll be 13 years together on the 5th march, and we'd of been married 1 year on the 2nd May. We are still very much in love, but that doesn't stop me buying her gifts now and then, flowers for no reason, or spend a little extra on jewellery for her. It shows her, beyond words that I appreciate her and hold her above everything else. It makes her feel special!

If you have a partner, would you not feel a little more special if they did a little bit of overtime to buy you that extra nice watch/TV/PC part you've been wanting? Would you not feel that little bit more important to them after they've made that extra effort?

My wife would be just as happy with nothing, but, I have the money, why not spend it?
 
billysielu said:
I spent 500 quid, then we split up. Sold it for 250, then bought myself a new graphics card.

Engagement rings suck. I could have had SLI.
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Hehehehehe. You just had me giggling.

Anyway, I told SWMBO that she could spend upto a grand right now, but she still chose the cheapest at £100 saying that the ring isnt important. There you go!
 
i spent £1072 but it is worth £1600

and it is a named item on my contents insurance so if she loses it she gets a one worth £800 and i get a new tv :p
 
AHarvey said:
Obviously you are just tight fisted! It's just money at the end of the day!

I feel sorry for anyone you ever date if you always put money first!

My wife and I have been together since we were both 15, it'll be 13 years together on the 5th march, and we'd of been married 1 year on the 2nd May. We are still very much in love, but that doesn't stop me buying her gifts now and then, flowers for no reason, or spend a little extra on jewellery for her. It shows her, beyond words that I appreciate her and hold her above everything else.

If you have a partner, would you not feel a little more special if they did a little bit of overtime to buy you that extra nice watch/TV/PC part you've been wanting? Would you not feel that little bit more important to them after they've made that extra effort?
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lol you deduced that I'm tight fisted because I think I ring should have meaning over value.

Where have I said I put money first? You seem to be making facts up as you go along. I often buy gifts and spend more of my money on a partner than I do on myself. We're talking about engagement rings so try not to generalise too much :rolleyes: I believe a ring should have meaning first, value second. Sure if you can afford an expensive ring, great. But it should only be that ring because it's the right one and not because it cost a little/lot more.

Great, you have a very 'against the odds' relationship and I'm happy for you.

I've never asked or expected a partner to buy me anything. If they do I appreciate it and see it as a gift, not a 'hey honey this cost me X amount becuase I love you so much'

I've been engaged once before. We didn't make it to marriage as something tragic happened. However, the ring I bought was the one that caught her attention as she walked past the shop. It wasn't priced up in the window so we had no idea of the cost. We went into the shop (family owned) and asked to try it on. It was a perfect fit, looked lovely and made her smile. So I handed over my credit card and let them take payment. How much.. £215 with a discount to £190 for litrially being the easiest sale ever.

She loved the ring and until the end treasured it.

That is what an engagement ring should be IMHO. If you think differently, then good for you. I'm not changing my mind.
 
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SteveOBHave said:
No it wouldn't - it would be yellow with visable inclusions... do some research... honestly...
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VS2 - Very Slightly Included: Inclusions are not typically visible to the unaided eye. Less expensive than the VVS1 or VVS2 grades.

I agree on the colour, I wouldn't go for a H colour. Min for me is F.

My recommendation was for a best value diamond, not the best of the best.

I'm looking at this for my purchase.

Carat weight: 0.50

Cut: Ideal

Colour: D

Clarity: VVS2
 
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Im in the position where I am saving towards a ring and the budget I have in mind is £1500 - Personally I think its a waste of good cash, but I have seen other women and the affect it has on them
If you watch any newly engaged woman, for the first couple of weeks afterwards, you get to meet their ring, before you meet them, as a hand in the face and a "look what xxxx bought me" seems to be the standard approach, so it is a big deal for a woman. I don't want my missus feeling that she can't do that, not that she would, but I want her to have the option :D
 
@if ®afiq said:
I'm going to get one commissioned by Chris Parry (a previous thread on here)
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That was probably me recommending him. He made my wife's engagement ring and did a great job. I spent £425 on the ring, but I get bonus points because I designed it myself and I was a student at the time.

In other news, as has been said, the whole "month's salary, 2 months, 3 months" rubbish is made up by the diamond merchants. Can you say vested interest?
 
vonhelmet said:
That was probably me recommending him. He made my wife's engagement ring and did a great job. I spent £425 on the ring, but I get bonus points because I designed it myself and I was a student at the time.
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Should the time come again I plan to do the same.

Persoal touch/thought > money, anyday.
 
vonhelmet said:
That was probably me recommending him. He made my wife's engagement ring and did a great job. I spent £425 on the ring, but I get bonus points because I designed it myself and I was a student at the time.
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If I had designed it, there would have been at least one LED in there somewhere . . . :D
Nice touch btw.
 
Forgive my ignorance but..

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
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What does [most of] that mean?
 
msm722 said:
http://www.bluenile.co.uk/diamonds/diamond-education
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Great site that one - We bought our diamond from Blue Nile and then got it made for us at a jewelers on Hatton Garden in London.
It's a 1.01 Carat F colour VVS1 stone with .5 carats of smaller diamonds on the sides mounted in platinum
Ring-1.jpg
 
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