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Shopping for engagement rings, educate me
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:10 pm
What do I look for?
What am I trying to avoid?
SO likes "vintage" style rings.
She may be interested in alternative gemstones (like sapphire).
What should I be budgeting?
Please no "don't get married posts" and no pics.
What am I trying to avoid?
SO likes "vintage" style rings.
She may be interested in alternative gemstones (like sapphire).
What should I be budgeting?
Please no "don't get married posts" and no pics.
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Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:11 pm to brodeo
quote:marriage. You're doing it wrong
What am I trying to avoid?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:11 pm to brodeo
Run. Don't learn
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:11 pm to brodeo
The three C's. And 4 digits. 5 digits for most people on here.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:11 pm to brodeo
Spend 90% of your funds towards the diamond. The band can always be changed but women become attached to the actual stone and that's what they show off.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:12 pm to brodeo
quote:
SO likes "vintage" style rings.
Harder to find, and decide on, IMO.
quote:
She may be interested in alternative gemstones (like sapphire).
Don't do it!!!
quote:
What should I be budgeting?
Are you an OT baller? A kid just finishing school? Have a job?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:13 pm to brodeo
Check this out: How to buy an engagement ring
Where are you located?
Call Edberg jewelry in Metairie and ask for Larry.
Where are you located?
Call Edberg jewelry in Metairie and ask for Larry.
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:13 pm to brodeo
A pawn shop in Chicago will have what you're looking for.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:13 pm to brodeo
Here's a solid hint. 99% of the responses in this thread are 100% full of shite.
"My ring appraised for way more than I paid"
"I got a good looking 2 carat for 12,000"
Etc.
Bunch of fricking liars.
"My ring appraised for way more than I paid"
"I got a good looking 2 carat for 12,000"
Etc.
Bunch of fricking liars.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:13 pm to brodeo
Platinum is in.
2 months salary.
Look VERY close for any sort of impurity.
2 months salary.
Look VERY close for any sort of impurity.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:13 pm to brodeo
quote:
Shopping for engagement rings, educate me
If you really want to learn, then listen only to this thread and follow my advice.
Go to a few reputable jewelry stores in your town and speak to trained gemologists or professionals in the jewelry business.
Spend what you feel comfortable spending, nobody can tell you what that is...
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:14 pm to brodeo
diamonds for engagement rings are a ripoff dreamed up by De Beers in a 1938 ad campaign to unload a glut of diamonds they were stuck with
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:15 pm to ag3ntpurpl3
quote:
Spend 90% of your funds towards the diamond. The band can always be changed but women become attached to the actual stone and that's what they show off.
This is for if your SO is a gold digging whore.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:15 pm to brodeo
You want us to do your dirty work?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:17 pm to alajones
quote:
2 months salary.
I think the diamond industry came up with that rule.
I'm not engaged (though my girlfriend is not happy about that), but get something you like and can afford. If you want to upgrade later in life, do so, but if the success of your marriage and her happiness in it will depend on the size of the ring you buy, you shouldn't be getting married.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:18 pm to brodeo
If you are in Baton Rouge check Classic Jewelers on Perkins.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:19 pm to brodeo
quote:
What should I be budgeting?
Whatever you are comfortable spending. You can get something beautiful without breaking bank.
quote:
SO likes "vintage" style rings
Do not do this or a stone other than a diamond.
quote:
What am I trying to avoid?
Chain jewelers
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:22 pm to brodeo
I might be off base here but...
1-figure out what size/cut you'd like to get
2-colors D, E and F are a huge waste. Live in the G, H and I range.
3-clarity should be SI1 or better. You can get away with an SI2 if the inclusion is near the side and can be covered by a prong
4-Try to talk to a family friend who is a jeweler. Hopefully that will cut down on some of the bullshite extra costs.
5-If you end up going with a round or something similar get 6 fricking prongs. 4 prongs takes away from the roundness and if 1 prong gets messed up you lose the diamond. With 6 prong it would take 2 right next to each other for this to happen
6-insure the damn thing. Not that expensive. CYA man.
1-figure out what size/cut you'd like to get
2-colors D, E and F are a huge waste. Live in the G, H and I range.
3-clarity should be SI1 or better. You can get away with an SI2 if the inclusion is near the side and can be covered by a prong
4-Try to talk to a family friend who is a jeweler. Hopefully that will cut down on some of the bullshite extra costs.
5-If you end up going with a round or something similar get 6 fricking prongs. 4 prongs takes away from the roundness and if 1 prong gets messed up you lose the diamond. With 6 prong it would take 2 right next to each other for this to happen
6-insure the damn thing. Not that expensive. CYA man.
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:26 pm to brodeo
Don't educate yourself
Posted on 12/5/14 at 5:29 pm to brodeo
No matter what ring you get or how expensive it is, know this: it will be infinitely cheaper than EVERYTHING else that comes after.
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