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Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:30 am to tween the hedges
order the diamond from a diamond broker, it will be much cheaper. Some brokers have ring options too, it is much cheaper than going to a retail shop. I used James Allen, by the look of his site he does more than just brokering diamonds now.
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:41 am to tween the hedges
I think independently owned jewelers generally triple their cost for the asking price...triple keystone. Often, they'll negotiate down 1/3rd of the price to double their cost.
Harder for chain stores to negotiate.
Harder for chain stores to negotiate.
This post was edited on 3/11/22 at 8:44 am
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:43 am to Cajun367
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appraisals on jewelry serve no real world application aside from insurance.
Buy 20k diamond ring, get it appraised 50k
Go to the beach, wife loses diamond ring.
File for insurance, get a check for 50k minus deductible. Profit. 30k. Sounds like a nice scam.
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:44 am to Shexter
If I understand correctly there are actually lab grown diamonds .. “baby diamonds” are put through a process in the lab to speed up growing process. They’re real .. just not mined diamonds.
This post was edited on 3/11/22 at 8:47 am
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:50 am to tween the hedges
Do what I did. Find a girl whose mom has a diamond purchased in Paris in the mid 1800’s by a great great great grandfather for his bride and passed down to throughout the years, skipping a generation each time. Her great aunt gave it to my mother in law when she died and it was my wife’s to have when she got engaged. I saved a shite ton of money 
This post was edited on 3/11/22 at 8:51 am
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:51 am to bikerack
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Deal with diamond wholesalers that also do the jewelry work.
This
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:52 am to tiger91
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They’re real .. just not mined diamonds
a diamond is just crystalline carbon. you can make a diamond by introducing an electrical charge to pressurized methane
the diamond market is the greatest scam ever devised
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:52 am to jlovel7
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frick paying $20k for an engagement ring. Jesus Christ.
Cubic Zirconia is the answer.
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:53 am to tween the hedges
You sound more like a Zale's guy. Just go there.
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:53 am to tween the hedges
I'm not making the move yet, but I asked everyone about family rings / diamonds. One of ours is 3/4 a carat, but it escaped Lithuania in my great grandmother's dress when the Nazis took over. That's fricking badass.
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:55 am to Duckhammer_77
don't feel like starting another thread
Has anyone else heard of this bull shite about getting another band after one year? I spend thousands on a ring then after a year you want more just because we didn't break up? frick that
I firmly believe you are born straight or gay because no sane person would put up with the shite women come up with.
Has anyone else heard of this bull shite about getting another band after one year? I spend thousands on a ring then after a year you want more just because we didn't break up? frick that
I firmly believe you are born straight or gay because no sane person would put up with the shite women come up with.
Posted on 3/11/22 at 8:58 am to Dire Wolf
I just bought a band to go between my wife’s engagement and wedding band with gemstones for both our children. We’ve been married for nearly 12 years though.
Posted on 3/11/22 at 9:00 am to tween the hedges
I've always had success dealing in cash.
Posted on 3/11/22 at 9:00 am to bikerack
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Deal with diamond wholesalers that also do the jewelry work.
This is the way. The wholesaler I dealt with started with the budget, and then said to send pictures of the shape wanted. A week later he let me view the options and select the stone. Then the ring was ready a couple weeks after that.
Was a much better process than browsing a store and saying "So how much is that one?"
Posted on 3/11/22 at 9:07 am to Dire Wolf
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Has anyone else heard of this bull shite about getting another band after one year? I spend thousands on a ring then after a year you want more just because we didn't break up? frick that
After a year? No.
But I did buy her a nice infinity band when we had our first child (we were married for 8 years before conceiving). It was a combo gift of sorts, our anniversary, her birthday, and our child's birth are all in April.
Posted on 3/11/22 at 9:09 am to Shexter
My wife lost one of her large diamond earrings. We made the insurance claim and bought larger lab grown ones and then had a significant amount of cash left over. There is absolutely zero difference in stone quality.
Posted on 3/11/22 at 9:10 am to tween the hedges
You should negotiate your way out of buying it. They are a racket
Posted on 3/11/22 at 9:47 am to jlovel7
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frick paying $20k for an engagement ring. Jesus Christ
If you pay $20K for an engagement ring, your marriage is guaranteed to fail
Because either your bride is a greedy bitch, you’re a complete idiot, or both
Posted on 3/11/22 at 9:50 am to tween the hedges
How involved in the process is she planning to be?
Lab created diamonds are all the rage right now. It is the exact same thing as a diamond -- just created by humans instead of inside the earth. You can get bigger and clearer for far less money.
Nobody can tell it is lab created, even professionals using magnifying tools. It must go through some sort of machine whose name escapes me.
Lab created diamonds are all the rage right now. It is the exact same thing as a diamond -- just created by humans instead of inside the earth. You can get bigger and clearer for far less money.
Nobody can tell it is lab created, even professionals using magnifying tools. It must go through some sort of machine whose name escapes me.
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