Engagement ring
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that ring is hot. i really dont like gold and silver. now you got me thinkin.
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I would never buy anything from where that picture came from (Zales). It was the first decent hit off google images. lol.
Kay is just the same - crap. At least the price of wedding bands is minimal when compared to the E-Ring...
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what picture?
this one?
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I can't wait. 10/28/2006
me either. i gotta throw a stag, y0!
corvetteguy
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Fisrt of all dude, you should be really well learned before buying a diamond...I hope you don't have one of those girls who is hung up on "o the ring better be a carat" blah blah blah blah......if your looking to spend 2k, i would suggest getting a real nice smaller diamond in a nice setting..
your best bet is to go to www.diamond.com and choose "Engagment" and desing your ring....you can search for your exact diamond and choose the band setting
you need to pay attention to color clarity and cut.....for clarity i would not buy anyting less then vs2 and for color i would not go lower then g color( D being the best -colorless)
for example...
this is a platinum setting band that cost 900 dollars and the diamond is a VS2 clarity E color 1/2 carat diamond and cost $1125 totaling $2025
Now obviously if you want to go alil smaller on the diamond you can up the quality of it... or you can go alil cheaper on teh band and go to 14k white gold for like 400 and put another 500 into the diamond cost....
Do allot of research, don't buy a crappy diamond....
your best bet is to go to www.diamond.com and choose "Engagment" and desing your ring....you can search for your exact diamond and choose the band setting
you need to pay attention to color clarity and cut.....for clarity i would not buy anyting less then vs2 and for color i would not go lower then g color( D being the best -colorless)
for example...
this is a platinum setting band that cost 900 dollars and the diamond is a VS2 clarity E color 1/2 carat diamond and cost $1125 totaling $2025
Now obviously if you want to go alil smaller on the diamond you can up the quality of it... or you can go alil cheaper on teh band and go to 14k white gold for like 400 and put another 500 into the diamond cost....
Do allot of research, don't buy a crappy diamond....
also if you buy from a store (zales, kay, whitehall, samuels, etc) all their jewery is maked up 4 times what it really cost. you can always talk them down in price. but you best bet is to have your ring custom made
corvetteguy
Senior Member
can you tell i've been researching for awhile!!! lol
What size is Bs ring finger?
Ya that platinum one was sweet! She likes silver too so I have a slight advantage cost wise. So you guys wouldn't recommend some place chain store? What about if something happened to it. It isn't like a cheap computer part, be something I'd expect to have for a long time.
You'll need to schedule it on your renters/homeowners policy or Chubb offers a standalone inland marine policy for E-Rings/Wedding Bands etc:
https://www.chubb.com/personal/valuable_articles.jsp
https://www.chubb.com/personal/valuable_articles.jsp
corvetteguy
Senior Member
dude, you can't get her a silver engagement ring
.....get alteast 14k gold....that plat band was 900 dollars but that have 14k whitegold for like 200-300 dollars.....don't worry about the band as much as the quality of the diamond.....to be honest 2k is not allot of money for a engagement ring, but trust me, i know its allot for a guy to spend.....i will prolly be spending 4500 myself in the future....and i cannot afford even 2k as it is...wtf do we get out of all this...??????
i would say like an 11.5
The only advice I can offer is to go in to the store with a set budget in your head but don't tell them. When I wen I was looking at .80-1.00 carat and I had my color and clarity minimums set. I forget what they are at the moment. I would also recommend going to a place that atleast has their bands and stones seperate if you cannot do a custom. I went through Jared's and loved the whole experience. Payed off the car and dropped close to 5500 on the (.96)ring/band set with savings and a little loan to not totally break the savings account.