Engagment Rings

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Occam's Razor said:
f***ing hell (at the first two posts). If our lass thought I'd been thinking of spending upwards of a grand on a bit of jewellery she'd have went mental. Far better things to spend your money on, especially in the first heady flush of romance.
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Should this be the time to get engaged?

IrishMackem88 said:
Well I'm like most lads on here, earn and honest wage, work hard and what not. But I'd never put myself under huge financial strain where I'd be deep in debt for something like a ring. I wouldn't be with my girlfriend if she would have no problem with me being broke. Some men are too soft in that regard like.

That's not saying I'd rock up with a ring with €80 for her or anything.
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The Spezial One said:
3 months wage equivalent ain't it?
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Apparently but no way people are gonna spend potentially 6k on a ring.

I paid over £1500 :evil: but to be fair we spent £100 on the wedding ring and only $100 on mine (I bought it in the Middle East so 24ct is worth a lot more)

5underland said:
I thought it was 1 month? Our lass didn't get 3 months worth, think it was 1500, at the time it was the single biggest wedge id ever spent on anything.
Mate of mine has a house in India, says if I want anything diamond wise to send a picture over and they'll make it at a fraction of the price. Problem being, they could use crap and id be none the wiser and id probably be more concerned about where the materials come from.
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:lol: When I bought one it was more money than I'd spent on ever spent on a car or a holiday
 
My mam gave me hers, and the only expense was getting it cut down a hundred sizes.

Our wedding rings came custom made from South Korea and were about 170 quid.
 
Think the one I got the missus was about 1800-2000 or something? It was a few years back now so can't quite remember :lol:
 
I remember paying around 2500 quid back in 95 for the Ex fiancee. When we split up, she broke down the ring, into a smaller diamond ring, and a nice pair diamond earrings.
 
Thing is these days the stones are so very small and cost so very much. Back in the long off day admittedly I had to sell my car to buy her engagement ring but at least you can see it.
 
first time i got engaged* the lass picked out and bought** the ring herself... 60 quid from argos. :)

* we broke up before getting wed
** I did give her the money when i got back to the UK she just didn't want the ring to sell out at the time.
 
£1800 but that ring would cost double that in goldsmiths, etc.

Got it from Newcastle Jewellery company (or something like that). Cracking shop tbf.
 
shogun1904 said:
I only paid £650 for our lasses, she got it valued last time she got cleaned (she must be thinking about binning me off and flogging it) and it was valued at £1100.



You're only meant to get engaged once iirc.



Is she moving out of the kip instead of you like?
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Aye, makes more sense, business is registered there, the dogs are there and my leeks are...can't move my leeks now.:D
 
IrishMackem88 said:
How much would you pay or how much have you paid?

I was in the jewellers today, picking up a present for my mams birthday and was surprised by the varied prices.

I couldn't tell the difference from a 2k one to a 4k one like bar the price tag on it.
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My mrs chose one and it was £70 :eek: we were only 17 at the time like.

She could have had pretty much anyone she wanted but chose that as she said it wasn't about the cost of it (thank fuck :lol:)

She lost it about 5 years later and chose another one that was £200.
 
janiep said:
It's gold that's seen the big rises due to the financial crash. Jewellery has been overpriced for some time IMHO. Bubble will burst.
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the retail markup for diamonds is something like 300%. it's a pure emotional purchase so they can charge what they like. as long as folk realise that it's fine.

i shudder when i here folk talking about buying (diamond) jewellery from a retail shop as if it's an investment.
 
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