I have a loose ring.

[NickFitz]

And before anyone asks, yes I did know the size of her ring finger before we got engaged, but she proposed to me and went and bought herself a ring to do it with........

So basically, she spent a load of money on a ring for herself, and married you to justify the expenditure?

Women and shopping

[NickFitz]

Well that would be better actually, as it is also starting to disciolour! (Not that I'm saying my lad buys me cheap carp like...)

Is your finger turning green too?

[r0bly0ns]

So basically, she spent a load of money on a ring for herself, and married you to justify the expenditure?

Women and shopping

I wish!

She spent hardly any money on a ring for herself, then married me and sprung on me "seeing as we couldn't afford a decent engagement ring, I think you should buy me an ewternaty ring"!


Been delaying that one for 5 years now

[SallyAnne]

I wish!

She spent hardly any money on a ring for herself, then married me and sprung on me "seeing as we couldn't afford a decent engagement ring, I think you should buy me an ewternaty ring"!


Been delaying that one for 5 years now

Lasses are so crafty You've got to love them

[realityhack]

Wouldn't a cast leave an edge to be bevelled? ...Tiffany is all mouth and no trousers so to speak.

Casts do leave an edge - but they're ground down, the sharp bits are filed off and the ring is expertly polished, so only a trained eye could spot a cast ring under a 10x loop.

After a fair bit of shopping around for Future Mrs Rh's ring I could spot the cast rings fairly easily - I even used a 10x loop to read the laser-engraved GIA number on the diamond to check if it matched the certificate - jeweller was impressed I could read that.

Yes - in my opinion Tiffany is more mouth than trousers, and so is Ernst & Jones. Some of their rings may be production line jobs with polishing done afterwards. I had the one I bought made especially to spec.

For anyone looking to buy a diamond ring, the advice is simple - go to a dealer and get the best diamond sorted - cut clarity carat and colour are the things you're looking for. I managed to get a flawless 'D' round brilliant cut diamond which sparkles quite a lot (btw, there's 'fire' (the spectrum of light reflected) and 'brilliance' (the amount reflected) - this depends on the proportions of the cut and it's internal refraction/reflection indices/angles).

Once diamond is sorted, no-one worth their salt should be charging you any more than 450 for the (handmade) ring and mount.

I used a half-carat princess-cut D, VVS1 stone as my benchmark for pricing shops and sussing their markup - such a stone in a platinum mount should cost no more than £1,450 and is very popular so most shops can be assessed that way.

Tiffany could flog you a cast mount with that stone for nearly £3.5k - Ernst & Jones £2.5k. There are some v good local jewellers out there (if you're in London I can recommend some to those looking to buy) who will go over £2k but the workmanship is supreme. Get these prices right and you feel better about lashing out on a really nice ring as you know you're not being stung.

The chain jewellers sometimes sell a shoddy product at an inflated price - no surprises there. Avoid at all costs.

[TheFaQQer]

I wish!

She spent hardly any money on a ring for herself, then married me and sprung on me "seeing as we couldn't afford a decent engagement ring, I think you should buy me an ewternaty ring"!


Been delaying that one for 5 years now

Eternity rings are traditionally bought on the birth of the first child.

Not sure if that helps you or puts you deeper in it.

[SallyAnne]

lashing out on a really nice ring

[TheFaQQer]

I'm glad I'm single, all of a sudden...

£3k

Lizzie Duke do wedding rings for £20.

[realityhack]

Are you being filthy again Sal?

[SallyAnne]

Are you being filthy again Sal?

I cant help it - who doesn't laugh at that?