Engagement ring help...

[RichardCranium]

As for the cost, let's say it was really, really good value for what I got.

I phrased the question poorly.

Please, would you mind letting us know what the ring cost in hours or days at your typical rate? That is, how much was it compared to a month's personal income?

Did you get your special and unique ring (which actually sounds really good) for two day's pay?



(BTW I agree with your apparent philosophy that if your are very happy with you you got then the price was OK. I hate those ratbags on hoiday that go round saying "So how much was your ticket 'cos I got mine on a deal for 74p and they threw in a free BJ. And a house.")

[sasguru]

As for the cost, let's say it was really, really good value for what I got and a bit of an adventure too (see above).

See my post above.
So let the panel decide, most of us have bought engagement rings.
Detail the spec and the price you paid.

[Pondlife]

See my post above.
So let the panel decide, most of us have bought engagement rings.
Detail the spec and the price you paid.

No one would ever lie on the internet... would they?

[Amiga500]

I'm more concerned about someone finding this post and knowing what I paid for the ring, but that's paranoia for you.

Ok it's an 18k gold, 0.80 carat F VS1 old european cut diamond ring, actually made circa 1930's.

Now what would you guess I paid for that 3 or 4 figures?

[NetwkSupport]

BT: When did this whole diamond engagement ring thing start?

JR: Diamonds became engagement stones around the end of the recession. Ernest Oppenheimer, who was in control of De Beers in the 1930s, was shutting down diamond mines to control supply and keep the price of diamonds high. He sent his son Harry to New York to meet with advertisers, because he realized that he couldn't have diamonds being bought up just by rich people. They needed something that would appeal to everyone.

Well, everyone has to get engaged. So they spent a million pounds a year (about $1.7 million) to establish the diamond engagement ring as a sacrament -- a spiritual thing. "Diamonds are forever." They invented that and advertised it at every high school at the time. They got Paramount Studios involved by having the female stars wearing diamonds and by creating diamonds films. Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" and such. That advertising campaign created the myth.

It was quite different in old times. Diamonds in India, for example, were worn for many years mostly by men. Their hardness was a symbol of fertility. They had to create a new story about diamonds for the woman.

[Amiga500]

BT: When did this whole diamond engagement ring thing start?

JR: Diamonds became engagement stones around the end of the recession. Ernest Oppenheimer, who was in control of De Beers in the 1930s, was shutting down diamond mines to control supply and keep the price of diamonds high. He sent his son Harry to New York to meet with advertisers, because he realized that he couldn't have diamonds being bought up just by rich people. They needed something that would appeal to everyone.

Well, everyone has to get engaged. So they spent a million pounds a year (about $1.7 million) to establish the diamond engagement ring as a sacrament -- a spiritual thing. "Diamonds are forever." They invented that and advertised it at every high school at the time. They got Paramount Studios involved by having the female stars wearing diamonds and by creating diamonds films. Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" and such. That advertising campaign created the myth.

It was quite different in old times. Diamonds in India, for example, were worn for many years mostly by men. Their hardness was a symbol of fertility. They had to create a new story about diamonds for the woman.

No tulip sherlock, diamond's are a con and hold no value.

Which is why I was determined to get a bargain, at least with an antique ring it has some character.

[sasguru]

No tulip sherlock, diamond's are a con and hold no value.

Which is why I was determined to get a bargain, at least with an antique ring it has some character.

Not the sharpest tool in the box, are you?
But a tool nonetheless.

[Amiga500]

Not the sharpest tool in the box, are you?
But a tool nonetheless.

Explain.

[sasguru]

Explain.

Explain why diamonds have no value.

[Amiga500]

Explain why diamonds have no value.

I said 'hold' no value dear, read the words don't just guess what they are because they look alike.

They don't hold their value because sellers add about a 300% mark up to them, expect to sell your diamond for about 25% of what you paid for it.