bluenile.com
No joke. I thought dealing over the net would be “iffy”, but I knew 3 different people who did it with success, so that’s what I did.
Fully guaranteed, shipped FedEx and YOU have to sign for it. They give you 30 days to send it back for any reason.
In my 30 days, I had it appraised independently 3 times to be sure, and the lowest appraisal was still more than double what I’d paid for it.
I managed to get the rock that made her proud, on a budget I could afford at the time. Same money at the Clark building would’ve gotten .5 carat less in a more flawed and 1 color level more yellow stone. Plus, I got a platinum setting that would’ve been off the hook expensive at the Clark building.
Isn’t it funny that the one time any guy doesn’t embellish his salary is when the jeweler ask what 3 month’s salary is? Then, we’re all like…“ummmmm, 'bout $2,000 if I work overtime”…
Anyhow, at least check it out. I did all the Clark building stuff, and even did New York since I travel there for business a lot.
nothing came close in price to bluenile.com for the same quality, size, cut, and color.
EDIT- Excuse ‘da spellin’ errors. I’ve got tendinitis in my wrist and can’t type with theis friggen brace on.
I have one for sale…I paid about 5k for it will sell for what i owe on it which is like 3400 or so if you want it…it is over a carat total with the center stone a .76 carat S1(I believe have to look at the paper work) stone
Cool! Good luck!
I got mine there 6 years ago and they are still doing well, so they have to be doing something right. Back then it was a bigger secret so I don’t know if the value is still as good, but I’m sure it’s better than the markup at a retail jeweler; even the discount ones at the Clark building.
And the fact that I got the “dream rock” and setting for her (even though it cost half of what it would’ve) had to have subliminally helped when I asked her, after we were married, if I could get all the $$$$ mods done to my car, lol…
Yes that is what you are supposed to spend. Take her out and see what she likes then get that. My rings together were only 2000 i got them at kings and i love them. My engagement ring is heart shaped and everything together is 1 carat. So a carat is just right unless she don’t like stones that big. Just remember to get good clarity. and make sure there are little flaws as possible.
Thanks for the advice guys and girls. I already picked one up and its the one she picked out, so I know she will like it. Now I just have to find a way to ask her that she wouldn’t expect. She already has the entire wedding all planned out.
I will post pics of it when I give it to her. (I know she is on here keeping close tabs on this post thread)
Like she didn’t know this was coming. We have been talking about it non stop for the last 3 months. I wanted her to have something she would have picked on her own.
I told her I wanted her to propose to me! She didn’t like that idea. :crying:
My cousin spent 6000 on a ring for his wife now… and my ring is bigger and a hell of a lot better… Price should not be the point of an engagement ring… if she is worried about what it costs then fuck that bitch… its what it means. So dont worry about income because what you suppposedly make and can afford is completely different… I hate bitches that think omg i have to have this price range…be happy someone loves you that much and wants to be with you for the rest of your life…
I agree with everything you said…but I may have a slightly different point of view. I think it is kinda stupid to put a price on it but you have to have your limit so you don’t go broke. I don’t think price should matter at all…but it goes both ways…if there is a ring that is expensive that is the “perfect” ring then so be it…just spend the $$$ …if there is a ring that is lower priced and you know it is the “perfect” ring then so be it…either way the only way I think price should be a factor is just knowing when to say what is too much to spend for what you can afford.
There it is. I spent more than I could afford at the time, though. But it was “the one”, and for “the one”. I’d have spent more if I had to. I found the ring I’d wanted then figured out how much it cost. It all washes out in the end; it’s now paid for and I’m happy as can be… and I still look at it when the light hits it just right, and smile. I could’ve gotten something cheaper that was effective, but it wasn’t about the price. It was about finding the perfect symbolic ring that showed her that I meant every word I’d said when I told her I wanted to spend my life with her. <cue diamond commercial music in background>
I mean, come on, I think nothing of spending a few grand on car mods even when I’m broke. It’s only appropriate to think nothing of spending more on something that means something.
But then again, if she indicates she wants something in “X” price range, then she ain’t the one… I was lucky in that anything would’ve worked for her, which made me want to get her the best I could even more.
