Need to buy an engagement ring
23 November 2005, 09:15 AM
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Need to buy an engagement ring
Reckon I need to spend a months salary, so about £5k.
Any recommendations, I don't want to go to London..
Any recommendations, I don't want to go to London..
23 November 2005, 09:19 AM
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**** that, she got a £675 ring off me. Best I was gonna do 
especially since they'll chuck it back at you last thing you want is a heavy rock on it
Women are fussy, just take her to buy it with you
especially since they'll chuck it back at you last thing you want is a heavy rock on it Women are fussy, just take her to buy it with you
23 November 2005, 09:22 AM
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5k 
Just think what you could really buy with 5k, then go to Argos and get something for her from there tee hee
Does she want you to spend that much? I think i would be scared to wear something that expensive everyday!
Just my thoughts, and sorry i dont know where you can buy a decent ring
Just think what you could really buy with 5k, then go to Argos and get something for her from there tee hee
Does she want you to spend that much? I think i would be scared to wear something that expensive everyday!
Just my thoughts, and sorry i dont know where you can buy a decent ring
23 November 2005, 09:25 AM
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yup - my missus wanted to choose her engagement ring, we ended up with a secondhand antique ring which was nice I admit, it cost less than a grand, still looks superb 10 years later - and best of all she insisted on paying half as she said she got all the benefit of wearing it
23 November 2005, 09:25 AM
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months pay is about right. no idea on where to buy (my wife got her engagment, wedding, eternity rings from Tiffany in NY ....like Ratners for rich people
Dont do what i did which was go to buy the month you get a bonus (had to explain the £50k ring was very nice but not happening whatever month it was!)
Dont do what i did which was go to buy the month you get a bonus (had to explain the £50k ring was very nice but not happening whatever month it was!)
23 November 2005, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by davyboy
Reckon I need to spend a months salary, so about £5k.
Any recommendations, I don't want to go to London..
Any recommendations, I don't want to go to London..
. Just because Clare reads this site 
If you do need any help btw, mate has a jewelers in Leighton Buzzard & Chesham, he could at least advise you & help source what you really want.
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23 November 2005, 09:48 AM
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It's not the ring it's the sentiment. Any woman that needs a huge bloody rock just to feel 'properly engaged' is probably not one you should be marrying!
SWAG do pretty nice stuff - and shouldn't be too scary expensive. Personally I'd consult her A LOT first and involve her in buying it - she's going to have to wear it for the rest of her life (hopefully!) - so avoid anything too trendy.
SWAG do pretty nice stuff - and shouldn't be too scary expensive. Personally I'd consult her A LOT first and involve her in buying it - she's going to have to wear it for the rest of her life (hopefully!) - so avoid anything too trendy.
23 November 2005, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by davyboy
Reckon I need to spend a months salary, so about £5k.
Any recommendations, I don't want to go to London..
Any recommendations, I don't want to go to London..
This ought to fit in your budget
23 November 2005, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by KiwiGTI
Tradition dictates you need to spend 3 months salary.
Anyway what people actually spend bears little relation to tradition anyway. Most people have rent/mortgage and other bills etc. It'd take me years to save 3 months salary on a ring
All that's important is that she a) likes it, b) you can afford it and c) will last a lifetime.
23 November 2005, 09:55 AM
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"Need to buy an engagement ring" - lol, shouldn't that be Want?
Sounds like you have one pushy missus. Let me guess, one of her friends has recently got engaged.
Sounds like you have one pushy missus. Let me guess, one of her friends has recently got engaged.
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23 November 2005, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Drunken Bungle *****
It's not the ring it's the sentiment. Any woman that needs a huge bloody rock just to feel 'properly engaged' is probably not one you should be marrying!
I got a v. nice 1.02 carat diamond / platinum ring in San Fran - paid a bit less than £4k, over here it would be at least £6k. In fact she was so pleased, she bought me a nice Breitling as an engagement present
23 November 2005, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by SJ_Skyline
http://www.jeremy-hoye.co.uk/ - Brighton (and London)
23 November 2005, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by TopBanana
I got a v. nice 1.02 carat diamond / platinum ring in San Fran - paid a bit less than £4k, over here it would be at least £6k.
I got £2.5k off my purchase straight away just by asking nicely. Markups huge as per usual. Pushed them further, and got more.
23 November 2005, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by SJ_Skyline
23 November 2005, 10:25 AM
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Also remember the monopoly DeBeers has over the world diamond market 
There's a glut of diamonds sitting in DeBeer storage....just that DeBeers likes to limit supply to artificially hike the prices.
Flawless manufactured gems are already here...be interesting to see what DeBeers does to protect their monopoly...maybe it'll soon be cool(er) to have flaws in your diamond to prove it's natural rather than manmade!!
There's a glut of diamonds sitting in DeBeer storage....just that DeBeers likes to limit supply to artificially hike the prices.
Flawless manufactured gems are already here...be interesting to see what DeBeers does to protect their monopoly...maybe it'll soon be cool(er) to have flaws in your diamond to prove it's natural rather than manmade!!
23 November 2005, 10:34 AM
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Remember you'll set a dangerous precedent by spending £5k on the ring, give it a little while & you'll be a further £15k down for the matching earings, bracelet, eternity ring etc.
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Boodles if you're spending that amount of money IMO.
They'll either find a ring to suit her, or make one of it doesn't already exist. Prices range from about £1500 upto millions for their latest marquise diamond, they can provide whatever setting you can think of if you dont fancy the stuff form the brochure, in white gold, gold, or platinum (my personal favourite)
www.boodles.co.uk
they'll open a bottle of champagne when you go and choose and you'll be kept topped up with champagne and mince pies during your stay. they'll also offer a life long service of free cleaning in any of their stores and their service is second to none in my experience.
For something this importnant its noce to have the backup of a decent jeweller.
EDIT: forgot to mention, they also gave us 12 months free insurance on our engagement and wedding rings.
They'll either find a ring to suit her, or make one of it doesn't already exist. Prices range from about £1500 upto millions for their latest marquise diamond, they can provide whatever setting you can think of if you dont fancy the stuff form the brochure, in white gold, gold, or platinum (my personal favourite)
www.boodles.co.uk
they'll open a bottle of champagne when you go and choose and you'll be kept topped up with champagne and mince pies during your stay. they'll also offer a life long service of free cleaning in any of their stores and their service is second to none in my experience.
For something this importnant its noce to have the backup of a decent jeweller.
EDIT: forgot to mention, they also gave us 12 months free insurance on our engagement and wedding rings.
23 November 2005, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by SJ_Skyline
Can you get a set of clown ear rings too?
23 November 2005, 11:21 AM
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So, Dave, for a man who chastised me for happening to mention that my wine glasses cost forty quid each, i'm quite enjoying the irony of the opening post 
Hope it goes well though
Hope it goes well though
