Engagement Rings

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lyonsie said:
Rule of thumb i think was 4 times monthly salary

Is that before or after tax......
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I say this with tongue in cheek!!!!!!

Will be buying my 3rd in the near future...... 1st one was stolen with handbag (stupid me for having it in my handbag), replacement one was then bought...... 1st husband gone and now on the look out for third ring (happy days....)
Obvously this is going to be something that I really love and as I have two daughters I would like them both to have something beautifull to have for keepsakes..... I have gone to Amsterdam and saw what can be bought for much less than here, but bargains can be had here as antique shops in particular are very willing to come down in price... ie... I saw a very nice ring a while ago for €24K and the jeweller rang me to give me his best price..... €17500.
A trip to New York might be in order, and a sister of mine was in Dubai recently and found 'expensive' jewellery to be worth travelling for, not designer clothing though, just as expensive as here....

'But I would have quite a few K'sss to play around with if I knew if it was before or after tax.....'
 
Well that depends on how much tax you pay!


Nicelives-talk about pious!

I mention the rule of thumb (not a binding rule of law, it must be said and not one i enforced on the poster herself or her fiance at gunpoint!!) because some people, despite your objections, like to have a vague idea of what the general/loose expectation might be. I know that one's "spiritual commitment" may find such financial aspects offence but it is a fact that we live in a world where people care somewhat for the value of things and many people become anxious when choosing a ring because they don't buy these rings every day and just want to make a special gesture permanant by the giving of such a token. The poster herself, obviously has some care for the value of her proposed ring as she's seeking to get the best value for her price-range. Nobody is forcing anybody to spend money. Nobody is standing over engaged couples with a calculator and nobody really cares what people spend on each other.

So less of the lecturing!!

And why do these posts always produce some krank to say that the diamond market is all some deBeers conspiracy!!
Its a market like every other. There is choice and people pay whatever they want!
People pay as much money for cars, which immediatley depreciate and no-one says - its all a conspiracy by unnamed men in the Toyota corporation.
And before someone says that cars drive you from a to b and diamonds have no function - a cheap car gets you from a to b and diamonds are unique; cars are replicas.

rant over.
 
daveyboy said:
Well that depends on how much tax you pay!


Nicelives-talk about pious!
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apols if you picked it up that way daveyboy
daveyboy said:
I mention the rule of thumb (not a binding rule of law, it must be said and not one i enforced on the poster herself or her fiance at gunpoint!!)
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never in the least suggested you were
I took that the original poster was also talking about love being the primary reason for them getting together, I find it strange the way you have spiritual commitment in parenthesis, spirit or love or something beyond the practical day to day reasons of life commitment I thought summed up the original poster's reason for commitment.
great stuff, just adding the other side to your original estimation that there's a whole group of people that reject that, both posts remain in the thread.
daveyboy said:
So less of the lecturing!!
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as I said above, apols if you picked up me expressing my opinion along with yours to be that way Daveyboy
daveyboy said:
And why do these posts always produce some krank to say that the diamond market is all some deBeers conspiracy!!
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I take exception to you calling me a krank because we don't both have the same opinion, it's about marketing not conspiracy, the same marketing that'll have you spend more on a particular item because a fashion or perceived need has been created. It's good to be aware of marketing.
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Its a market like every other. There is choice and people pay whatever they want!
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great stuff, they were looking for sub €1000 so their choice obviously wasn't the four month salary either
It's still marketing, apols if you took my opinion to be a personal afront to you, never intended it to be.
 
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i got my 3rd engagement ring on ebay last year - i paid €2,400 for it and got it valued at €5,000. I buy all my jewellery at this ebay shop -they are wholesalers so it cuts out the middleman.
 
The guideline, and that's all it is, would be somewhere between one month's gross salary or three month's net salary.Personally I would recommend purchasing in Antwerp from Phillipe Harold.[broken link removed] did a hell of a lot of research into engagement rings and purchasing online or overseas and went with this guy. He knows his stuff and is very helpful. You discuss budgets and decide settings and stones via email and then go to Antwerp to pick up the ring. Before people start cribbing about the cost of this we're talking €80 for a flight and a couple of euro for a train. Without going into actual prices I paid 40% of what I would have paid in any of the "top" Dublin jewellers for a ring of the same specifications. This is Ireland and we pay way over the top for stuff like this.Congratulations to you both.
 
emmalou,

any jewellers shops who make their own jewellery sell rings by style and can make the rings to suit your budget. They can just change the size / quality of the diamond to make the ring in the style you want at the price you can afford. Some even told me that if there is a ring in the window of another jewellers to let them know and they can make it up.

Antique dealers can also give good value for money and this is where we ultimately got our ring (and by our I mean hers!!!). We got a lovely ring which is truely unique but most importantly whcih my wife adores which is worth more than any expensive high street ring.

There are a few antique dealers in the Powerscourt townhouse centre and a couple on South Anne street (off grafton street) in Dublin.

In my opinion. with your budget, there would not be much point in going to Antwerp or the states as you will spend most of your money on travel and have nothing left for the ring!
 
My fiancé at the time fell in love with a ring that was unusual and yet cost half a months salary (back during my first job, so much less that that now). I had my eye on a platinum solitaire diamond ring that was going to set me back over three months wages, so I was particularly happy that she picked that out herself. Looking back, I know she had our best interests at heart and didn't want me to stretch what would be our finances, but I know she loves that little token dearly.
 


john rambo must be on a fee base with philippe harold jewellers.he's been on another site raving about him.

on the other matter, a girl should say no to a miser hubby to-be, if he wont spend some decent money on a fab diamond ring and instead offers a cheap ring.if he wont spend the cash then, what will he be like 2 or 3 or 5 years in to the marriage?when your looking for money for a nice dress or go to a good resturant or need to upgrade the car or food for the kids etc
or maybe, a girl who accepts a cheap engagement ring from a man deserves what she gets.dont get hoodwinked girls.
 
I always thought it was meant to be equivalent of one months salary. Thats what mine cost and it took me ages to get used to the idea of wearing something so expensive everyday.
 

What site was that? I've never discussed engagement rings on any other site...as for your other comments, they're off the wall. What you spend on a ring doesn't matter, it's what it means that's important. And I think the days of women asking their husbands for money for a "nice dress" are gone! Bizarre stuff
 
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