How much did you spend on your engagement ring?

[mumofcaleb]

Just curious as to know those of you who helped choose your engagement rings....how much did you spend?

[Zada]

i think mine was about $800 - not that i wear it:rolleyes: gets caught on everything

[katherine]

i chose my ring out of a catalogue (just gathered each stores as i walked past one day, then looked at home)

and i paid $699 for both the matching wedding band and engagment ring.

not much compared to some.. but i wanted soemthing i would wear forever and loved!!!!! which i do!

[TeamAwesome]

Mine was only 350 or 450 I think (baby brain is blocking that part of the memory) so also not very much but I much prefer my beautiful Amethyst to diamonds!

[Areca]

I didn't spend a cent on my engagement ring...DH did :p

[Billy]

My engagement ring was about $2000. :thumbsup: My cousins' was $10 000!!!! :eek: It is amazing though... :yes:

[Hokey Pokey]

DH chose my ring and it cost him 2grand. One diamond and 18ct gold.

[brooke]

dh and I picked mine together from my favourite jeweller. It was $4500 and we picked up my wedding ring the same day too because it matched perfectly. that one was $2500 but every budget is different. and you can get beautiful rings on sale a lot of the time.

[trinitylee]

More than we could afford...3 years later and still paying it off:mad:

Its a 1ct white gold solitare...I love it but regret spending so much money. it was nearly $8,000

[MilkOnTap]

Hubby spent $2300 on mine

[mumofcaleb]

DP wants to spend around $1000 but everything that I like is so much more. I'm willing to go around $2500 :p

[Niki]

hubby spent $3500 on mine, i could never spend that much on myself id rather a big screen tv hehe

[mumofcaleb]

Anyone got any pics?????????

[Hokey Pokey]

I will try!

[OneBabyBoy]

My ex paid $4750 for mine....and yes I still have it :D

[♥Heaven Sent♥]

Mine cost about $1500 and that was the wedding ring included mine is a diamond with little diamonds along side :)

heres a pic of it
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n315/Bellamumma/DSC0063.jpg

[ButterflyMama]

No idea.. hubby bought it for me.. but it's a 1920's 2.0 carat art deco platinum diamond ring.. emerald cut in the centre with 8 princess cut and 4 emerald cut smaller diamonds around it.. i absolutely adore it..

photos below

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MizBehave/EngagementRing-007.gif
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MizBehave/EngagementRing-004.gif



Jessie

[trinitylee]

Gee its harder than i thought to take a pic of a ring!!
Sorry bout the bad pics:(

my ring (http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r314/srood69/100_0239.jpg)
my ring 2 (http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r314/srood69/100_0245.jpg)

[iluvmeboyz]

mine was $3,000

[trinitylee]

No idea.. hubby bought it for me.. but it's a 1920's 2.0 carat art deco platinum diamond ring.. emerald cut in the centre with 8 princess cut and 4 emerald cut smaller diamonds around it.. i absolutely adore it..

photos below

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MizBehave/EngagementRing-007.gif
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y294/MizBehave/EngagementRing-004.gif



Jessie

Thats beautiful. I love princess cut diamonds.

[Snuffys Mum]

My ex paid $4750 for mine....and yes I still have it :D


He he he. I still have mine too :laughing: .

Mine cost nearly $3000 but I didn't find that out till a couple of years later when I accidently came across the paperwork. I loved my ring, just not sure what to do with it now. :confused:

[trinitylee]

Mine cost about $1500 and that was the wedding ring included mine is a diamond with little diamonds along side :)

heres a pic of it
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n315/Bellamumma/DSC0063.jpg


Thats beautiful:hugs:

[oleander]

Mine was over 10K and a beautiful ring. Pity about the person who gave it to me:rolleyes:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/thisislisa/IMGA0502.jpg

I wish him all the very best paying it off sometime this century:D

[Harlequin]

DP wants to spend around $1000 but everything that I like is so much more. I'm willing to go around $2500 :p

Just tell the jeweller it's too expensive and they will probably take about 30% off the top. :p Jewellers are very much a rip off.

My engagement ring was just over $1000 iirc and I think my wedding band was $250. My husband chose my engagement ring cause it was a surprise but I went shopping for wedding rings with him.

[Ashleigh<3]

Mine was $400, honestly, I would of been happy with a plastic ring.
If I had a ring on my finger and I knew it was worth thousands I'd sell it for cash, get a cheaper ring. Yep I'm CHEAP.:D :laughing:

[shanz]

We chose together. The set was worth $2300 ($1300 for engagement and $1000 for wedding) and we got it for $1800. I'll see if I can find a photo of it. We just went to a big chain jewellers and talked them down,but I am tight. I will never pay full price for anything.....and I always get my way:D
My latest was a brand new oven and cooktop was $2400 got the guy down to $1600(and he still replaced the door because it had a very, very minor scratch in it!!):thumbsup:

[oleander]

honestly, I would of been happy with a plastic ring.


Same. I'd rather a plastic ring and a decent husband rather than a nice ring and a husband who's a tosser.

[OneBabyBoy]

I loved my ring, just not sure what to do with it now. :confused:

I've just got mine hidden away. I guess I will pass it onto DS someday. I'm not really sure what to do with it either.

[Melo]

Mine was $2100 :)

[OneBabyBoy]

Same. I'd rather a plastic ring and a decent husband rather than a nice ring and a husband who's a tosser.

Can't we have both??:laughing:

[mumofcaleb]

Can't we have both??:laughing:

:laughing:

[M O P]

$1200 and about $100 for my wedder
it has an oval shaped Ceylon sapphire (pretty pastel blue colour) in the centre and a small square diamond on either side.
both rings white gold,
wedding ring is a very basic plain band

trying to get a pic up for you, I have one but trying to zoom in on the rings

I found because I went for a bigger stone that was not a diamond it kept the price down. So many people, who I know have very expensive rings, commented when we got it how pretty it was, didn't have the heart to tell them it was pretty cheap.

[mumofcaleb]

Thanks ladies for all your lovely pics. Very nice.
I'm not really sure how to get a price down at a Jewellery Store. Any tips? My DP will be better at it than me but I just feel awkward doing it.
Basically if we find the one we like and think it's too expensive do we just give them a price that we're comfortable with and stay persistant or what :confused:

[katherine]

Thanks ladies for all your lovely pics. Very nice.
I'm not really sure how to get a price down at a Jewellery Store. Any tips? My DP will be better at it than me but I just feel awkward doing it.
Basically if we find the one we like and think it's too expensive do we just give them a price that we're comfortable with and stay persistant or what :confused:
can you look at getting it made up else where? it might work out cheaper? i dunno, never had a ring individually made

[mum2peanut]

Mine was around the $8000 mark, and my wedding band was $1500. I love them. My engagement ring is one round diamond, with 6 channel set diamonds in the band, my wedding ring matches with 9 channel set diamonds. I love my eternity ring too, I went totally diff cause I have to wear it on the opposite hand. I'll try and take a photo tomorrow.
In regards to bargaining, all you have to say is 'what's the best price you can do?' Personally I think that getting a ring made tends to be cheaper, cause you buy the diamond and most jeweller then set it how you want. Sometimes I look in chain jewellery catalogues and think they are a bit of a rip off. And make sure you get a valuation and authenticity cert, so yo know it's real and for insurance purposes.

[TeamAwesome]

mother's day is coming up and there are always jewellary sales for a few weeks before then.

[mumofcaleb]

can you look at getting it made up else where? it might work out cheaper? i dunno, never had a ring individually made

I'm not sure if it works out cheaper or not. I assumed that it would be more expensive!!!!????

[mumofcaleb]

Mine was around the $8000 mark, and my wedding band was $1500. I love them. My engagement ring is one round diamond, with 6 channel set diamonds in the band, my wedding ring matches with 9 channel set diamonds. I love my eternity ring too, I went totally diff cause I have to wear it on the opposite hand. I'll try and take a photo tomorrow.
In regards to bargaining, all you have to say is 'what's the best price you can do?' Personally I think that getting a ring made tends to be cheaper, cause you buy the diamond and most jeweller then set it how you want. Sometimes I look in chain jewellery catalogues and think they are a bit of a rip off. And make sure you get a valuation and authenticity cert, so yo know it's real and for insurance purposes.

Cheers mum2peanut :thumbsup:

[Crazy Monkey]

$2500 for my engagement ring
$100 for wedding band
$600 for eternity ring

All were made my the same jeweller... I think its better to go to the jeweller and get it made specifically... You can usually get a better cut of diamond for less than what other jewellers sell in the shops...

[mum2peanut]

It should be cheaper cause the mark up of jewellery is so high, where the mark up on an individual stone is not as much (from what I've been told). When you get a valuation of the rind/diamond, if you're getting it for half of that you've gotten a good price.

[mumofcaleb]

$2500 for my engagement ring
$100 for wedding band
$600 for eternity ring

All were made my the same jeweller... I think its better to go to the jeweller and get it made specifically... You can usually get a better cut of diamond for less than what other jewellers sell in the shops...

so how did you know how to decide what you wanted? There must be so many choices or did you have it already pictured in your head???

[Angelmist♥]

I've never been much of a jewellery person.I picked mine out not even realising what the price was!:laughing: DH was happy it was only $120:eek:

ETA- My wedding ring was $150 and my eternity ring was $450.

[Jenko]

Engagement ring was $3700
Wedding band was $600

[Trumpet]

Mine is a heart shaped sapphire with a diamond each side. We designed it together and got it drawn up properly from a jeweller and I took it around to all the big jewellry stores (big mistake) they were all asking about $5000 - $6000 but we went to Diamonds international and we got it made for $3500 now valued at $4500 and they also made my wedding band for $700 and when my DH wants to get an eternity they will do it too.

2mths after I went around with the picture they had knock offs everywhere and boy was I ****ed as we specifically wanted something original.

[Ashleigh<3]

Same. I'd rather a plastic ring and a decent husband rather than a nice ring and a husband who's a tosser.

:hugs:

[shanz]

For all of you with rings that are no good to you anymore. One of my best friends got hers melted down and re set as a divorce/ break up present.:laughing: :laughing: And might I say it is beautiful!

[Africamum]

I have had two engagement rings from the same person (the first was stolen when out house was broken into)

Both were were about $6,000.

I am now getting a new diamond - the company I work for has a diamond mine and we get quality diamonds at lower than retail. (Through work the same quality diamonds as mine are about $2800 but you still need a band.

My new diamond will be set in platinum or palladium(I am a metallurgist so to me gold is yellow is not white - its a personal thing).

I saw some great stones on ebay and if you were prepared to get your own ring re-made or modelld I think would be a great way to go.

[mumofcaleb]

I have had two engagement rings from the same person (the first was stolen when out house was broken into)

Both were were about $6,000.

I am now getting a new diamond - the company I work for has a diamond mine and we get quality diamonds at lower than retail. (Through work the same quality diamonds as mine are about $2800 but you still need a band.

My new diamond will be set in platinum or palladium(I am a metallurgist so to me gold is yellow is not white - its a personal thing).

I saw some great stones on ebay and if you were prepared to get your own ring re-made or modelld I think would be a great way to go.

Thanks for that :)

[tootiredtosleep]

My engagement ring was $1000, my wedding band $600. They are both white gold with diamonds.
I paid half for both rings.

[Xavier's Mumma]

Heya

My engagement ring cost $1500 and my wedding band was $350
We went to a private jewelers and he made it
Its rose gold with a oval pink sapphire and to small diamonds either side with white gold around them and my wedding band is just plan, Dh's wedding band costed a whopping $950 but he wanted it.


Heres a pic

Engagement ring (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t191/DubbaBubba/wedding003.jpg)

[aden2005]

mine was $200.
DF choose one that was over $2000, and i said no way. I lose everything.

AND GUESS WHAT when i had to take if off near the end of my pregnancy coz it was getting tight.....i lost it :(

Brought another one that stays on my finger no matter what it was just over $500 :)

[Harlequin]

Mine was $400, honestly, I would of been happy with a plastic ring.
If I had a ring on my finger and I knew it was worth thousands I'd sell it for cash, get a cheaper ring. Yep I'm CHEAP.:D :laughing:

:laughing: Yeah, i'd rather spend the money on a computer to be honest.


Thanks ladies for all your lovely pics. Very nice.
I'm not really sure how to get a price down at a Jewellery Store. Any tips? My DP will be better at it than me but I just feel awkward doing it.
Basically if we find the one we like and think it's too expensive do we just give them a price that we're comfortable with and stay persistant or what :confused:

Just ask what kind of a deal they can give you on it, or just say "it's lovely but it's too expensive" then start walking out. Most of the time they will whip out their calculator.

[cmd'smum]

I didn't spend a cent on my engagement ring...DH did :p

Same! mine is over 2 carats and cost $17,000. I know, never thought it would be mine when I saw it at the shop, but I LOVE it! I'm a lucky girl :yes:

I think its not how much it costs but what ring you fall in love with!

[M O P]

Gorgeous ring Alicia, but I am a lover of coloured stones and I'm a pink girl so prob quite biased!