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      05-21-2008, 08:11 AM   #23
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soo..I'm a complete noob when it comes to wedding/engagement rings.....what is the average range for a ring?? I know this is kinda personal but I just want to know what I will be up against...lol. My friend told me he was dropping 10K on one and I thought he was out of his damn mind. I guess I was wrong?
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This is what my fiance got. She got the platinum band but I didn't have to buy a diamond. My mom left me her 1ct. near flawless diamond.

The back portion is the engagement band, the front portion is the wedding band. Their custom made to sit flawlessly with each other. Her engagement band is currently at his shop having the wedding band made to fit her band specifically as he makes every band individually.


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Eighteen round diamonds totaling 0.335ctw.

(Center stone not included in price)
*Matching band available (the wedding band is about the same prices)
$ 2,210.00 14k gold
$ 2,570.00 18k gold
$ 5,650.00 platinum

Please Note: By request all of our rings can be made for you in either platinum or gold, and contain the Schneider Secret Heart made in either yellow or white gold.

By request rings can be ordered with or without our trademark Secret Heart and in yellow or white gold.

Price estimates shown are in U. S. dollars and subject to change without notice.
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soo..I'm a complete noob when it comes to wedding/engagement rings.....what is the average range for a ring?? I know this is kinda personal but I just want to know what I will be up against...lol. My friend told me he was dropping 10K on one and I thought he was out of his damn mind. I guess I was wrong?
Usually the saying goes as 1-3 months salary.

The band alone for me cost close to 1 month salary. I was somewhat lucky as I didn't have to buy the diamond. My mom left me hers when she passed. Although if I had to chose I would rather her back and paid for the diamond myself
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They have lab created diamonds using "hella high pressures at hella high temperatures"
lol probably cant be profitable... or else scientists would be rich!
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girls seem to like rings with diamonds around them.....I did something like this for my wife http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-enga...-platinum_7815

Whatever you get you could have always went bigger, etc. Is actually gross to watch girls sit around and admire them, but I suppose we do the same with our cars.
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They have lab created diamonds using "hella high pressures at hella high temperatures"
There is at least one company that specializes in reducing deceased pets to carbon and creating diamonds from the remains.
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I think you need to double the size now and suck it up or she will drive you nuts forever wanting a bigger ring. Then you will be out the 10K you spend when you have to replace it is 5 years with one that cost 20K plus inflation.
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This is what my fiance got. She got the platinum band but I didn't have to buy a diamond. My mom left me her 1ct. near flawless diamond.

The back portion is the engagement band, the front portion is the wedding band. Their custom made to sit flawlessly with each other. Her engagement band is currently at his shop having the wedding band made to fit her band specifically as he makes every band individually.


Mark Schneider http://www.markschneiderdesign.com/index.html

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"Love not what you are, but what you may become." —Cervantes

Eighteen round diamonds totaling 0.335ctw.

(Center stone not included in price)
*Matching band available (the wedding band is about the same prices)
$ 2,210.00 14k gold
$ 2,570.00 18k gold
$ 5,650.00 platinum

Please Note: By request all of our rings can be made for you in either platinum or gold, and contain the Schneider Secret Heart made in either yellow or white gold.

By request rings can be ordered with or without our trademark Secret Heart and in yellow or white gold.

Price estimates shown are in U. S. dollars and subject to change without notice.
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If they have a walk-in store, look at the diamond yourself. Look at the stone with your naked eye, and with the jeweler's loop. If you can't see the inclusions with your naked eye, it's perfect (or too perfect), and you can save some money by going cheaper.

Carry that GIA description to other jewelery stores in the area, and look at comparable stones, and compare prices.

Most jewelery stores could match that diamond exactly.

Look into Costco stones (yes, Costco sells diamonds). They will ship the stone to a local Costco for you to look at.

Compare with Blue Nile prices, online.

Edit - Of course, going larger with more inclusions should be considered. I bought my wife a nearly flawless stone, and wasted money. Should have gone larger, with more inclusions. It's the size that counts to most women. At the time, I was obsessed with perfection (I've since grown up), justifying my choice.
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Expensive setting and stone. For 1 carat, you should be able to get into the $6K range or so. My 1.01 was $4900, G color, VS1, round about 3 years ago.

Beautiful setting, but I'd highly suggest a 4 pronger, as the 6 tends to block a lot more light. The fire is generated by light entering through the bottom and sides, and refracting out the top, so you'll get more "bang for your buck" in the way of sparkle if you go 4. They should be able to modify the setting (and not charge you) so you can still have the very nice design you've shown.

One final note, even a VS1 stone could have a pretty unfavorable blemish, based on it's location alone. Even a small feather or inclusion, barely visible to the naked eye, could be located in a very unfavorable spot where it impacts more light than a stone with even more inclusion. spend lots of time looking through a selection of similarly priced stones, and try to get one with the blemish, however minute, closest to the edge and away from the center.

Overall, looks like you've got a very lucky lady.

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lol probably cant be profitable... or else scientists would be rich!
It's actually tremendously profitable, and the diamonds are absolutely perfect, and the exact same molecular construction as a naturally occuring diamond

DeBeers and their lobby are working hard to prevent these from hitting the market, and are attacking their claim to be "diamonds" as they are man made as that would obviously utterly destroy the racket they're running with controlling supply to maintain price levels.

CZ has gone the way of the dodo.
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It's about Identical to my wife's set. Been 14 years and it's held up great.


Only advice I can offer is that blowing $10k on an engagement ring is folly. Regardless of income the stones become too big and gaudy... FWIW.
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I think you need to double the size now and suck it up or she will drive you nuts forever wanting a bigger ring. Then you will be out the 10K you spend when you have to replace it is 5 years with one that cost 20K plus inflation.
If she NEEDS a bigger ring she's a shallow sack chaser and needs to be shown the door in a hurry while you still have some assets left. Seriously... Straight Boot out the door...


Scandalous tramps are always chasing a bigger payoff. A lady that loves you doesn't really give two shits about the ring other than it should be pretty and wearable. If you've got a women all hung up on the size or how much her ring cost? You are Fucked, Pure and Simple...

Join the French foreign legion or simply escort her off property cause she's too shallow to actually love and will be curled up with the next bigger better deal that comes down the road.

Driving a BMW most of you will have seen the beginnings of this melodrama already. Hell, just look at the groupies that show up here and on other forums looking for a fool.
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They have lab created diamonds using "hella high pressures at hella high temperatures"
I think they have to document them as man made, and take a while to make just one..
Also aren't they supposed to be yellow in tinge??

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This is what my fiance got. She got the platinum band but I didn't have to buy a diamond. My mom left me her 1ct. near flawless diamond.

The back portion is the engagement band, the front portion is the wedding band. Their custom made to sit flawlessly with each other. Her engagement band is currently at his shop having the wedding band made to fit her band specifically as he makes every band individually.


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Eighteen round diamonds totaling 0.335ctw.
This ring looks a bit nicer than the other one.. But both look great!!
I like the platinum with gold heart.

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girls seem to like rings with diamonds around them.....I did something like this for my wife http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-enga...-platinum_7815

Whatever you get you could have always went bigger, etc. Is actually gross to watch girls sit around and admire them, but I suppose we do the same with our cars.
IMO, the design on that one isn't that great.. :/ Just too many diamonds for my taste..
The platinum with gold heart is the best design I have seen so far, IMO.

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I think you need to double the size now and suck it up or she will drive you nuts forever wanting a bigger ring. Then you will be out the 10K you spend when you have to replace it is 5 years with one that cost 20K plus inflation.
I think she should be happy with what you give her..
I better be able to give my future wife a ring made out of paper clips, and know that she will marry me either way.

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Look into Costco stones (yes, Costco sells diamonds). They will ship the stone to a local Costco for you to look at.

Compare with Blue Nile prices, online.

Edit - Of course, going larger with more inclusions should be considered. I bought my wife a nearly flawless stone, and wasted money. Should have gone larger, with more inclusions. It's the size that counts to most women. At the time, I was obsessed with perfection (I've since grown up), justifying my choice.
Costco sells blood diamonds. :O
I would rather go 1ct and as perfect as possible, because then it would mean something to me. If I skimped to go bigger, I would feel like a fake.

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It's actually tremendously profitable, and the diamonds are absolutely perfect, and the exact same molecular construction as a naturally occuring diamond

DeBeers and their lobby are working hard to prevent these from hitting the market, and are attacking their claim to be "diamonds" as they are man made as that would obviously utterly destroy the racket they're running with controlling supply to maintain price levels.

CZ has gone the way of the dodo.
If that's the case, then diamonds soon wont be a fashion statement and all those $1mill necklaces and etc. will be worthless.
People will revert back to the olden days of emeralds and rubys.

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If she NEEDS a bigger ring she's a shallow sack chaser and needs to be shown the door in a hurry while you still have some assets left. Seriously... Straight Boot out the door...


Scandalous tramps are always chasing a bigger payoff. A lady that loves you doesn't really give two shits about the ring other than it should be pretty and wearable. If you've got a women all hung up on the size or how much her ring cost? You are Fucked, Pure and Simple...

Join the French foreign legion or simply escort her off property cause she's too shallow to actually love and will be curled up with the next bigger better deal that comes down the road.

Driving a BMW most of you will have seen the beginnings of this melodrama already. Hell, just look at the groupies that show up here and on other forums looking for a fool.
+1, that's why I was hesitant about getting my BMW, even though it's kind of old. '01 530i.. I got it because I like BMW's design and commitment to their cars, and I guess I've been a fan since I was 12 or so with the M3.

I would much rather pick up a girl in my old '94 Chevy Silverado though, because then I know she isn't just after money. (You'd be surprised at how many people think an '01 is still worth a lot, just because of the badge..)

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