Do normal people usually shell out 5k USD or more for a less than decent engagement ring? I get by pretty decently with my wages, but buying an ring of this price seems preposterous! I ring with a shiny rock doesn't seem like something I can monetize or that will have much ROI.
How can I cut the costs so I can get hitched?
I paid 1k. It's just engagement why blow so much. Lol don't think you will get roi but who knows
Having a partner that understands that 5k can buy a decent kitchen instead, helps.
Could you just fool your fiancee? Tell her the ring is worth more than it actually is.
>I won't marry you, unless you give me a 3k diamond ring
Might as well go to a hooker
My Gf told me explicitly not to get an engagement ring. It's a silly con that men have been falling for for the past century. How did we get so stupid in such a short amount of time?
I bought my wife a $500 ring and we had out wedding at the courthouse. True love t b h. We're more concerned with affording a house.
>I ring with a shiny rock doesn't seem like something I can monetize or that will have much ROI.
That's because generally marriage has a negative ROI for the man.
> Do you love me
> Yes
> Buy me something
This was all well and good up until 1960, when wives were still wives.
I paid 3.5k for a custom ring including a diamond ordered from the internet. It was worth it to me and fit my budget.
Never spend more than 1k without getting exactly the thing you want. Also, realize that anything stocked in a glass case is going to be shit. Do your research, make a budget, and then get the most bang you can for your buck.
If your lady expects you to spend $5,000 for an engagement ring, what are you doing with your life? What is SHE doing with her life? Apparently scamming beta scrubs into buying her needlessly expensive jewelry.
My husband and I got our wedding rings on etsy for like $12 each, because we don't need overpriced trinkets to let people know we throw away money for each other. Heck, we almost didn't get rings at all.
But seriously, $5,000? Money better spent elsewhere. There are plenty of online stores that have excellent options for easily less than $1,000.
I work at at a jewelry store
Don't bother getting married #1
Don't buy a useless lump of carbon #2
The average decent clarity and color engagement ring is 1/2 of a carat and roughly $1,500, a single carat is about $3000
Wait for sales and coupon offers cuz she'll be bitching about a band soon
Marketing is a force to be reckoned with
>$5,000 is a lot of money
Poorfags shouldn't get married
On average jewelry is priced 400% up on it's real "value"
And of course you can make objectively flawless shit for like $5 a pop, nothing sickens me more than watching betas try to buy love
I spent $6k on my wife's ring but we have a combined income over $250k, so it wasn't a big deal. We had a very small wedding and only spent about $3k on that, so we didn't have a huge wedding/dress expense on top of the cost of the ring.
I spent $700 on a ring. A year later we got it appraised and we got offered about $1000 for it, so we traded it in and got a ring worth $500 (so $1200 out of pocket total). The ring is worth about $2k now.
I wouldn't go much higher than $1-1.5k on a ring. Not worth it at all. You can get a pretty nice ring for 1500 and a pretty nice honeymoon for 1500 instead of a ring for 3000 and a honeymoon at taco bell.
>ring worth $500
Meant ring costing $1500 and had to pay $500 for it.
Get a lab created diamond... is she a gemologist, nope. She won't know fuck all about the actual quality of whats on her finger.. all her fucking shallow friends will be impressed by the bling bling. YOU, save thousands and look like a prince in her eyes.
60 years later, you two if still married are penniless and go into a pawn shop to pawn it...
nigga your ring is still worth $700... that appraisal is bullshit, its just aruse to get your ring for $200 less... holy shit. 2nd of all... nobody retail buys back 2carot or less diamonds anywhere. You would need something in the 4 - 6 carot to even get a store interested to look. At $700 that sure as shit aint a 4-6 carot ring.
75pc of ll marriages end up in the shitter. Why would you bother with this sort of expensive trinket?
12 year old detected. Back to >>>/b with you sonny
Lol, exactly what I did. Bought a cheap piece of shit for the equivalent of a 100 bucks, dumb bitch never noticed. Dumped her before marriage tho, she pulled out all the stops on the crazy train as soon as she thought she had me locked down.
Seems like a good strategy for finding out how insane the girl is, desu. See if she goes loca after you "commit". Shame most guys only find out when they already have a shred bank account.
>carot
I know
>cracked
but it might help, who knows
I'm buying my gf a $12k ring from Tiffany & Co.
I'm also buying myself a $15k Rolex watch.
All of this without breaking a sweat.
Stop being so poor.
>spend 5 grand
>lose another half of your possession the moment you say yes
You know what would be funny? If you bought an engagement ring and the diamond just fell off and disappeared forever. Luckily, diamonds are worthless so it wouldn't really matter anyways. But it probably would remain an uncomfortable memory for the rest of your life.
Why don't you buy Veeky Forums as well then?
These.
I don't get this pic are those balls? Where's his dingus?
If your penis hangs lower than your balls then you're literally a plebian. Patricians have small penises and large heads. (look it up)
Bought my wife a $600 ring and a washer and dryer. She picked out all three. Buddy of mine bought a flawed diamond for his wife trying jew the jews. His mother in-law busted out her eye piece and called him out. Wife was pissed and he ended up having to return it.
Don't marry shit-tier women.
This is actually pretty accurate.
There are only 2 scenarios where you could get found out: She goes to get the ring serviced, or the marriage is a split and she goes to pawn the ring.
>rolex watch
In what country are lesbian loli marriages a thing?
I paid $1,500
this ring doesnt have enough child bone marrow on it
Spent 3.5k on the one for my fiance. I think 5k is a little much unless you are dead set on that specific one. At the end of the day she cares about the thought. Spend $500 less on a slightly smaller diamond and she won't think twice about it.
>Not buying a Hublot
Rolex is tacky
>rolel
The true poor mans watch, if you're going to larp at least put some effort in you lazy scrub
Diamonds are literally a Jewish money laundering scheme, they are worth fuck all.
At least with a gold or silver band you know what you're buying and what it is worth.
>falling for the jews tricks in 2017
That's because she doesn't want to marry you ya dip
There are prettier (and much less expensive) gems/stones out there.
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Another example I have an aquamarine ring because I love the ocean. It's my favorite piece of jewelry and I don't have to feel guilty he spent too much. So there's money left for the rest of the wedding and also flexibility to show her you know her interests.
there are so many cooler minerals than diamonds
why not get Moldavite? Its literally meteor glass
Buy the components separately and have a custom ring made. APMex sells gold flakes. To get a diamond, go to discount giftcard sites and buy discounted giftcards for zales, tiffany, etc. Go to the store websites immediately after getting the cards and buy loose diamonds. Weigh your diamonds and gold on a food scale. Take your stuff to get custom ring. Weigh the ring and remainder afterwards.
I don't want to waste my money on this shit website
Veeky Forums bleeds money, that's why moot sold it and ran away.
>How can I cut the costs so I can get hitched?
'eco diamonds'
thank you for funding our business Mr. Jones
>buy cubic zirconium ring
>tell wifey it's a diamond
>????
>profit
What kind of faggot even wears rings?
Women?
>2017
>5k engagement rings
>expensive weddings
>divorce and lose 50% of your shit
you gotta be kidding me
You have to find a women who understands that (((jewelry))) is a scam. Good luck!
how did you make your money? Also How do you maintain and increase it?
Internet marketing.
Making 6 figures a month, I work 80 hours a week. Its good.
Now this I have to see..
More details please
bought my girl a $2000 chain, might as well get her a dank ring also
Its a huge industry, you get smart, get the right contacts, networks and sell products all day long.
You also gotta have at least $10k to start and be willing to lose money until you get good.
I work in internet marketing in LA. I've worked for SteelHouse, AdMedia, OpenX, etc. Show me a check that says you made six figures last month and I won't go into work this morning and come work for you.
If youre going for a diamond ring, dont get diamonds. Get moissanite. Way cheaper and it does genuinely look better.
If you're being smart and not buying a diamond ring go to a respectable jewellery maker that isnt something franchised and get a custom job that has a personal meaning to the both of you.
1. Why 5k?? Does your fiancée expect you to pay that much?? If yes, well, I would reconsider if she is true marriage material.
2. Apparently, diamond engagement rings are not the symbol of courtship anymore (at least according to The Economist). So are you sure that your lady wants a diamond ring or are just assuming because it's a tradition to follow? (Btw this tradition only exists because De Beer marketed it that way with the purpose of making a shitload of money).
3. Rather think about a great experience - something she always wanted to do. Get a nice/decent ring, but do not stretch your budget - that would be more than foolish and above anything else also unnecessary.