diamonds...labcreated vs real

lol...it's obvious you guys havent priced lab diamonds. Call Nexus diamonds and get a price quote. They are more expensive than natural diamonds.

my girl and i look at "green" diamonds or "bloodless" diamonds. i'm a cheap bastard.....we went or a real diamond.
 
Just take her with you when you go buy one. Get something you can afford to buy.

The three month rule is stupid! Don't do that!
Also "OlllllllO" you must be completely whipped or loaded! :D
"if youre a poor guy and can only afford a 1000 ring"

Geez...
 
I got one on ebay that was certified for half the price of local dealers. Had it checked out and it's real. I bought it from threekings
 
spraypaintman said:
Just take her with you when you go buy one. Get something you can afford to buy.
The three month rule is stupid! Don't do that!
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I bought Holly's ring at Sams Club. i bought what i could afford at the time. when i could afford something else, i took that ring back, got the money back in full (actually more cause the value went up) and used that money towards a nicer ring.


got have a pretty understanding lady for that plan to work, but if she isnt understanding then you might wanna reconsider the ring to start with.
 
Discussing the subject with my GF and here is our compromise if/when we get married. We have set a limit and I will continue to bring toys home until that value is reached without one damn word being said.
The best thing is she will not know the value of either the ring or the toys.:flipoff2:
 
Franklin said:
Discussing the subject with my GF and here is our compromise if/when we get married. We have set a limit and I will continue to bring toys home until that value is reached without one damn word being said.
The best thing is she will not know the value of either the ring or the toys.:flipoff2:
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terms get re-negotiated after marriage :fuck-you:
 
What's the worst thing that could happen? You get divorced? LOL....
 
the 3 month salary rule was put in place by the industry. Think they are a little biased? Of course, they want to make the most $$$ they want to.

I only spent 1 month's salary and I got a really nice ring for my wife. I actually learned what my wife wanted, knew what I wanted to get her, and we met somewhere in the middle. She is extremely happy to get the ring, regardless of what it was. We (I) went with white gold, which is cheaper than platinum and looks very similar. I bought the setting from a wholesaler and the diamond from another wholesaler and had the jewler put them together. It was like 1/2 price of what everyone else wanted for them, so I feel like I got a fair deal regardless of what was spent

I've never priced lab created diamonds, so I can't really comment on their value. Maybe everyone is getting CZ diamonds confused with lab diamonds...
 
spraypaintman said:
Also "OlllllllO" you must be completely whipped or loaded! :D
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He's younger and in Fayetteville - likely military, trying to hold onto some girl who looks hot now at 20-25..as proved by the statement:

OlllllllO said:
but women will be women and their priorities are all messed up. fact of the matter is that if you wish to have and keep a lovely wife,
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So yeah, maybe in HIS experience, that's what it takes.. But I can guarantee, having waited 30 years to get married, not all of them are like this.. I married one who was ecstatic at getting a beautiful (not expensive, just beautiful and unique) ring, with a hand-me-down stone which is far from perfect or huge. Had that stone not been available, putting a CZ in there was just fine by her.
 
lab created diamonds are a strange breed. Thanks a LARGE part to the bastards at debeers.
There is a stigma against them, and all the labs that make them have to go to a TON of effort and trouble to mark them so they are "easily distinguishable" from a real diamond.
That being said, depending on how shady you are, there are HUGE deals to be had.
And some of the newer processes, (not really legal to be imported into the US, gotta love regulations by debeers) DO introduce seemingly "random" imperfections into the diamond and slightly different crystal structures.
They aren't really random, cause you would have 2 diamonds the same size, exactly identical. But without having the 2 to compare, it's MUCH harder to tell lab versus real with the new gen.
Now all that said, it depends your size and price point. If you're looking in the 1/2-1 carat stone size, it's barely worth the hassle. If you're going for the oh my dear god that's a tennis ball on her finger style, then lab could be the way to go.
I have a friend down here who's dad is a "bit on the shady side" and he always kept promising his wife a bigger diamond one of these anniversaries. For their 30th he got her a 4 carat stone. (I think, it was around there give or take .25) Slightly sketch, imported, then he got it certified via brazil. So technically, it's a legit stone.
He paid I want to say around 25k for the stone and certification.
It was considered D/E color (right on the border) VS1/2 (once again, that's not much difference)
For a "proper" stone he'd have been looking around 80-90k.
So for him, HUGE savings.
But I know for me, I had a friend who was a jewler make the ring, and I'm slightly less sketchy. (OK a lot less) Difference of price would have been negligible. BUT I was doing a 1 carat stone.
That being said, I have a feeling eventually my wife will want an upgrade too.(probably upgrading me, but that's another thread:flipoff2:) But I'm putting it off as long as I can. :D


But no matter what you do, unless it's giving her a huge family heirloom stone, GET HER INVOLVED. Let her make the decision, otherwise you'll be paying hell for it for the rest of your marriage. :D If she's cool with cheap, great, if not, great. BUT it's her diamond. You wouldn't be happy with her telling you which brand lift to run, or "but you can get these little retread tires so much cheaper" so same thing. If it's important to her, let it be important.
 
hscrugby said:
If it's important to her, let it be important.
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Damn good advice there...

Can't remember who mentioned tact... to hell with tact. :flipoff2:
 
Here's my advise, take it or leave it. It worked well for me.

Don't buy a diamond or fake diamond at all.
Instead buy a green saphire or something equally very cool and extremely rare, with small diamonds on the side decorating the center stone.
yes, it isn't a diamond. BUT - MORE IMPORTANTLY - when people see her finger, they will say "WOW, what is that? What a cool stone! It's beautiful!" THAT, my friend, is what she wants - for people to notice the ring.
AND - you can tell her flat out - with this ring comes a house down payment, car payment, whatever b/c you saves sooo much money on it.

After 10 yrs of marriage my wife still loves it when people ask her about her ring. Cost $300. I spent the rest on her first car.

(early on my wife told me to buy CZ and silver. But I couldn't bring myself to buy a ring for $30 lol)
 
Just to throw my 2 cents in.

I talked it over with my wife when we married. She could have a small, real diamond or a huge, manufactured diamond.

She chose a 2 carat, emerald cut Russian (artificial) that she wears every day. No one has ever questioned the diamond.

As the years passed, we have done better and she now has several real diamonds, but she still wears the Russian every day.
 
I got mine a real one many years back and we have even talked about getting rid of them.
After doing a little reading about De Beers and the blood diamond trade and them being the largest seller in the US.
I will no longer be part of that suport to the blood Diamonds.
And I also have first hand info from a few people that I work with now that lived over there and still have family over there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_diamonds
 
My wife was (is) very happy with Diamonique (sp?). It's QVC's man-made diamond product. Better & stronger than any CZ, this stuff will fool a jeweler without paying for a natural diamond.
 
she is a very understanding person and would actually prolly beat the ever living :poop: out of me if i spend a lot of money on a ring for her....weve talked about wanting to get married when we have the money etc etc but i kinda want the engagement to be totally surprise kinda ya know? shes fixin to be liven with me, and im gettin her new tires for her truck....a lifted f150 with 33's...and yes its the girly one with the curved hood/frontend....im also paying for all the bills for the house etc etc....pretty much everything but her truck payment and we've agreed that she is to take care of the cooking/food aspect of everything.....i greatly appreciate everyones input on this subject:beer:
 
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