Engagement Rings (merged)

us,thecat&thedebt

i do agree funky footprints

but i do wear the one ring i mentioned purley because it was young love blah blah and is part of my childhood/growing up...

Jillinoz

linzibean wrote:

Ahh, this old shiner. Well, when I was young and foolish I got engaged to a complete numpti, who procedded to derail my life for three years and get me into debt and depression Now happily rid of him and engaged again (please dont laugh!) to a wonderful bloke, intelligent and level headed abotu all things monetary and above all loving and generally spiffing


Just my luck to end up with his brother then! (the former, not the latter )

Spendless

I've also heard that the engagement ring should be offered back to the purchaser.

We have a few different jewellers in our town that buy 2nd hand jewellery. You could see if you have anywhere like this and ask how much they'd be prepared to give you for it.

Or you could have it made into a different piece of jewellery, or you could keep it. You might end up with a hubby like mine, thrilled to bits that an ex has bought an expensive piece of jewellery (in my case a watch), cos it's meant he doesn't have to splash out:rolleyes: .

shelly

Jillinoz wrote:

Mine comes with a certificate of authenticity and is valued at £4,495: what could I reasonably expect to achieve as a resale value?

Anything....be it jewellery, a house, a car etc...is only ever worth what someone is willing to pay for it. If the right person comes along you might get loads for it.

tango

When i was 21, my boyfriend sold my engagement ring,to take his new girlfriend away on holiday :rotfl: Its comical now

Philippa36

Despite a failed marriage I am not sure I would sell my old engagement and wedding rings. I have mine still in a jewelry box and thought I would probably give them to my daughter when she is old enough to appreciate them. But having read this thread and considered it a little more, I'm not sure now

I doubt they would make more than a couple of quid, neither of them are real quality but maybe I would be better off selling them?

Fugitive

Philippa36 wrote:

Despite a failed marriage I am not sure I would sell my old engagement and wedding rings. I have mine still in a jewelry box and thought I would probably give them to my daughter when she is old enough to appreciate them. But having read this thread and considered it a little more, I'm not sure now

I doubt they would make more than a couple of quid, neither of them are real quality but maybe I would be better off selling them?

I'm quite the opposite. I threw my wedding ring in the bin.

Rachel85

I always thought the tradition was that if the male ended the engagement, the female was allowed to keep the ring. However if the female ended the engagement, she had to return it.

I doubt you will get anything like its true 'value'. Anyone buying it will know it has come from a failed engagement and people are supersticious.

ceebeeby

.... Do you really, really, really need the money???

If the answer is no, why don't you go down to your local church (or further afield if that would feel more comfortable) and offer it to the vicar or priest, so that they can pass it on to a loving couple who might otherwise not have been able to afford one.

You could then write to your 'ex' telling him this is what you've done, and hoping that he would approve of this action, and hoping that any new owners will have the lasting joy and love that you obviously both had at the moment it was originally bought.

I imagine you would have far greater long term pleasure by doing this than getting a quick £100 for it now.

hope_strong

Hi
to throw in my two penn'orth...

I say sell! It's the breaking of links with the past which is important.

I have an engagement ring from when I was married. At the time he went on and on about it being an antique, family heirloom etc. He took or broke so much of my stuff when I left after he hit me, that I am definitely keeping the ring!

Of course it'll probably turn out to be made of tin..... :rotfl:

I like the idea of donating it to another couple, but personally I think it IS tainted with him and his nutter clan so I'd rather sell it as a dress ring and get whatever little cash it may be worth.

-Hope