Wedding Rings - any tips?

LegalBlonde

Thanks for all the suggestions. I am coming across like OPs I always tut at that don't seem to take them on board!! Sorry. That is a good idea, I might go back in and see where the nearest one is for the other ring.

laaljocky

Use http://www.checknow.co.uk/ which will give you a lost of all the rings in the country

nunnygirl

kmmr wrote: »

There is something weird going on at the Betts website. All the rings I am choosing seem to be less than £20.

http://www.bettsmetalsales.com/catalogue/wedding_ring_d_shape_range

I selected the bottom ring, 18carat white, 8mm, size q, gold polished style - price £13.57... I mean thats a great price, but what am I doing wrong! (Not looking for this ring, just trying to see what is wrong with the site!)

This ring was £3 when I've just looked:T...this exact specification :rotfl:

rubysmummy_2

sorry to pop in but i was just wondering whether titanium is far off (look wise) to white gold. My H2B is a joiner and doesnt wear rings because they usually snap or getbent very easily. Is titanium stronger than gold?

thanks

Hollie84

Do you not have a local jewellery quarter,i popped in today to find out prices in one jewellers they told me £300 each ring :eek: so i went to the other jewellers who said we have second hand ones or new ones,i had a look at the second hand ones which looked no different to new £88 for OH's and i wanted a wishbone diamond set £185 second hand aswell,so if i didnt have diamond set we could get both rings for £200,the new rings i then looked at which werent as wide for OH's and it was more expensive

Idiophreak

rubysmummy wrote: »

sorry to pop in but i was just wondering whether titanium is far off (look wise) to white gold. My H2B is a joiner and doesnt wear rings because they usually snap or getbent very easily. Is titanium stronger than gold?

thanks

Yes, titanium's quite different in appearance to white gold. Whereas white gold is quite a shiny silver, titanium is more of a (with fear of sounding dumb ) "titanium grey". I believe you can have it coloured in different shades, though, may be worth looking at.

I've worn a titanium ring for years that my OH gave me, but it doesn't look particularly "wedding ring" to me, as it's a different colour. When I get married I'm upgrading it to a palladium ring.

Titaniu, is technically harder than gold, but it's a double edged sword - although it's harder to damage, it's much harder to get repaired once it happens - and my ring does have a fair few scuffs and marks on it, just through day to day use, so it's not impervious to damage...

Put_on_another_jumper

Hi! Can anyone explain why the rings at betts metal sales are so cheap? I don't understand how a platinum ring is only £5.60??

LEJC

Put_on_another_jumper wrote: »

Hi! Can anyone explain why the rings at betts metal sales are so cheap? I don't understand how a platinum ring is only £5.60??

online retailers tend to be cheaper than high street usually because they dont have large premises to support or the same level of staff...they can also be a lot cheaper because they buy huge quantities of the item at a low price and can sell it on cheaply too...the downside of this being that if you see something you want its best to buy now rather than waiting as it may not be in stock when you want it at a later stage.
Manufacturing retailers who are online can also cut out the higher costs of making things somewhere else so this all adds up to cheaper prices.
some retailers will also buy up bankrupt stock,although I'm not suggesting thats what Betts metals do...but again buying cheap will mean that they can sell cheaper too.

Idiophreak

Think I'm missing something on that site - I put in my ring (5mm flat court, medium weight, palladium, size S) and it came out at £5 cheaper than I got it for on the high street - and a bunch more than I could have paid on, say, ebay for the same thing.

Are their certain designs that are on there for silly prices? I'm amazed if you can get anything in platinum for £5.60 - the cheapest I've seen anywhere is like £100 and that's for a *small* ring...

edit to add: actually, I've found some...it's blatantly just a bug on the site...If you look at the 3mm extra light D shape (the top one in the link above), in size Q1/2 it's £5.60, in size R, it's £346, much more like it...

LEJC

Idiophreak wrote: »

Think I'm missing something on that site - I put in my ring (5mm flat court, medium weight, palladium, size S) and it came out at £5 cheaper than I got it for on the high street - and a bunch more than I could have paid on, say, ebay for the same thing.
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Without sounding blunt its probably the things they want to get rid of...or the loss leaders to tempt you in..

Never used them myself but have been told by others they are reasonable quality for the price...so happy customer!...who then goes and tells his friends...generating publicity and hopefully more customers...