Any of you ladies not own any expensive jewellery?

Curious_George_2

Morglin wrote: »

The voucher was for £800, so I took it to Goldsmiths (as I had to), and bought a gold man's bracelet for that amount.

I went straight from there with the bracelet to sell it - and got offered £80, as that was all the value of it was.

where did you try and sell it? :eek:

I dont own ANY jewellery, let alone the expensive kind (im a bit phobic... and im surprised im even in this thread because all the talk of second hand rings is making me queasy)
but....i will wear the engagement ring me and my husband to be have picked out, it is actually an eternity ring but i will be using it as an engagement one (because of the phobia im just a tad fussy!! lol)
and ive seen it cost anything from about £1000 down to £750 in the sales,
we dont feel bad paying that much for it because it (and the wedding ring) will be the only bit of jewellery that will ever be bought for me,
its beautiful and its the one i want, i dont buy much for myself... if i have money i spend it on my family, never myself... so why shouldnt i have something nice? expensive or not? and its going to last me the rest of my life, not like a weeks worth of holiday.

sticher

Sooz if you are going to be £800/month better off can you not just wait a couple of months and get it?

Up until last year I only had cheaper value items of jewellry and never wore them. Then we were burgled and with the money for my jewelry I bought a fantastic expensive ring from Beaverbrooks (I don't wear it all the time as being in the hairdressing industry it would get damaged). At the time I also saw a beautiful bangle (£950) and used some money my Mum had given me to buy it. I never take this off - Mum died before I was able to collect it from the jewellers so never saw it, but I had it to wear to her funeral. It has great sentimental value to me. I do worry about it being lost/damaged, but would whatever it had cost.

I also feel now that instead of a load of cheap items, I have two lovely valuable items to pass on to my sons.

If you want the ring, save for it and get it.

catkins

I only own one ring - my wedding ring which cost £40. It means the world to me and I have never taken it off.

I have loads of silver earrings (don't like gold) and necklaces but they were all pretty cheap. I personally think expensive jewellery is a waste of money and I would be scared to wear anything really expensive but that is just my opinion. Each to their own but, as other posters have said, it does seem a bit silly to go into debt for a ring!

shellsuit

Jewellery to me is the thought that has gone into it by the person buying it, not how much it costs

My ex fiance/partner (this is confusing sorry lol, we were engaged, split up last year then got back together) chose my engagement ring when he proposed to me.

It didn't matter how much it cost (still don't know to this day how much it was), it was the thought of him choosing and buying it for me that meant the most...and it was a beautiful ring too

margaretclare

I hate the term 'bling'. That said...

I wouldn't want to buy an expensive piece of jewellery on a 3-year loan, as was originally proposed. I really wouldn't, and I don't see the point of it at all.

I know someone who has an expensive eternity ring that she was given for her silver wedding. And it stays in a special safe in the bedroom. I've never ever seen her wear it!

What's the point!

Margaret

kay74

Sooze
On a practical level I do agree with everything thats been said here, but probably, like you I would just love to feel like a princess for once, and a super special ring may make you feel like that? Or would something else give you that same absolutely loved to pieces and totally spoilt by OH feeling?

~Loz~

I don't own anything that is expensive but i do own some gorgeous peices my boyfriend bought me.

They probably average at about £80 each and i love them because he took the time and effort into choosing them for me as surprises. That to me is more important than price and "bling" which no offence but seems a bit chav these days anyway.

Taking out a loan seems odd just for something to wear and show off to mates but that is just my oppinion.

liney

I have items of jewelry which were a few hundred pounds which i rarely wear - pearls £300, Earrings £200, Watch £400, and i have a necklace that i have worn daily for the past 10 years. My husband bought it me for my 18th birthday and i never take it off, and get comments on how unusual it is - it cost £40. My engagment ring has been replaced with daily wear of my eternity ring which was £300 ish i imagine, but hubby bought it so not sure.

If i had unlimited funds, then i would certainly enjoy a nice solitare ring - princess cut - 1ct - platinum - not thought about it much, honest ) But as the saying goes - if you have to ask the price then you probably can't afford it.

skyrocket

i think you should have what you want in this life!
like you i never got an engagement ring and i dont have any bling either. i would love some really nice jewellery!
and as for the person who said was her husband getting something of equal value and they could have a nice holiday - so what! she didnt get an engagement ring and she wants something nice!
go for it!
i'd rather spend a fortune on nice sparkler than something 'practical' like a new kitchen or a holiday. at least her ring will still be there and she can leave it to her kids. can't do that with a kitchen or a holiday!

halia

My most expensive piece of jewellry is my tiara bought for my wedding (cost £90), neither of us had, needed or wanted engagement rings. Our wedding rings were bought solely for the ceremony at £20 each from argos.

Its not your 'right' to have expensive jewellry and its certianly not your right to nag someone into going into debt to buy a rock to stick on your finger.

How on earth do you justify going into debt so your partner can buy you expensive presents? and why should he buy you something like that when you are obviuosly unwilling to consider buying him anything in return?