Best place to buy an engangement ring.

sponge23

I've bought a couple of pressies in the past from a website called Gemondo which I have always been pleased with. You get a fiver towards your order when you sign up and they also give you more points on what you buy. They have loads to chose from. When I have ordered, my jewellery has arrived with in a couple of days, so I have always been happy with the service. They have information about buying jewellery on the site too. The address is www.gemondo.co.uk Your 'wife to be' might want to also try it for wedding jewellery too as I know they have tiaras - but you might want to save money by not telling her about the site at all!

English_Bob

we searched long and hard to get a good deal for our engagement ring and our wedding rings.
the engagement ring was cheaper by far in Northern Ireland.... about £700 cheaper than for the exact same ring in our home town of Oxford. (paid for the flights to see the family)
the wedding rings were bought from THE JEWELLERY QUARTER in BIRMINGHAM. because of all of the shops being right next to each other, you can get a great deal and haggle the price down. our rings cost less than any internet sites (and we searched and searched before we went).
If you live anywhere near Birmingham.... go there.

talkhard

I am much more keen on brown and champagne diamonds than the regular ones as an engagement ring. I have really struggled however, to find one to buy! I recently found one from HSamuel: 1/2 carat brown diamond with a 9ct gold band for £399 (reduced from £599).

From reading this thread tho, I have been put off slightly about comments about their quality... do you think its a bad idea to buy this type of diamond from them?

elainec

My partner got my engagement ring off an ebay shop back in October- we got it valued and resized at local jewellers (only 1/2 size out- not bad!) and it was valued at 4times what he paid for it. Know this cos i put it on home insurance and was very shocked at value until he explained!!
Think if your careful and check out the sites then you can get a bargain.

Tiger_greeneyes

purplefiona wrote: »

PS- I've just had a look at that ebay shop- and they are members of the BJA (British Jewellers Association) too which is an extremely good sign.

I agree - it's nice to know there are some decent ebayers out there - I spent over a year looking for my perfect ring and couldn't find what I wanted - I looked into buying from Nicholas' shop and it all checked out so well that I found it difficult to have any reservations. I really wasn't disappointed when I received my ring through from him - it was every bit as the description/photo's said it was. I know I was taking a bit of a chance but I always had the opportunity to return it if necessary.

This is it:



VVS is an absolute must :j The local jeweller I took it to for resizing a couple of months back was more than complimentary about the diamonds - they're very clear, white and sparkly. He valued it at £1,500 for sale purposes

There are some very unscrupulous 'jewellers' on ebay though, I checked out quite a few of them, there were some real horrors so I'm not too surprised at the £80 re-stocking fee. I don't know how these people stay in business... small print, I suppose

Tiger_greeneyes

talkhard wrote: »

I am much more keen on brown and champagne diamonds than the regular ones as an engagement ring. I have really struggled however, to find one to buy! I recently found one from HSamuel: 1/2 carat brown diamond with a 9ct gold band for £399 (reduced from £599).

From reading this thread tho, I have been put off slightly about comments about their quality... do you think its a bad idea to buy this type of diamond from them?

I just found this link: http://www.serendipitydiamonds.co.uk/detail.asp/sku=Coloured_Diamonds_Cognac

Passiflora_Polar_Bear

Dunners wrote: »

Hi, just a thought but it might be worth looking on ebay for tesco clubcard coupons (the mailings are coming out imminently) buying 500 quids worth of tesco vouchers and then exchanging them for Goldsmiths vouchers - this means you'd in effect get 2000 quid for a 500 quid spend and might make your money go a little bit further........

Tesco deals booklet says;
'Goldsmiths tokens ......will be issued with the name shown on your Clubcard vouchers'.
In other words, I don't think you can pool together lots of different clubcard vouchers from different cards (I wish!) so make sure you buy enough from the same clubcard. Check the rules first too on the Tesco website.
The Tesco mailings are coming out the last 2 weeks in Feb. Can't wait to get my jewellery but need to somehow find another 1000 (£40) in points before the cut off date on 31st Jan .:p Ideas that don't involve buying the vouchers gratefully received.
best wishes

MYLITTLESISTERLOLA

Passiflora_Polar_Bear wrote: »

Tesco deals booklet says;
'Goldsmiths tokens ......will be issued with the name shown on your Clubcard vouchers'.
In other words, I don't think you can pool together lots of different clubcard vouchers from different cards (I wish!) so make sure you buy enough from the same clubcard. Check the rules first too on the Tesco website.
The Tesco mailings are coming out the last 2 weeks in Feb. Can't wait to get my jewellery but need to somehow find another 1000 (£40) in points before the cut off date on 31st Jan .:p Ideas that don't involve buying the vouchers gratefully received.
best wishes

I bought my family's clubcard deals off them ( the same surname name ) and also some sellers on ebay sell 500 extra tokens - I bough a deal recently and if you spend £50 on Tescos website ( remember bogof etc don't come off your total so if you managed to buy all bogof you would only have to spend £25 to get 500 extra points = £20 off goldsmiths)
Good luck K
p.s. would recommend Goldsmiths got a 0.5 Carat Diamond white gold ring for £495 _ £220 vouchers + £275 see it recently in H Samuels for £800 !!!!
Don't know much about clarity, cut etc but it shines & looks beautiful (I'm a bit of a magpie no expert on diamonds)

MYLITTLESISTERLOLA

found an image to help £495 and it's 0.33 Carat shows how much I know about diamonds !!!
Its lovey and has worn well Due to get married in 9 weeks time in Jamaica figured it was cheaper than a big wedding at home in true moneysaving spirit !!

spence602

try gerald online, type it in google for the website address, i got my now fiancee one from there!excellent .75 carat diamonds