Simon
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Registered: 24th Apr 03
Location: Oxfordshire
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Originally posted by Eck
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Originally posted by Twiggy
QVC £15 and diamonique!
Stone is 7x7mm ish on silver ring and looks real!
Said it cost 4 figures and i am paying my mum and dad back as i can 
Sparkles like a beauty!!!!
I still can't get over this.
What a great way to start a marriage, with a lie 
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MarkSport
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Registered: 22nd May 09
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My uncle has 2 jewellery shops in birmingham so i'm sorted
[Edited on 27-01-2011 by MarkSport]
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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Originally posted by Tomnova16
Quite a bit
just spend what you can
Got it in one mate
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A1EX
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Registered: 29th Mar 00
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Originally posted by JonnyJ
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Originally posted by Eck
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Originally posted by Twiggy
QVC £15 and diamonique!
Stone is 7x7mm ish on silver ring and looks real!
Said it cost 4 figures and i am paying my mum and dad back as i can
Sparkles like a beauty!!!!
I still can't get over this.
Be funny to see her face if they run into money issues, she decides to sell her ring (not like that you immature fuckwits) to raise some funds and she takes it to get valued.
then she'll have to sell her ring like the immature fuckwits already thought 
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Eck
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Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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I'll buy yours? Quid.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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I spent £1850
The ring is a platimun mount with 2 0.1 carat brilliant round cut diamonds in the shoulders of the clasp, 4 in total.
Centre stone is 0.62 carat D colour VS2 clarity, very good cut, very good polish with GIA certificate and a replacement value of £4500, for insurance purposes.
I thought if it was worth doing, it was worth doing right! no fucking about with a wanky yellow stone from ernest jones....
Jewellery quarter in Birmingham is the place to go IMO.
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StuartVRS
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Registered: 9th Feb 03
Location: Bromley Common, Greater London
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I spent £45 from H Samuel 11 years ago. I didnt have a lot of money at the time and she didnt want anything flashy. Made up for it with expensive wedding rings and an expensive eternity ring now that i have more £££ and have even offered to replace her engagement ring with a better version. Not the same tho.
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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Originally posted by Robin
I spent £1850
The ring is a platimun mount with 2 0.1 carat brilliant round cut diamonds in the shoulders of the clasp, 4 in total.
Centre stone is 0.62 carat D colour VS2 clarity, very good cut, very good polish with GIA certificate and a replacement value of £4500, for insurance purposes.
i like to think of myself as a normal bloke, and i must say i don't have a fecking clue what you are talking about
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Bobber123
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Registered: 18th Aug 08
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my brother was with his lass for years and didnt feel the need, neither did she so he made her one out of metal and she loved it haha, you should have seen the fucking thing.. just a piece of thick wire bent into a ring shape.
thats just winner as far as i can see.
birds dont buy us fuck all.. 
saying that, if i had the money to throw around on flashy rings i probably would.
the fact that i do absolutley everything for her (exept the washing) is good enough for her 
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Ben, those bits are important when you buy a ring, you'll learn, quickly I had to.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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You're fucking engaged Robin  Congrats mate.
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Rob_Quads
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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How much you spend just comes down to her and you. For some <£100 will do fit perfectly. Others might feel conned if they don't spend £1,000. etc
The whole X salary is just made up to get people spending more money in the shops.
If people have bought from tiffanys and like it then all cool but IMO pop down your local indepedant. If you take a tiffany ring to get valued you will get shock. Your paying a lot for the name
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Jules S
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Originally posted by Rob_Quads
How much you spend just comes down to her and you. For some <£100 will do fit perfectly. Others might feel conned if they don't spend £1,000. etc
The whole X salary is just made up to get people spending more money in the shops.
If people have bought from tiffanys and like it then all cool but IMO pop down your local indepedant. If you take a tiffany ring to get valued you will get shock. Your paying a lot for the name
You've got it right there, you put her before you 
To put that into context, imagine it is obligatory for females to buy their fiancee a car on their engagement.
You 'might' say you were happy when your millionaire wife to be bought you a Corsa, but secretly you are pissed off because you were expecting a Ferrari of some description
You wont admit that though, for fear of hurting her feelings 
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