Diamond Stone For Another Relationship
I was previously married and now divorced. I have a 1 carat Argyle diamond engagement ring from that marriage. I have a new man in my life and have talked about getting married in the future. I thought of selling the ring to him, which he agreed and re-setting the stone for another engagement ring from him. I thought it was ok but a friend disagreed with the idea as bad Karma from the previous relationship that didnt work. I tried to return the ring to the ex but would he would not accept it, so I tried to sell it to a jewellery store but the standard deal with diamond ring is that they pay only a third of what it`s worth, the ring`s worth AU$10,000.00, based on the Valuation paper. I didnt want to sell it that cheap. I thought it was ok for my new man to reset the stone the way he wants it which he was ok with. He is also happy to give me another ring because of the idea of Karma but I thought it was a waste to just keep a beautiful stone locked away. What are your opinions on the idea?
Posted by Carmen; updated 08/17/05
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You wanted to sell a ring that your ex gave you to your now fiancee, so he can then give it back to you in a new setting? Please tell me I am misunderstanding this. This is some sort of joke, right? Talk about tacky...!
Posted by Emily; updated 08/18/05
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Emily is right. Tacky Tacky Tacky! Have you no shame?
Posted by Jessica; updated 08/25/05
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Bad Karma? Bad taste too! See the stone on eBay or something, or get it set in a pendant or something yourself. DO NOT sell it to your fiance to give BACK to you. Yuck.
Posted by Katie; updated 08/25/05
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I agree with the karma. Yeah, why should you spend money on a new ring when you have a perfectly good stone to use. But this is a new relationship, you should not keep anything from old ones. An idea, if you have kids, set the stone in something else for your children to have. However, don`t set it in something else for yourself. Making it into a necklace or something would obviously be better than making it into your new engagement ring, but still, it`s from a previous relationship. EBAY!! Put it in the newspaper or anything. Don`t keep it for yourself!!
Posted by Gina; updated 08/25/05
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I had a similiar situtation. I had a wedding set from my previous marriage. I was battling with the idea of bringing it to a pawn shop because I knew how much it was really worth. I wouldn`t have gotten nearly as much as I could have. My fiance and I had discussed it and decided to bring it to the jeweler where we bought by current set. This jeweler buys jewlery and depending on the value and quality will either melt it down or re-sell it. This jeweler gave us a credit all 90% of the original value of the rings to put towards my new ones. We thought why waste the money that we had sitting in the old rings, they ment nothing to me. I guess it is a personal decision that you have to make. You have to decided if you are going to think about the ex or the old ring every time you look at your new ring.
Posted by Candis; updated 08/25/05
