Engagement Ring Shopping Help

#36
#36
My advice. Keep the band and engagement ring the same metal. I got a platinum engagement ring and a gold band and the two different metals intract and sometimes cause a rash on my wife's finger
 
#37
#37
VolsNSkinsFan said:
My advice. Keep the band and engagement ring the same metal. I got a platinum engagement ring and a gold band and the two different metals intract and sometimes cause a rash on my wife's finger
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Thank you. My girlfriend doesn't really like gold much. So, white gold and platinum are basically my options.
 
#38
#38
Gold is naturally yellow. White gold is gold with silver mixed in to make it white. (Keeping it simple here, it's more complex than that)

A white gold band plus a platnium engagement ring can interact and cause skin irritation. Gold is also softer than platnium so it scratches and loses a little bit of luster over time
 
#41
#41
I bought my wife's ring at Markmans on Kingston pike, right across from PF Changs. They were my favorite place to work with. I went to just about every damn jewelry store in Knoxville. Good luck.
 
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TDTennessee said:
I bought my wife's ring at Markmans on Kingston pike, right across from PF Changs. They were my favorite place to work with. I went to just about every damn jewelry store in Knoxville. Good luck.
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Markman's is the best.
 
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#44
#44
However, Bearcat gave you the best advice. I've been married. It's overrated.
 
#45
#45
We looked a few different places. Happened to find a ring she really liked at Kay in East Towne. It was a custom ring that they just happened to have and wasn't a catalog ring, which she really liked because it meant no one else has that ring. Put a better (not bigger) diamond in the center and was good to go.

Also kudos to you for saving up for it. I took a loan out on myself, from my savings and then paid myself back with interest.
 
#46
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gatorhater5 said:
I just graduated from UT in May and have been with my girlfriend for four and a half years. She graduates next May, and it's time that we went engagement ring shopping. I need some advice regarding places in the knoxville area to go to and what I should be looking for in a diamond. I have a budget of about $3000 (with some flexibilty if it's something she really wants). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Craigslist.


One mans trash is another mans treasure..
 
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#47
#47
My wife liked hers with my sons bday / wedding month birthstone , had it custom made a Jared, one diamond in center and two august stones on the sides, lil under 2500$
 
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TDTennessee said:
I bought my wife's ring at Markmans on Kingston pike, right across from PF Changs. They were my favorite place to work with. I went to just about every damn jewelry store in Knoxville. Good luck.
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Thank you. This Sunday I plan to go out looking at a few different places in Knoxville. I will make sure to go to Markmans.
 
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ATC_VOL said:
We looked a few different places. Happened to find a ring she really liked at Kay in East Towne. It was a custom ring that they just happened to have and wasn't a catalog ring, which she really liked because it meant no one else has that ring. Put a better (not bigger) diamond in the center and was good to go.

Also kudos to you for saving up for it. I took a loan out on myself, from my savings and then paid myself back with interest.
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I hadn't really thought about going to the jewelry stores in the mall but I may give them a shot as well.

And thanks for the kudos. Before I graduated, I read like 5 financial advice books to make sure I knew what I needed to do once I got a job and started getting paid regulary. (I had 3 internships for the summers between each year in college.)
 
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