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Am i the only nut that spent more on a diamond than on a car?

P: 7/12/2004 11:23:19 PM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,227 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	spent $26,500 on a 3+ ct. spent $24,200 on a truck. it is always harder to find a "mind clean" stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 7/12/2004 11:23:19 PM

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P: 7/13/2004 12:24:46 AM
MC Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,866 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 2/8/2003	---------------- On 7/12/2004 11:23:19 PM vtigger86 wrote: spent $26,500 on a 3+ ct. spent $24,200 on a truck.---------------- Yep, you probably are the ONLY person here who has enough money to buy both of these luxeries and have money left to eat lol We have a mortgage, a second property we plan to build on & are paying on, two little boys to pay expenses on, two car payments, etc., PLUST I don't work, so we do all this on one income, so I doubt I'd ever spend 26K on a diamond unless we won the lottery. Even then, I wouldn't spend THAT MUCH on a singe diamond since then I'd be looking at private schools for the kids and a bigger house! Michelle
Posted: 7/13/2004 12:24:46 AM

P: 7/13/2004 1:18:50 AM
Shay37 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,343 Last Post: 8/30/2008 Member Since: 3/2/2004	Vtigger, probably not; but you are the only one I know of. Shay ______________________________My therapist loves me. His name is Brian the Cutter.
Posted: 7/13/2004 1:18:50 AM

P: 7/13/2004 1:46:36 AM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,227 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	---------------- On 7/13/2004 12:24:46 AM MichelleCarmen wrote: ---------------- On 7/12/2004 11:23:19 PM vtigger86 wrote: spent $26,500 on a 3+ ct. spent $24,200 on a truck.---------------- Yep, you probably are the ONLY person here who has enough money to buy both of these luxeries and have money left to eat lol We have a mortgage, a second property we plan to build on & are paying on, two little boys to pay expenses on, two car payments, etc., PLUST I don't work, so we do all this on one income, so I doubt I'd ever spend 26K on a diamond unless we won the lottery. Even then, I wouldn't spend THAT MUCH on a singe diamond since then I'd be looking at private schools for the kids and a bigger house! Michelle ---------------- michelle, i have no choice but to buy a new truck , my old truck was leaking oil so bad that when i go into the gas station i tell the attendent to (fill up the oil and check the gas)and over heating all the time. you're lucky your boys are still young so they are pretty cheap to maintenance. wait until they are teenagers and start driving buy them a car,college tuition... AUTO INSURANCE BILL SHOCK !!! it is always harder to find a "mind clean" stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 7/13/2004 1:46:36 AM

P: 7/13/2004 2:11:51 AM
MC Ideal Rock Total Posts: 8,866 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 2/8/2003	---------------- On 7/13/2004 1:46:36 AM vtigger86 wrote: ---------------- On 7/13/2004 12:24:46 AM MichelleCarmen wrote: ---------------- On 7/12/2004 11:23:19 PM vtigger86 wrote: spent $26,500 on a 3+ ct. spent $24,200 on a truck.---------------- Yep, you probably are the ONLY person here who has enough money to buy both of these luxeries and have money left to eat lol We have a mortgage, a second property we plan to build on & are paying on, two little boys to pay expenses on, two car payments, etc., PLUST I don't work, so we do all this on one income, so I doubt I'd ever spend 26K on a diamond unless we won the lottery. Even then, I wouldn't spend THAT MUCH on a singe diamond since then I'd be looking at private schools for the kids and a bigger house! Michelle ---------------- michelle, i have no choice but to buy a new truck , my old truck was leaking oil so bad that when i go into the gas station i tell the attendent to (fill up the oil and check the gas)and over heating all the time. you're lucky your boys are still young so they are pretty cheap to maintenance. wait until they are teenagers and start driving buy them a car,college tuition. CAR INSURANCE BILL SHOCK !!! ---------------- I can relate to your new truck needs as my explorer too was being forced to live beyond its lifespan! lol It was literally falling apart! Regarding the kids. . . my plan is to keep on buying newer cars every five years and hopefully the timing works out perfectly to pass one of our older cars onto them and THEN upgrade to a fancy car. After all these roomy automobiles that offer space for double strollers, groceries, and various other items, I'm hoping to downsize to a nice little cute Mercedes convertible that only fits two people. lol! Kids must get a job if they want a car & will have to pay their own insurance. There's no question that they are monsters now and will be then and in the upper bracket for higher premiums and there's no way in h*ll I'm paying for their extra costs resulting from speeding tickets and all that. I do think it's cool that you and your wife both got new treats Congratulations! Michelle
Posted: 7/13/2004 2:11:51 AM

P: 7/13/2004 3:06:02 AM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,227 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	---------------- On 7/13/2004 2:11:51 AM MichelleCarmen wrote: ---------------- On 7/13/2004 1:46:36 AM vtigger86 wrote: ---------------- On 7/13/2004 12:24:46 AM MichelleCarmen wrote: ---------------- On 7/12/2004 11:23:19 PM vtigger86 wrote: spent $26,500 on a 3+ ct. spent $24,200 on a truck.---------------- Yep, you probably are the ONLY person here who has enough money to buy both of these luxeries and have money left to eat lol We have a mortgage, a second property we plan to build on & are paying on, two little boys to pay expenses on, two car payments, etc., PLUST I don't work, so we do all this on one income, so I doubt I'd ever spend 26K on a diamond unless we won the lottery. Even then, I wouldn't spend THAT MUCH on a singe diamond since then I'd be looking at private schools for the kids and a bigger house! Michelle ---------------- michelle, i have no choice but to buy a new truck , my old truck was leaking oil so bad that when i go into the gas station i tell the attendent to (fill up the oil and check the gas)and over heating all the time. you're lucky your boys are still young so they are pretty cheap to maintenance. wait until they are teenagers and start driving buy them a car,college tuition. CAR INSURANCE BILL SHOCK !!! ---------------- I can relate to your new truck needs as my explorer too was being forced to live beyond its lifespan! lol It was literally falling apart! Regarding the kids. . . my plan is to keep on buying newer cars every five years and hopefully the timing works out perfectly to pass one of our older cars onto them and THEN upgrade to a fancy car. After all these roomy automobiles that offer space for double strollers, groceries, and various other items, I'm hoping to downsize to a nice little cute Mercedes convertible that only fits two people. lol! Kids must get a job if they want a car & will have to pay their own insurance. There's no question that they are monsters now and will be then and in the upper bracket for higher premiums and there's no way in hll I'm paying for their extra costs resulting from speeding tickets and all that. I do think it's cool that you and your wife both got new treats Congratulations! Michelle---------------- Michelle, Forget about your mercedes ,buy your kids a couple of BMW convertibles LOL...my 17 yr old daughter is driving a honda civic and the insurance is killing me $2400 a year. it is always harder to find a "mind clean"* stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 7/13/2004 3:06:02 AM

P: 7/13/2004 8:53:58 AM
GLudlow Rough Rock Total Posts: 62 Last Post: 7/30/2004 Member Since: 3/21/2004	Oh come now, you can't justify spending $24k on a new truck just because your old one was leaking oil. A VERY nice used truck would only cost $10k, and then you could have purchased a $40k diamond. Imagine that!
Posted: 7/13/2004 8:53:58 AM

P: 7/13/2004 9:34:22 AM
moremoremore Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,825 Last Post: 2/9/2009 Member Since: 3/15/2004	perhaps you could have saved by getting a vvs6 instead of a vvs8 engine... ______________________________ Stewart says: I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggon'it, people like me.
Posted: 7/13/2004 9:34:22 AM

P: 7/13/2004 11:41:36 AM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,227 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	---------------- On 7/13/2004 8:53:58 AM GLudlow wrote: Oh come now, you can't justify spending $24k on a new truck just because your old one was leaking oil. A VERY nice used truck would only cost $10k, and then you could have purchased a $40k diamond. Imagine that!---------------- Gludlow I would of love to buy a nice used truck,but this was 2001 and is the first year toyota tacoma come with 4 doors,so a used one wasn't available. it is always harder to find a "mind clean" stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 7/13/2004 11:41:36 AM

P: 7/13/2004 11:48:16 AM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,227 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	---------------- On 7/13/2004 9:34:22 AM moremoremore wrote: perhaps you could have saved by getting a vvs6 instead of a vvs8 engine... ---------------- MMM I did buy a vvs6 ,i wish there was a vvs8 engine available sure could use the extra power. it is always harder to find a "mind clean" stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 7/13/2004 11:48:16 AM

P: 7/13/2004 3:01:24 PM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,037 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	Heck VT, I bought a house for 8k and another for 16. just think, you could have had two houses for less than you spent on your diamond. Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 7/13/2004 3:01:24 PM

P: 7/13/2004 4:32:46 PM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,227 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	---------------- On 7/13/2004 3:01:24 PM Wink wrote: Heck VT, I bought a house for 8k and another for 16. just think, you could have had two houses for less than you spent on your diamond. ---------------- Wink Wow!!! 24k for 2 houses that tells me either you are a very old man LOL !!! you purchase the homes 40 yrs ago or houses are very cheap in idaho so which is it ? it is always harder to find a "mind clean" stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 7/13/2004 4:32:46 PM

P: 7/13/2004 5:06:33 PM
foundnemo Cut Rock Total Posts: 124 Last Post: 12/10/2004 Member Since: 4/27/2004	I think many of us here spent more than a car, just a different car compared to yours (Echo...Civic...)
Posted: 7/13/2004 5:06:33 PM

P: 7/13/2004 5:13:44 PM
marriahlyn Cut Rock Total Posts: 468 Last Post: 6/29/2008 Member Since: 7/23/2003	I wish my husband had your mindset He doesn't believe in diamonds bigger than 1ct so he spent $6,000 on the engagement ring then went out and paid $38,000 for a corvette. I got the short end of the stick but I still love him LOL.
Posted: 7/13/2004 5:13:44 PM

P: 7/13/2004 5:20:02 PM
Wink Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,037 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 5/4/2001	It was only ten or fifteen years ago and the market was in the toilet here. They were trashed out fixer uppers. Sold the 8k for 40 and the 16k for 28. Hmm, what's wrong with that picture? Sold them both too cheap too, that's what REALLY reeks. If I had not tried to be the realtor as well as the fixer upper, I would have made some REAL money, and oh, yes, I am a geezer. Be 58 in December. Wink Wink Jones GG Winfield's/High Performance Diamonds
Posted: 7/13/2004 5:20:02 PM

P: 7/13/2004 5:30:32 PM
Nicrez Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,230 Last Post: 10/21/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2004	WOW!!! $26K here is not even a decent downpayment on any real estate here...and we're talking about apartments and not even houses WITH land! Market's a bit high, but on average, We're looking at not even 1Brs for under $275K...Man I wish I could buy a home for $8K, fixer-uper or NOT! http://www.hobokenhomes.com/ "Sometimes it's OK to throw rocks at girls...as long as they sparkle! " Nicrez, G.G., A.J.P.
Posted: 7/13/2004 5:30:32 PM

P: 7/13/2004 5:42:00 PM
icelady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,030 Last Post: 10/21/2006 Member Since: 11/25/2003	---------------- On 7/13/2004 5:13:44 PM marriahlyn wrote: I wish my husband had your mindset He doesn't believe in diamonds bigger than 1ct so he spent $6,000 on the engagement ring then went out and paid $38,000 for a corvette. I got the short end of the stick but I still love him LOL.---------------- Wish mine had that mindset also. He spent major bucks on a 35 foot power boat and still has no use for jewelry!!!!! I do have some influence though, the boat's name is "WHITE DIAMOND"!!! (It's a REALLY long story!) I'll never see the day that he will spend even 1/10th of what was spent on the boat on a diamond. BUT, I sure do enjoy cruising though!!! icelady
Posted: 7/13/2004 5:42:00 PM

P: 7/13/2004 9:03:23 PM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,227 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	---------------- On 7/13/2004 5:42:00 PM icelady wrote: ---------------- On 7/13/2004 5:13:44 PM marriahlyn wrote: I wish my husband had your mindset He doesn't believe in diamonds bigger than 1ct so he spent $6,000 on the engagement ring then went out and paid $38,000 for a corvette. I got the short end of the stick but I still love him LOL.---------------- Wish mine had that mindset also. He spent major bucks on a 35 foot power boat and still has no use for jewelry!!!!! I do have some influence though, the boat's name is 'WHITE DIAMOND'!!! (It's a REALLY long story!) I'll never see the day that he will spend even 1/10th of what was spent on the boat on a diamond. BUT, I sure do enjoy cruising though!!!---------------- icelady wow!!! 35 foot boat i wish i had that kind of $$$,O.K. all P.S. members are invited to a sunset cruise on icelady's yacht. it is always harder to find a "mind clean" stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 7/13/2004 9:03:23 PM

P: 7/13/2004 9:13:27 PM
icelady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,030 Last Post: 10/21/2006 Member Since: 11/25/2003	HMMMM! Sunset cruise, sounds good to me!! We have beautiful sunsets too!! Wait til ya hear those turbos wind up! icelady
Posted: 7/13/2004 9:13:27 PM

P: 7/13/2004 9:24:28 PM
noobie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,318 Last Post: 9/21/2007 Member Since: 3/3/2004	Hey that's great .... don't forget to bring the beer Rhino!
Posted: 7/13/2004 9:24:28 PM

P: 7/15/2004 2:26:12 AM
Dancing Fire Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,227 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 4/3/2004	---------------- On 7/13/2004 9:13:27 PM icelady wrote: HMMMM! Sunset cruise, sounds good to me!! We have beautiful sunsets too!! Wait til ya hear those turbos wind up!---------------- icelady, you had me worry for awhile, i thought you ask leonid to delete this post. because the sunset cruise was off. don't be a party pooper. it is always harder to find a "mind clean" stone than a eye clean stone.
Posted: 7/15/2004 2:26:12 AM

P: 7/15/2004 2:48:48 AM
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,930 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002	---------------- On 7/13/2004 5:42:00 PM icelady wrote: boat's name is 'WHITE DIAMOND'!!! ---------------- Oh Say it isn't so!!! Bad memories, bad memories!! ________________________________ "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
Posted: 7/15/2004 2:48:48 AM

P: 7/15/2004 5:18:31 AM
starfire Cut Rock Total Posts: 144 Last Post: 2/20/2005 Member Since: 1/22/2004	You people in the States are lucky that your car prices are so low. If you live in Singapore, like me, you will find car prices here astronomical. For example, a Volvo XC90 2.5 AWD costs US$116,000 here (I picked mine up last week)... Even a Camry 2.4 will set you back over US$60,000. And this price includes a Certificate of Entitlement, which is pretty much a "permit" to own a car, which costs about US$17,000 (it varies based on engine capacity)! We ration the number of cars allowed on the road in Singapore, because we are a tiny country (640 sq km, or that tiny speck on the world map). On top of the high car prices, our petrol costs about US$0.80+ per liter. And our road taxes are designed to tax big engine users more money. And let's not get started on housing costs... Strangely though, Mercedes Benz sold as many cars in Singapore as Toyota did a few years back. In comparison to us in Singapore, you guys are lucky you could spend less on a car and a diamond than for us to even buy a car. Cheers! Stephen Tan Charlotte Atelier Singapore Charlotte Atelier Singapore
Posted: 7/15/2004 5:18:31 AM

P: 7/15/2004 7:15:44 AM
icelady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,030 Last Post: 10/21/2006 Member Since: 11/25/2003	Vtigger, I wasn't sure what happened, but my last post teasing Rhino about not bringing the beer 1.4 years late never got reloaded! I thought it was something I said!! No party pooper here!!! icelady
Posted: 7/15/2004 7:15:44 AM

P: 7/15/2004 7:23:36 AM
icelady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,030 Last Post: 10/21/2006 Member Since: 11/25/2003	Mara, That name was on the back of our boat before the "infamous" WD of PS fame! I did think about that when I wrote that response. We haven't heard much from ol' WD (thankfully). I can assure you that we didn't name the boat after her!!! So far, we only have good memories being created with our "White Diamond"! (Notice cap lock wasn't used this time)! icelady
Posted: 7/15/2004 7:23:36 AM

P: 7/15/2004 10:24:22 AM
fire&ice Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,827 Last Post: 3/30/2009 Member Since: 7/22/2002	---------------- On 7/15/2004 7:23:36 AM icelady wrote: Mara, That name was on the back of our boat before the 'infamous' WD of PS fame! So far, we only have good memories being created with our 'White Diamond'! (Notice cap lock wasn't used this time)!---------------- Could be foreshadowing! Tell me your boats name isn't written in all caps? Cool name for a boat though.
Posted: 7/15/2004 10:24:22 AM

P: 7/15/2004 12:44:55 PM
icelady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,030 Last Post: 10/21/2006 Member Since: 11/25/2003	F&I, Nope, at least there is a difference between the W and the D from the size of the rest of the letters!!! My husband doesn't wear jewelry, so his White Diamond is our boat!! icelady
Posted: 7/15/2004 12:44:55 PM

P: 7/15/2004 1:49:29 PM
alexah Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,032 Last Post: 2/16/2008 Member Since: 2/14/2004	Hey Nicrez you just wait til you buy a little condo in boken & find out how much they tax those lil boxes... suddenly ~$8K for a ring doesn't sound bad when you consider that's how much you pay in NJ RE state tax each yr - on top of half a mil for a decent 2 bdrm condo. _______________________________________ "any diamond given with love is a beautiful thing"
Posted: 7/15/2004 1:49:29 PM

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