Just wondering what is the best way to get a quote from a jeweller to custom make a ring. Do you go in and say "I've got $XXX to spend" or do you give them a rough idea of your ring design and take it from there? We went to our local jeweller and said we have $10K to spend on getting a ruby ring made and, wouldn't you know it, his price for our ring came in at $9,800. I'm wondering if we hadn't told him how much we had to spend what price would he have put on the ring then. It's very intimidating going into these fancy jewellery stores and I guess we wanted them to know we meant business and that's probably why we told them how much we were wanting to spend. And on top of that, he sourced a ruby for us, which I'm happy with, but nobody has told us the price of the ruby. I have put a deposit of $5K down to hold the ruby, but there has still been no mention of a price for the ruby by itself.
Anyway, I've since changed my initial design and am waiting on a quote from him as to what the new ring will cost to make, but I'm wondering should I see another jeweller and show him my new design and not mention how much we have to spend and see what he comes up with.
I don't need the ring made up until September and $10K is a lot of money and I'm wanting to make sure I'm getting what I pay for and that the ring is going to look like it's worth that much money.
Anyway, I've since changed my initial design and am waiting on a quote from him as to what the new ring will cost to make, but I'm wondering should I see another jeweller and show him my new design and not mention how much we have to spend and see what he comes up with.
I don't need the ring made up until September and $10K is a lot of money and I'm wanting to make sure I'm getting what I pay for and that the ring is going to look like it's worth that much money.