Hello guys and gals....from a first timer. I found PS from a google search and I am surprised I haven't been here sooner. I'll try to give a quick background, but I tend to ramble. I've been married for almost 7 years and with my recent new job, it's time to finally give my wife a ring she deserves. I'm the kind of guy that likes to do research and read reviews. Yesterday we had some unusual free time to take a drive to look at rings...(2½ hour drive to find somewhat of a selection). Looked at 5 different places. My wife has thought that she liked many Verragios and a few from Neil Lane. Most of the Verragio rings were just to small or delicate looking in person I guess. She has long skinny fingers and a small band doesn't look right. She does prefer many split bands. She would find 1 or 2 ok rings at each B&M store. Nothing to really wow her. The last store we went to was Jared. She saw a ring that caught her attention. I will try to post a link, hope it works.http://www.jared.com/en/jaredstore/...iamond-bridal-set/100222/100222.100223.100226
It caught her attention since it appeared to be a wider band. Obviously it has 2 bands on each side. The multi-diamond center fooled her at first until she saw the price tag. Then she knew there was something up with it since it was only $3699. She was thinking of just getting a nice round diamond to replace the center. Sounded like a good idea. After we made it home, I did my research. The 52 rounds are I2-I3, no thank you. I was planning on budgeting $14,000-15,000, so this wasn't near what I was expecting. She doesn't think I can find a similar setting online for about the same price w/o the center stone. I'm looking for the gurus with any advice on finding something similar. She also fell in love with this Neil Lane that I am sure is way out of budget, but any recommendations on something close to this would be great also:
http://suturi.com/wp-content/upload...mance-Reality-Series-The-Bachelor-734x735.jpg
Thanks in advance for any help,
Steve
It caught her attention since it appeared to be a wider band. Obviously it has 2 bands on each side. The multi-diamond center fooled her at first until she saw the price tag. Then she knew there was something up with it since it was only $3699. She was thinking of just getting a nice round diamond to replace the center. Sounded like a good idea. After we made it home, I did my research. The 52 rounds are I2-I3, no thank you. I was planning on budgeting $14,000-15,000, so this wasn't near what I was expecting. She doesn't think I can find a similar setting online for about the same price w/o the center stone. I'm looking for the gurus with any advice on finding something similar. She also fell in love with this Neil Lane that I am sure is way out of budget, but any recommendations on something close to this would be great also:
http://suturi.com/wp-content/upload...mance-Reality-Series-The-Bachelor-734x735.jpg
Thanks in advance for any help,
Steve