I''ve been looking for a platinum pave''d diamond band to use as my wedding ring, and this weekend I stopped in a Jareds, which I believe is a chain...
Anyway, I looked at one particualr band ( they wanted 1800 dollars for a band of visibly cloudy diamonds, with several visible black specks...the total weight was approx .32...I have seen far better quality for much less. Needless to say I wasn''t buying.) But, the saleswoman launched into a warranty pitch (it would be 150 dollars for the warranty).
She said that in 10-15 years the plat prongs would have to be rebuilt and this would cost 50 dollars per prong/bead. With numbers like that, I couldn''t afford NOT to get it (I guess thats the point).
I''m not purchasing my ring there anyway, but this got me thinking. Before I purchased my engagement ring (which is thoroughly pave''d I scoured pricescope about maintenance, practicality etc. And from what I recall...yes, sometimes the little diamonds do fall out but this can be fixed. But should I believe this woman that after ten years all of my diamonds will fall out of my plat ring? I thought platinum wasn''t supposed to wear away like gold?
Was this just a ploy or is there a lot of truth to this?
Any help would be appreciated because now I''m concerned... thanks!
Anyway, I looked at one particualr band ( they wanted 1800 dollars for a band of visibly cloudy diamonds, with several visible black specks...the total weight was approx .32...I have seen far better quality for much less. Needless to say I wasn''t buying.) But, the saleswoman launched into a warranty pitch (it would be 150 dollars for the warranty).
She said that in 10-15 years the plat prongs would have to be rebuilt and this would cost 50 dollars per prong/bead. With numbers like that, I couldn''t afford NOT to get it (I guess thats the point).
I''m not purchasing my ring there anyway, but this got me thinking. Before I purchased my engagement ring (which is thoroughly pave''d I scoured pricescope about maintenance, practicality etc. And from what I recall...yes, sometimes the little diamonds do fall out but this can be fixed. But should I believe this woman that after ten years all of my diamonds will fall out of my plat ring? I thought platinum wasn''t supposed to wear away like gold?
Was this just a ploy or is there a lot of truth to this?
Any help would be appreciated because now I''m concerned... thanks!