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Would you sell your original ering/ diamond?

Would you sell your original ering/ diamond?

  • *I* wouldn''t do it, but if others want to and are comfortable about it, I don''t see what''s wrong

    Votes: 1 50.0%
  • I just want to see the results/ am not so sure about this myself!

    Votes: 2 100.0%

  • Total voters
    2
  • Poll closed .

Phoenix

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I know this topic has been discussed before, but I don't think a poll has been done (could be wrong here, ha ha).

I've been pondering about what to do with my original stone - which I've not been wearing - for a while now. I thought that DH would never let me sell iit but when I asked him abt it recently, he just shrugged and said "do whatever you want!". I'm thinking *perhaps* to sell it to get another stone that I'd really like but am wondering if I'd regret it later down the line.

Would like to see what you guys think.
 
coulda woulda shoulda... already did it (well, traded it in). No regrets.


But I'm on the less-sentimental side in general
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I''m more on the sentimental side and have yet to get my e-ring. We''re taking many pains
to be sure it''s ''the one'' because it''s not changing. Just my two cents.

Also, if you are on the sentimental side, is there a reason why you cannot save up for your ideal diamond
to replace the one you have now and keep the original diamond? (perhaps set it into a pendant or some such)
Just an idea, if you''re not wanting to part with the original.
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Note: This poll will begin on 6/30/2010 and end on 8/30/2010

LOL!!...this poll will end on the 4th of July weekend.
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Date: 6/30/2010 1:28:27 AM
Author: Dancing Fire
Note: This poll will begin on 6/30/2010 and end on 8/30/2010

LOL!!...this poll will end on the 4th of July weekend.
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Oh yeah! That''s right!! PS 2!! Silly me!
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But wouldn''t all posts and threads be migrated over?
 
My bf talks about trading in my ring (which he hasn''t given me yet :P) when we get "rich"
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but I keep telling him that I''ll be happy to accept whatever gifts he''d like to give me in the future
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but I''ll never give up my original ering. I''m WAY too sentimental to do that. I will love it forever!!
 
I would do it if I thought I would get a substantial sum for it. If it was less than $3000 I don''t think I would. So that is how much the sentiment is worth to me -- $5000
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My e-ring is only worth about $1500 and so this never entered my mind. I think it would be hard to give it up though.
 
I''m with dreamer, my e-ring sentimentality has a price, so it can be bought
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But since that price is probably just a little bit more than any sane person would pay for it, I would rather keep the stones and turn them into a RHR or another pendant and some earings rather then put what ever I can get for them towards an upgrade.

Maybe it''s just that it would anoy me to sell it for much less then what it was purchased for or could be replaced for, kind of the same way it anoys me when I buy somthing and then the next week the same item goes on sale
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If I were in your shoes phoenix, I''m not sure what I''d do since you seem to have a little bit of every kind of bling a girl could wish for, is their much point in keeping it and turning it into another peice of jewllery? Is there anything you could do with it which would mean it would get much wear? Or are you likly to get more wear and enjoyment from a new rock than whatever you could do with this one?
 
I did and I have no regrets. In fact, I would do it again for an upgrade and hope to one day!
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And I am a sentimental person...but not about material things.
 
I wouldn''t sell it b/c I would miss it and besides you can usually expect to only recoup about 25% of what you paid for it so why bother? An exception is for designer jewelery like Tiffany, Cartier, Bulgari or Van Cleef pieces which will hold their value over the years on the secondary market. You would still take a hit but it wouldn''t be as big a hit b/c of the name stamp in the ring.
 
I did change and upgrade my e-ring but I kept my original diamond and wear it in a pendant. I would never sell this stone as it was the one my husband chose for me. He however, did not have any issue if I did want to sell it -- just my personal choice.
 
Yes and only as scrap. It was a gemstone ring and the stone was cracked. The setting was damaged beyond what the ring was valued. I would have had to reshank the ring at minimum and replace the center and a side stone. The cost to do that was so much more than what we paid for the ring, but it took me a long time to let go of it. I also sold my original wedding ring because I couldn't think of a way to recycle it. It was replaced with an anniversary band when I switched from yellow to white gold.

My husband did buy me a small marquise diamond that I took out of its yellow gold setting and I kept it. I plan on making a stacking band out of it for my right hand some day. I thought I could sell it, but I wound up not being able to.
 
Nope. I''m a sentimental sap, and I have too many good memories attached to that ring: we bought it together, my dad was there, I didn''t stop staring at my hand for a solid week ....

For myself, I don''t really like the idea of upgrading if it means trading in. If I wanted to get *another* diamond that was bigger, I assume I would have an already larger budget, and this would just be the push to get me a little higher on the scale. It would totally not be worth it to me to lose all those memories for the sake of another half mm. or whatever ....
 
From my point of view as I am in the middle of putting together the perfect ering for her...

After everything I have/am going through to get as close to her ideal ring - without her knowing.....id be a little upset if she ever traded/sold this thing!

If in the future if she wants a bigger better ring...well...when my business takes off and im filthy rich...then ill buy here that too!
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I'm with whoever said they're not sentimental about material things!

The only reason I haven't sold them is because they're not worth anything!
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If they were worth more, I would sell them no problem. My current ering appraised at $14k is consignable at $4k and I'll get $3k? No thanks!

The first engagement ring diamond is in a pair of earrings.

The 2nd ering diamonds will be made into something (or somethings) as well as my 3rd ering is being made right now.

I think part of it for me personally is I picked all the rings myself and so they were never gifts from my husband nor represented my marriage or relationship. But even if he had picked them, they are just pretty rocks, that we've given intrinsic value to. We could just as easily assign value to a crystal or a lump of coal. The diamond itself is meaningless and if I had none of them tomorrow, I would still have my marriage and be fine with that.
 
I went through this last year when I was buying my upgrade. Should I sell/trade my original e-ring, or just buy the upgrade diamond and have two rings? I ultimately kept my original e-ring because I just couldn''t part with it. Too sentimental.
 
Yes, does anybody want to buy it?
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I wouldn''t sell it if I didn''t have to - you have so many diamonds, I don''t know that I''d make the sacrifice in your situation. For someone with a lot less money and only one stone I might understand it, but if you don''t have to - why? The possibility of regret is already in your mind...
 
I''m a sentimental sap about my e-ring, but realize it''s just a material thing. I wouldn''t sell it to upgrade or buy another material thing, but would sell it in a heartbeat if we truly needed the money.
 
I sold my original engagement ring. I have told the story before so I won''t tell it again. I had some negative feelings about that ring. I got a lot more than what I paid for it. I would never trade in the ring we bought
to replace it. I am usually kinda sentimental. I wouldn''t do it because I would be afraid I would regret it. It does represent the beginning of your marriage. If you have no sentimental feelings attached to it at all, go for
it, but if there is even just a little twinge, hang on to it.
 
With my husband''s blessing, we traded in my original wedding set for my upgrade. When I did a second upgrade, we traded in the diamond, but kept the settings. They were too beautiful to lose. I have reset my sapphire into the former e-ring and use the five stone w-band when I don''t want to wear my halo setting. It all worked out very well
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My stone was a family inheritance. Not terribly valuable, but beautiful and meaningful. That stone is going to my daughter. My original setting was trashed when I naively had the head replaced when only the prong needed retipping. I took what was left of my original setting along with the gold from my great-grandmother''s wedding ring and had that gold used to make a lovely solitaire mounting for the inherited diamond. So the ring my daughter will get really is a family heirloom. They are not in their original state, but have all of the original love and family history still attached.
 
Hi There
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... I''m totally thinking the same thing right now. I voted yes, but when I mentioned some vendors consign etc to DH, he said "no, dont be ridiculous, we''d never sell ''our'' stone". He''s much more sentimental than I am. Then again, I keep thinking, if I ever get a new stone, I''d probably never wear this one, so why not sell it to get what I really want?
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I can understand LIW''s and newlyweds having the sentiment, but I''ve had my ring for 7yrs and ready for an upgrade
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I put the diamond in a pendant and scrapped the gold.
 
After 48 years of marriage, I recently received an upgraded ering. We''re going to have a ring made for DH to wear using our original diamond. He lost his wedding band at Scout Camp several years ago, and has worn a ring with a colored stone since then. This one will replace the replacement for him. So one of us will always wear the original diamond.
 
I wouldn''t do it because it''s a family stone, my husband''s grandmother''s stone but if someone else did or wanted to makes no difference to me.
 
Date: 6/30/2010 8:33:07 AM
Author: VetChecker
From my point of view as I am in the middle of putting together the perfect ering for her...


After everything I have/am going through to get as close to her ideal ring - without her knowing.....id be a little upset if she ever traded/sold this thing!


If in the future if she wants a bigger better ring...well...when my business takes off and im filthy rich...then ill buy here that too!
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I briefly talked with my parents about this topic very recently, as my SO had mentioned that whatever I get now can be upgraded later when we have more money. But I''d rather find something I love now and have it forever.

My father stated that he would be heart broken if my mother ever wanted to sell her engagement ring. In his words, he spent a lot of time trying to find the perfect diamond and ring and spent his money on it, when he really had no money to spend on anything.

My father tends to be much more emotional and sentimental about things than my mother does, however.
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I had my original recut and put in a pendant. I find I am more attached to it than I thought I would be. To me it''s something I''ve had for so many years it''s a part of my history. I have a pair of platform shoes from the 1970''s (also part of my history).
 
I voted no for me but thinks it''s okay if you want too.

For me my original ering was picked out by DH who completely surprised and delighted me with it. I wore it proudly for years. It has great sentimental value to me. We upgraded at 16 years. My original ering and ring guard now have a color shift spinel in it and my original diamond (only .15 ct.) is in a diamond pendant.
 
My original e-ring came in a used YG mounting, as a temporary mounting, and that mounting was traded in when I had the diamond reset. When we divorced, I gave that diamond back to my ex-husband. I kept the remount, and put a CZ in it, and I still occasionally wear that ring as a RHR. I cold also use it for a colored gemstone.

Any other diamonds that I have, came from pawn shops, estate sales, GOG, or BGD. So I suppose I could trade or sell any of them except my pawn shop OEC, which I will never part with except under very dire circumstances.
 
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