Ultimate Guide To Buying Diamond Engagement Rings
Proposing to your girlfriend will always be one of the happiest days of your life. Unfortunately, this comes with the difficult task of choosing an engagement ring for your girlfriend. A rough diamond for sale could be a great idea to help design a ring. Sadly, not everyone can design a ring. If you need a readymade ring that fits the requirements and price tag, you can search the diamond jewellery market. This is also much faster!
A challenge such as this should not be attempted alone, go ahead and ask friends and family for help.
Here is the ultimate guide to buying a diamond engagement ring for your future wife!
Research the diamond market
The market is flooded with attractive diamond engagement rings. Unfortunately, you are tasked with browsing through all of them to find the “one”. To begin this daunting task, you will first have to do your research and find out what all your options are. The internet is a resourceful tool and should be utilized to the maximum.
You can look up, prices, shops, diamond cuts, and sizes. These are the factors you need to isolate the requirements you are looking for in the perfect engagement ring. Also, you can read about how to spot a fake diamond or low quality ring. With enough research, you can finally be a diamond buying pro!
State your requirements
Before buying something as important as an engagement ring, you must first identify what specific quality is the most crucial one. This is regarding carat weight, cut, clarity, and colour. This involves the following specifications:
- Diamond carat weight (the specific weight of the stone in carats)
- Diamond size (the measurements)
- Diamond cut (e.g brilliant round, princess, emerald, cushion)
- Ring metal (gold, silver, platinum, rose gold)
- Ring setting (prong setting, halo setting, tension setting)
Based on any of the above features, you can lay your preferences on the appearance of your ideal ring. In case the final ring is out of your budget, decide which factor you will be willing to downgrade. You will have to think what your fiance is more likely to appreciate in terms of design and diamond size. Finally, you can make a hierarchy that lists the most important things at the top and the least important things at the bottom. Make your decision based on this list.
Set a budget
This is a point where many men fail to set the right target. Setting a budget too low can be disastrous as you will not walk away with a good diamond ring. A high price could lead you to pay too much money for an average ring. Beware of both of these common mistakes. Evaluating the diamond is critical to knowing how much money to part with.
By browsing diamond jewellery shops online, you have probably seen the average asking price of a diamond ring. Something between the highest price and the lowest price will be best. We hope you have been saving up for this special day as diamonds are not the cheapest item on the market! If you find the right ring that is a few hundred dollars out of your budget, go ahead and be generous instead of cutting yourself short.
Check a few shops
Do not settle for the first ring you find. There are so many options and your ideal ring is just waiting for you to find it. You might get tired after looking at hundreds of rings. This should not lead you to buy anything just to get it over and done with! Remember, your wife will be stuck with this ring for the rest of her life.
Being penny wise and pound foolish will also result in an unappealing ring. Sure it’s a tiring job, but you just have to be patient.
- Select a handful of shops to avoid wasting time. Make sure they are reputable
- Visit them one by one and take note of the rings you really like (and can afford)
- End off by eliminating the ones that seem unreasonable or overpriced.
- This should help to narrow down the options to a few
Get all the info
Before committing to a purchase, get all the details. Information you need to ascertain includes:
- Diamond details (carat weight, cut, shape)
- Band metal
- Price
- Ring size and dimensions
Before buying any diamond jewellery, you have to make sure the diamond is real. This can be confirmed with the help of a diamond certification card. This certificate will have all the valuable information on it. Diamond size, carat weight, clarity, colour, should be mentioned.
Band metal is the metal that the ring band is made from. The most common metal to opt for are the long-lasting ones: gold, silver, platinum, and rose gold. Among these, platinum and rose gold look exceptional with an extravagant diamond set in it.
Additionally, having the ring size on paper can assist you is they accidentally give you the wrong size or if you want alterations done later.
Payment and after sales service
After sales services are a value added offer for buyers. Shops that offer these services will usually give free jewellery cleaning and engraving or they will offer it at much lower prices, just for their customers. Ask about this beforehand. If the ring is too tight or loose, ask what the rates are to correct this problem.
Payment should always be the very last action of buying a diamond ring. After seeing the ring and the documents for the final time, you can start paying. Before this you should enquire about how to pay. Also, if the ring is expensive, you should ask about paying in installments or EMI. Paying lump sum is okay if you have the extra cash on hand, otherwise monthly installments are the better option.
After asking all the questions, it is time to wrap it up and pay for the ring. You can now walk away a happy man, knowing that this big stressful job is done. Let’s hope she loves the ring!