[TheKingdom2000]

Originally Posted by lungfish23

Ok..since I just bought a ring, I thought I'd share my insight into it.

For 10K there are a lot of rings available out there. It really depends on what you're looking for. I ended up getting mine from Birks because she chose it. Although she chose it and we've talked about getting married, the proposal time and everything else was still a surprise. I did it this way because I didn't want to go through the hassle of taking the ring back in case she didn't like it, didn't fit, etc.

So, most places (stores, not sure about online places) will do ring fitting/ resizing for free. (some up to five years, some for life) so you do not have to worry about the ring not fitting her. The down side is that she would have to wait while it got resized after you have already given it to her. So I decided that since we talked about getting married, she might as well pick her own and have it sized already.

And if she says no, then you can return it. I think most places give you 90 days.

The specs of the ring that I got was about the same price at Tiffany's and Birks. It was a little cheaper from Spence. There are 10K rings at Tiffany's and they're not bad. Obviously everyone wants the biggest diamond that one can afford, BUT she tried rings on her finger and some of the bigger diamonds were kind of stupid looking on her finger. She has really small fingers. It didn't look right (she said it not me, hahaha not trying to sound cheap.) So I ended up getting a smaller diamond than what I original wanted to find, but I got a better diamond. In the end I think that's probably more worth it.

One more thing to look at is most rings come in size 6. That's the average finger size. So depending on what store you go to, they either resize your ring or make you a new one. My fiance's finger is a 3.25. From what I've read/heard, you should really only resize rings up to 2 sizes. Anything more would compromise the structural integrity of the ring. Since my fiance's finger was too small, Birks said they would make a new one from scratch. Tiffany's said that they would still resize it and that it was no problem. So that's kinda why we didn't go with Tiffany's. Spence would also create a new ring, but that's because all their showroom ones are not real.

But regarding if rings would be 20k at Tiffany's. Sure there are rings like that but not all of them. The price doesn't differ too much. The diamond itself is only worth so much depending on specs.

Sorry if it went too long, but I hope that helps somebody.

So how much did you pay for your ring and what are the specs on the ring?
Did you look at online sites like whiteflash or bluenile or diamonds.ca?