Our 10 year anniversary is coming up (March 1st) so I have to do something nice for the wifey. I have been thinking about upgrading her Wedding Ring set. When we first got married, I scraped up all I could muster and got her a small band only ring. 5 years later I got her an actual engagement set. She semi messes with me because I saved a client $50,000 so he gave me $10,000. He also owns a gold/silver/pawn shop (dude is LOADED - like $100+ mil territory - we manage $50 million in vacation rentals for him). Anyways, he gave me a good price for the second ring set ($5,000) that came out of the $10,000 he owed me but my wife doesn't see it as me earning it and buying it for some reason which means I have to buy another damn ring set.
My question is, has anyone dealt with lab grown diamonds? If so, what was your experience? Pros and cons? It's such a huge difference in price that it has me considering it and I could take the family to Disney with the amount saved from real diamond to lab grown diamond.
Here's the ring I'm looking at. Wanting E+/VS1+ in platinum, the 2 5/8 carat option -
So with the band it would be about $6,200 (plus you get a "free" diamond bracelet and necklace). A real diamond set would be $15K+. $9,000 is a lot to us so the amount saved could be spent making special memories with the children.
Flame away and thanks for the few who actually help relay information.
My question is, has anyone dealt with lab grown diamonds? If so, what was your experience? Pros and cons? It's such a huge difference in price that it has me considering it and I could take the family to Disney with the amount saved from real diamond to lab grown diamond.
Here's the ring I'm looking at. Wanting E+/VS1+ in platinum, the 2 5/8 carat option -
So with the band it would be about $6,200 (plus you get a "free" diamond bracelet and necklace). A real diamond set would be $15K+. $9,000 is a lot to us so the amount saved could be spent making special memories with the children.
Flame away and thanks for the few who actually help relay information.
