wedding rings!?

Question

what do you think is an appropriate budget for both wedding rings if you don't have that much to blow. Also, where do you suggest i shop?

Answer 1

What ever you can afford, remember the wedding ring is what you will be wearing for the rest of your life, so well worth the investment, we all make the mistake of shelling out on dress, party food etc and leave a very small budget for rings.

Answer 2

The appropriate budget is between you and your bank account. You and your guy are the ones who know how much money you have available without going into debt.

Remember, a wedding ring can be any sort of ring you like. While platinum with diamonds is popular, it's not required.

My mother wore a triple band of silver. Now I wear the same ring as my wedding band The ring is over fifty years old now, and in excellent condition. It isn't worn down anywhere at all, and still looks very pretty. Since my engagement ring is also silver with no stones and my husband doesn't wear a wedding ring at all, we spent a grand total of $83 on rings. We didn't set out to save a lot of money on that aspect, but that's how it worked out, and we were both happy with how it worked out. I love my rings, and we didn't put a big dent in our budget.

A plain silver band (which will last just fine) runs somewhere in the neighborhood of $25. White or yellow gold will cost you more, say a couple hundred per ring sor something very simple. Platinum with diamonds could easily run a couple grand per ring. None of these estimates include an engagement ring.

If you want something very simple, nearly any jewelry store or department store jewelry department should be able to provide you with something nice at a fairly reasonable price. Take a look around several sources in your area and see where you can get a good deal.

On the other hand, if your taste runs to something fancier and you aren't superstitious about it, there are some amazing deals on fine jewelry to be found in pawn shops and at estate sales. You won't get the selection, but if you find exactly the rings you want, those are the only ones you need.

Best of luck to you. I wish you all happiness in a long marriage.

Answer 3

I found shopping on the web gets you the best price for wedding rings. Many of the online jewellers track the rate of metals so you get the best price. They often don't have the same overheads as bricks and mortar shops so you get better prices.

You can spend anything you want on your wedding rings. Silver rings are the cheapest and start at less then £10. Titanium is becoming more and more popular - you can get some lovely designs, it's lightweight and hard-wearing. Best of all it's cheap too. You can pick up a titanium ring for around £50.

It's only when you start to consider the precious metals of gold and platinum do the costs really start to go up. You can pick up a gold ring from £50 upwards, depending on the carat, design and weight. Platinum is the most precious of the jewellery metals, so you'd be looking at hundreds of pounds.

The thing to remember is that it doesn't matter what your budget is - it's what the ring symbolises that's important. Just because you've got a diamond encrusted wedding ring, doesn't mean your wedding or marriage will be any better!

Answer 4

We went to a local jewelry store for our wedding rings.

I go to a large church and I see a lot of our members get married right out of college and they do not have a lot of money to spend.

I have seen nice plain gold bands for $300-400. The bride may want something a little fancier so maybe $500-750.
My wedding band has 10 small diamonds across the top and it only cost me $750. (My engagement ring was MUCH more expensive)

I know everyone thinks that these are the rings that you are going to be wearing for the rest of your lives, but this does not have to be true. You can always use the gold from the ring you get now to make a much nicer "upgrade" of your wedding band.

Maybe in 10 years when you both have a little more money you can renew your vows with your dream rings.

Good luck in your upcoming marriage!

Answer 5

Depends what you want. Of course the wedding ring is what you will be wearing for the rest of your life, so make it a priority, spend as much as you can afford. My budget was £600 for both, but I only ended up spending £500. However, both were 18ct gold, and mine has 2 diamonds in it (so quite cheap really!). I only chose 18ct gold though as that is what my engagement ring is, and the colour looked slightly different on 9ct gold. However, I think most people choose 9ct gold, as you cant really tell the difference and it is a little cheaper. You could prob pick up a pair of 9ct gold wedding rings for about £100 upwards (argos, h samuels), but like I said, it depends what you want, and how much you want to spend. If you want to spend more, try beaverbrooks, goldsmiths etc. Good luck whatever you do, and congratulations!

Answer 6

H Samuel is a good place for wedding rings on a tight budget or maybe an online catalogue or Argos?

To be honest you dont have to spend lots of money getting rings!

Money cant buy love after all.

Whatever you get it will be a lasting memory cos your partner bought it for you.

As a personal touch and making it more romantic get each others names engraved inside rings with the date.

IE Your future wifes name in husbands ring and husbands in wifes.

Answer 7

I go to a good Jewellers first to get the style and then to The Half Price Jewellers,. they have only let me down once and I got a bracelet for my wife second hand. The truth is most of the goods in a normal shop are marked up by 150% so you pay £4000 or so thats £3500 before VAT and then the mark up comes off and works out at £1400 for the real cost. thats why The HPS appears cheap on the same goods they make £300.

Answer 8

for my engagement ring my husband bought me a £2000 one and then every few years he buys me a better one-that's a good option.
also my wedding ring cost me £35 i bought it second hand (good quality gold too) it fitted me perfectly. apparently the lady who had, had it before me had died and the ring was worn thin.i just loved the fact the the couple before me had been together that long the ring was almost worn to nothing. it cost about £100 to fix up.
basically i think that you can spend a little and get way more out of something than if it cost a fortune

Answer 9

Wedding rings usually cost less than the engagement ring. Mine was £100, my husbands was identical but cost £120 as it is much bigger!
You can get them for as little as £30, it's not how much you spend on the ring that's important though.

Answer 10

I think its more important that they mean a lot to you personally rather than a monetary value. Ernest jones on the high streethave some unusual ones & yet are very reasonably priced. I think you would be likely to pay at least £50 per ring