Buying An Engagement Ring

Hi Everyone! I have been on a short break from blog writing because my girlfriend and I have been looking to buy an engagement ring.

We finally did it and I just wanted to share the amazing journey that we both did to find the ring of our dreams as well as our budget.

Work Together As A Team A more traditional route is for the man to go on this journey by himself or accompanied by the girlfriend's best friend or sister to find a ring that would suit her. Although I see the romantic nature of this approach of hoping to surprise your beloved, the more logistical and realistic challenges will come up. Clearly no matter how close the friend or sister is, they are not mind readers and picking the wrong ring can really happen. Also there are a great deal of ring types for any budget and for any design so it can be a very confusing journey no matter who you bring. Teaming up with your girlfriend can make things a great deal easier and actually fun. She would be clear on what she is looking for so that she can pick the ring of her dreams.

Visit To Showrooms You can do all the research and analysis you can online but the showroom is the richest and best place to extract those key details and nuances of the diamond ring market. We visited over a dozen brands' showrooms to conduct a suitable amount of research to try on rings, to see different designs, and to even check a suitable size of the diamond.

Work With Salespeople Going into such a luxury market, you expect all the salespeople to treat your business with enthusiasm and respect but it isn't true. Some brands really treated my girlfriend and I quite poorly as their typical customer is a much larger buyer so with us being entry buyers, we really weren't of much value to them. This obviously left us quite suspicious of these brands but there are brands who train their salespeople very well and this was especially true of the international brands as well as of the local jewellery brand De Gem. Their salespeople where very respectful towards us and treated our enquiries with interest and discipline, they never looked to push any diamond rings we clearly didn't want. When you find a brand that offers the type of ring you want but want to find a better value for money ring, liaise with one of the salespeople by giving them your ring requirements and leave it up to them to share any new rings that fit your needs. Remember they want to sell you the ring of your dreams so by giving them your requirements will make both of your lives easier.

Buy When You Can When the ring of your dreams comes and one that fits your budget still, I suggest to seriously consider buying it as soon as possible. This is because of the brand not being able to hold it indefinitely and if another comes it then it might be a while till another option comes up.

Calculate A Budget Lastly, settle on a predetermined budget to work with and not to tie yourself too. This is critical so that you are still making a financially smart decision that also fits to the ring of your dreams.