Online Diamond Retailers Offers Quick Transaction For Your Engagement Ring Over Big-Name Jewelers And Pawn Shops
After you’ve gone through the heartache of getting a divorce, there’s one more headache perhaps to deal with: the engagement ring. It’s a once priceless item that is now an ugly reminder of what you’ve just endured. If you decide you can’t bear to hang on to the ring, there are some options out there for you.
There is always the option of the big-name retail jewelers (such as Kay or Jared’s), pawn shops, or auction houses, but these places rarely offer top dollar and will try and use their in-person sympathy to extract a lower price from you. Large auction houses generally won’t care about your ring unless it has a very large, rare, or colored diamond in it. Big-name jewelers are often limited by how much they can offer you, in an effort to keep their own overhead costs low. Pawn shops hardly ever have experts available, and will seriously undervalue your diamond in an effort to get you to a lower price. However, there is another option.
Online diamond retailers offer quick services, fair prices, and allow you the space … Read More... “Selling Your Engagement Ring After Your Divorce?”
Traditionally, A princess cut, a pear, a round, or an oval? Should I go to Jared (He went to Jared) or Stafford or Kay, because every kiss begins with Kay, right? How much should I spend? Can I afford a good engagement ring now or should I wait and save 3 months’ salary? Am I going to look cheap if I go to an off brand jeweler or use a family heirloom ring?
At 18 years old, Johnny and Patty are in love. Johnny has been dating Patty for almost 4 years. Upon graduating high school, both decide to attend a four-year college in Dayton, Ohio. Johnny and Patty decide to take all the same classes and spend nearly every waking minute with each other. The summer prior to moving, Johnny approaches Patty’s parents and asks if he can propose. Patty’s parents grant permission, believing the two to be inseparable. Johnny, who recently fell into some money from an inheritance, decides to purchase a $25,000 dollar, (3-carat) solitaire ring. He absolutely loves the ring, and upon asking Patty to marry him, she immediately accepts. Three weeks into the engagement, Patty and Johnny have a severe argument about their hometown sports team and, believing their differences to be too severe, decide to call off the engagement. Patty tells Johnny she doesn’t plan on returning the engagement ring and is hoping to sell the ring and pay for a semester of college tuition. Johnny runs home and tells his mother, who is an outstanding divorce and property lawyer in the …