what is the best engagement ring for the price. im willing to spend $1500.?

Question

i need some proposal ideas or hook-ups in proposing to her. im currently deployed and i think that someone should volunteer their ideas or services. Just think of the business aspect of rendering a ring or a romantic vacation spot for a soldier and his true love.

Answer 1

An easy way to find the best engagement ring price (no matter what your budget is), is to use one of the diamond search engines. They check about 10 different retailers' prices on loose diamonds. So, you might want to figure 30% of the total price for the setting, then use a diamond search engine (like http://www.diamondpriceguru.com/ or Pricescope) to find the diamond. You can tell the search engines which shapes she might like, and you can set limits on the price, cut grade, clarity grade, color grade, carat weight (size). They're really helpful.



Any chance you'll be home soon? In person would be most romantic. Otherwise, do you have access to video chat with her? (Some bases do, but most FOB don't, last I heard.) So, it might be cute if you acted it out over the video, holding out (a pretend ring) on video as a friend of yours (or family member of hers) reached "out" of the video screen and slipped the ring onto her finger.



Good luck!

Answer 2

first: good job setting a budget. that's real important.



second: do you know all about the 4 C's? (cut, clarity, color, carat) people value diamonds based off these.. some people value weight more and some people cut.. it's just personal preference really. what i'm getting at is the diamond should be beautiful to you.. so it's hard to tell you what the best is, because i'm not you!



third: while i don't know what you'll find most beautiful, I will say that you should look for diamonds that come with grading reports. GIA is the most trusted lab and their reports will fully document the 4 C's so you'll know what you're buying. it'll also help with insuring the ring down the line since agencies will be able to look at the paperwork from GIA.



fourth: i like the idea of taking her somewhere special to to the both of you (if you can get to see her in person).. like a favorite spot to take walks or hike. i'm trying hard to think of ideas, but that's all i can come up with at the moment.



congratulations though! i hope it all works out as perfectly as possible

Answer 3

You can actually find several nice engagement rings for that price. However, i definitely suggest looking online, since you'll get the same diamond you would at a jeweler, but for significantly cheaper.



try http://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-rings/ or www.jared.com



good luck!

Answer 4

I will offer my services on selecting a quality diamond with good specifications that is the largest possible without sacrificing quality, and for the least price. I am diamond certified and have worked in the business for years.



Your best bet is to buy a certified diamond online the markup is 15 percent versus stores 300-400 percent, the quality and selection are better.



Great effort on the other answerer but, Pearls are delicate and not at all suitable for everyday wear in a ring.



The E-rings are all very poor quality with an inclusion clarity meaning it will look very imperfect with lots of visible black spots (carbon deposits). Two of the E-rings the primary diamond is microscopic at 1/5th carat.



Suggest a solitaire setting in white gold for 245.

http://www.adiamor.com/R-999-R2739-1.htm



or a platinum comfort fit for 488

http://www.adiamor.com/R-625-R2614-1.htm



http://www.adiamor.com/D-8842901.htm

.51 pear, D/SI1 measures 6.75mmx4.61mmx2.87mm for 1019



http://www.adiamor.com/D-8523287.htm

.51 oval, D/SI1 mesures 6.36mmx4.71mmx2.76mm for 1035



http://www.adiamor.com/D-8842654.htm

.57ct oval G/VS1 mesures 6.42mmx4.68mmx2.93mm for 1102



http://www.adiamor.com/D-8517965.htm

.53ct oval E/VS1 measures 6.59mmx4.64mmx2.76mm for 1131



http://www.adiamor.com/D-8763766.htm

.56ct oval F/VVS2 measures 6.63mmx4.82mmx2.83mm for 1176



http://www.adiamor.com/D-8945381.htm

.51ct pear G/VS1 measures 6.86mmx4.55mmx2.76mm for 1172

Answer 5

A few nice rings within your budget:



http://www.amazon.com/gp/cyo/cyo-state-manager.html/ref=sc_std_view?ie=UTF8&settingASIN=B00076EL4I&diamondASIN=B001S2QC7O&sequenceStep=step3&ringSize=8&pipelineID=cyor&sequenceID=sequence1



http://www.shaneco.com/catalog/my_setting.asp?ProductID=16225&fromPage=&size=7&BID=3980297&ssid=489988&Loc=AA11



http://www.bluenile.com/build-your-own-diamond-ring?override=1&pid=LD01571039&offer_id=8116&ring_size=6.5&forceStep=BASKET_STEP



http://engagementring.theprestigediamondcollection.com/productdetails.aspx?ProductId=ZE0000034854





As for how to propose, take her out to do something she loves, even if you don't. Also, don't do it on a night she may be expecting it. This will make it more special.

Answer 6

incorporate the way you to met in ur proposal or do something for her that you think she'll really love like if you met on the beach or she loves the beach you could have a late date on the beach and have a picnic dinner when the sun is going down and light a few candles a and u could buy a clam shell from an arts and craft store and put the ring inside that so when u pull it it out she's like why is he playing with a clam shell then u open it and its like wow pretty lil engagement ring also if she's not a big diamonds girl jared's has some beautiful pearl ring with little diamonds on each side and it runs about 200-500 bucks but they are SO gorgeous



the rings



i love this ring

http://www.jared.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product1|10451|10001|-1|480545906|19063|19063.20058.19717





http://www.jared.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product1|10451|10001|-1|480530106|19063|19063.20058.19717





if she's big on diamonds they have things to cater to that also

these are my faves under 1500



http://www.jared.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product1|10451|10001|-1|990272902|19062|19062.20883.20911.20948



http://www.jared.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product1|10451|10001|-1|531048003|19062|19062.20883.20911.20948



http://www.jared.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product1|10451|10001|-1|531035107|19062|19062.20883.20912

Answer 7

you can get a nice certified 0.50 carat or non certified 0.70 carat in a white gold solitaire band at http://www.mdcdiamonds.com/EngagementRings.cfm

and they offer a 15% discount to all members of the military.