What do do with ex wife's engagement ring.....

[Dead Duck]

sell it and buy a guy!!!

 

[jbombelli]

Diamonds are overhyped, overpriced, and NOT rare. Seriously... how rare can they be when you can walk into any jewelry store or department store in the world and find hundreds of them?

I would keep the stone and sell the mount. Maybe have a pinky ring made with the stone. MAYBE.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

You'll get scrap/melt for the gold, and almost nothing for a diamond. Diamonds are a scam; as much as they're made out to be valuable, they're not really rare. The value is inflated by the DeBeers monopoly. The Russians came with many 1/4 or so carat diamonds, trying to undersell the market. DeBeers took them into a vault the size of a small town, full of such diamonds and said something to the effect of "Think you can undersell us? We will bury you". The Russians relented.

Took mine to Moyer up in Westfield. If you want money, go Craigslist or maybe, you know, the Ingo classifieds.

 

[Brian Ski]

Did she give it back?

That is what I was thinking... My ex even wanted my wedding band in the big "D".

 

[Brian Ski]

Diamonds are a scam; as much as they're made out to be valuable, they're not really rare. The value is inflated by the DeBeers monopoly.

Biggest scam going on now is the chocolate diamonds. They took the dirty diamonds that they couldn't give away, normally used as tool grade for saws, now they are telling women that they are chocolate diamonds and are asking 100 times their value.

 

[Harleyrider_50]

Biggest scam going on now is the chocolate diamonds. They took the dirty diamonds that they couldn't give away, normally used as tool grade for saws, now they are telling women that they are chocolate diamonds and are asking 100 times their value.

Yeah......LOL!.......prolly in'a ZZZ range color/clarity wise......IF they even GOT'a scale 'at bad.............I've bought more'n my share......Tanzanite.....Ruby's.....all'at shizz......

 

[littletommy]

My ex took hers off and threw them across the room. I picked them up. A few weeks later, after I had moved out, she was bugging me to pay a $170 bill, don't remember what it was, anyhoo, I took the rings to a pawn shop, the dude asked what I would take for em', I asked for $170, and he agreed to it. I paid the bill.

she was really pissed when she found out how I paid that bill.

 

[Leadeye]

Guess I'm lucky, wife doesn't care much for jewelry which is good as I had nothing to buy an engagement ring with.

 

[halfmileharry]

Did she give it back?

Personally I don't see things as cursed or bad luck. Do you have kids together? If so, I'd keep and offer to one of them if you don't need the money.

I was going to suggest a VooDoo Priestess and a chicken to start with but sounds like your luck is already improving.

I got rid of some jewelry and came out way ahead by separating the gold from the stones and selling separate. Don't expect near the retail price you paid for the ring.

 

[DRob]

WTT: Low mileage, one owner engagement ring. Watcha' got?

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Buy it at Jared. You get a 30 day return. If she won't come across in 30 days, she's not gonna. Take it back.

 

[churchmouse]

My ex took hers off and threw them across the room. I picked them up. A few weeks later, after I had moved out, she was bugging me to pay a $170 bill, don't remember what it was, anyhoo, I took the rings to a pawn shop, the dude asked what I would take for em', I asked for $170, and he agreed to it. I paid the bill.

she was really pissed when she found out how I paid that bill.

My hero.....

 

[Nazgul]

Sold my ex's wedding dress at a yard sale.....30 years ago and it still cracks me up.

Don

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I was expecting something different when I saw Do Do and Ex Wife in the title.

I was thinking she may have swallowed it and he was asking for advice on how to "recover" it.

 

[littletommy]

My hero.....

It was ruled in the divorce decree months later that I wasn't even responsible for the debt, whatever it was (been years ago), so I coulda kept the $170, but the look on her face when she found out where her rings had gone was worth way more than the money involved.

 

[Trigger Time]

There's like a 400% markup in jewelry. What you pay for jewelry at the store is way way way more than the actual stones and gold is worth. My wife used to make jewelry and still tinkers for friends and family.
dont expect anything close to what you paid. The best option you have is to try and sell it on consignment or ebay. I'd stay far away from craigslist. Too many scammers, thieves, and wholesalers that wanna beat you up on your price because they want to double their money.
Good luck

 

[WebSnyper]

List it for trade in the classifieds for a gun or something else you are interested in. I'd think you would do better on trade here than selling it elsewhere. May take a bit but someone here getting engaged may be willing to trade some ammo or a gun, depending on the ring.

 

[saleen4971]

remove stone and sell.

melt down gold into projectile, fire into bleeding zombie target with her face on it. feel better.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Now, there's a good suggestion.

 

[halfmileharry]

List it for trade in the classifieds for a gun or something else you are interested in. I'd think you would do better on trade here than selling it elsewhere. May take a bit but someone here getting engaged may be willing to trade some ammo or a gun, depending on the ring.

It's a sad day when a guy would trade his guns or ammo for an engagement ring.
Start looking for the Castration Line signs at that point.