If you received and engagement ring from Costco,

[TifffanyD]

My husband got my engagement ring from QVC (at my request).

We got our wedding bands from a mall Jewelry store... a local, independent one. I regre that... because now I can't get it cleaned/inspected locally... and I can't even send it back for repairs anymore since they closed down. As far as experience... there were no carts of TP but it did smell like hamburgers since it was nearish the food court.

 

[MrsDuck]

Nope.

 

[Tasha228]

Nope. I was actually glad my ex got mine at Walmart and didn't spend a fortune. It made it easier when I literally threw it far out in the ocean after our divorce knowing I wouldn't get much from it if I had pawned it.

 

[DWGal210]

I wouldn't give a rat's patootie about where the ring was bought. The most important thing to me is that thought and meaning behind it.

I cannot fathom why some of these guys stay with women who carry on and fuss about the *exact* ring they want. Has to be this cut and clarity, has to be this size minimum, you have to spend $xx, can only be purchased from these stores, etc. Of course I think saying your general preference is one thing ("I prefer a round cut", for example) but if I was a guy, and the girl I was thinking of proposing to had crazy, over-the-top "must haves" in a wedding ring, I would run for the hills. Talk about a preview of "coming attractions."

 

[kimblebee]

Sounds like a rehash of the Walmart ring thread from two months ago.

The local Costco has a $32,000 ring in its jewellery case.

LOL That was me and you'll be happy to know that I did buy the ring. I love it and can't wait for my guy to put it on my finger in December.

 

[threeboysmom]

I think I'd be offended. I'd try not to be, and I certainly wouldn't voice it to him.... but if I were to be totally honest with myself, I do think I would be offended somewhat...

But I'm also one of those "gals" that wouldn't be happy with a $200 ring either...

 

[ImDMous]

My DH worked at Costco for 15 years. They would have a certified inspector come in every month and check the rings in their display cases to ensure they hadn't been tampered with or damaged. They all have papers with them and definitely are not cheap. They are gorgeous with a median price of around $7,000.

 

[ChanFO]

When we went to get married, we couldn't find inexpensive rings for the ceremony because my DH is a gentle giant and places like Wal-Mart don't carry rings in the massive size he needed. Would have had to be an expensive special order, and we didn't have the money at the time...

So we got married wearing plastic spider rings. Yes, the silly neon Halloween kind. Both of us wore them. We still have them.

His family was mortified and tried to privately offer us money for "good rings", but we declined. My spider rings are way better.

My engagement ring was $300 from Amazon for a "blue diamond", too. I picked it out. It's perfect for me.

I don't get getting offended about jewelry.

 

[disney1990]

We have been married 30 years this past January.

My wedding ring came from a store that sold jewelry and other things just like a Costco does. If I remember correctly, it cost $500 and it is a 1/4 caret diamond. It was all we could afford. More money and a bigger diamond, bought at an expensive jewelry store, wouldn't make me any more married.

 

[bcla]

We have been married 30 years this past January.

My wedding ring came from a store that sold jewelry and other things just like a Costco does. If I remember correctly, it cost $500 and it is a 1/4 caret diamond. It was all we could afford. More money and a bigger diamond, bought at an expensive jewelry store, wouldn't make me any more married.

And some people want to splurge on a (hopefully) once in a lifetime purchase. We spent about $5000 and don't regret it.

The crux of this thread is about whether or not it says something about the purchaser of a ring that came from Costco that he (or she) would buy it there among the shoppers of toilet paper and frozen foods. I guess it has to do with the romantic notion in popular culture that one goes to a fancy retail jewelry store to pick out an expensive ring. You see this in a lot of movies. Even through Breakfast at Tiffany's didn't involve purchasing an engagement ring, it has likely encouraged people for decades that it's the "classy" place to buy an engagement ring. This is reinforced with advertisements that make it sound like one can achieve the same at a moderately priced mall jewelry store. But Costco gives the impression of being a bargain basement operation.

The reality is that the diamond business is extremely complicated, even though the product itself is a commodity that can be fairly graded through reputable sources. There are markups at every level. One can buy direct from a wholesaler and get equivalent quality compared to a retail jewelry store. So in the end does the recipient want a nice ring, or one that was purchased at a place with a big markup and employing lots of marketing?

 

[LBIJim]

LOL That was me and you'll be happy to know that I did buy the ring. I love it and can't wait for my guy to put it on my finger in December.

Great Yes, I remember. Congrats on you upcoming wedding!!

 

[CF'er]

Well I guess my Sam's club ring is just indicative of my demeanor and class. We got married at the local JOP, went to eat at a Mexican restaurant and then went to work at 6PM that night. (We work together.)

Later we had a "Hippie/tye dye" pot luck informal party to celebrate our marriage. Jeans and tye dye shirts were the outfit of the day. Very laid back and everyone had a great time. I wasn't in uncomfortable shoes/dress and husband wasn't in a penguin suit which he refuses to wear. That isn't us. We did what made us happy and the heck with all the "tradition".
And we still go to Sam's and I still look in their jewelry case.

 

[Tamara845]

Costco? really you would get dumped in a heartbeat

 

[Disney Doll]

And that would probably be a good thing for the guy, Tara.

 

[NHdisneylover]

Costco? really you would get dumped in a heartbeat

Um, welcome to the DIS, I suppose. Personally, I hope this is not the attitude of anyone my teens ever end up being serious with. It'S too materialistic and superficial for me.

I am curious, as a brand new poster jumping with something so abrupt, and not Disney related at all--are you wanting to be a contributor or mostly wanting to get that link in your signature a bunch of clicks?

 

[Aliceacc]

In a bizarre coicidence, I realized yesterday that the diamond was missing from my engagement ring.

I was in the car when I realized it, having just left a cemetery. I did my nails the night before and would have realized it was missing, but that doesn't help at all.. It could be anywhere in the grass or the office of that cemetery, in my car, at my mom's apartment, in my washing machine... you know how it goes. Day to day life means you have to actually USE that left hand, even if it is holding your engagement ring.

I didn't mention it to my husband yet.. he had kind of a rough day and didn't need the additional headache. I took the ring off; for the time being I'll just wear my wedding ring.

We're both teachers, on teacher salaries, so my ring was never ostentatious to begin with. I imagine a replacement diamond will be doable at some point down the road.

In the meantime, it looks so strange to not be wearing that ring! I don't take off my rings, so the last time I didn't have that engagement ring on was for my last surgery in 2009.

 

[Nancyg56]

Slightly off topic, I am also surprised how many women DON'T wear their engagement/wedding rings all the time. The jeweler did comment to my wife that she was not the norm in wearing hers all the time. This after noting how dirty my wife's rings were. Only time they have been off my wife's finger are for a cleaning, or when we had the two times we had the prongs rebuilt, and when she had surgery. Mine has only been off my finger for when I had surgery, and when I had it fixed. Our son was a pitcher and playing catch with him once he hit high school made my ring oval not round.

I almost never wear mine. I was afraid I lost it when I was gardening, and after that, I stopped wearing it daily. My Dh has not worn his wedding band since we were married. He almost lost his finger at work right after our honeymoon, and never wore it since. He has assured me that he has "married man" all over him. LOL I personally think that the stuffed toys my DGD gave him daily to take to work (he is a truck driver for a construction company) to keep him company had a lot to do with that! LL!

 

[NHdisneylover]

In a bizarre coicidence, I realized yesterday that the diamond was missing from my engagement ring.

I was in the car when I realized it, having just left a cemetery. I did my nails the night before and would have realized it was missing, but that doesn't help at all.. It could be anywhere in the grass or the office of that cemetery, in my car, at my mom's apartment, in my washing machine... you know how it goes. Day to day life means you have to actually USE that left hand, even if it is holding your engagement ring.

I didn't mention it to my husband yet.. he had kind of a rough day and didn't need the additional headache. I took the ring off; for the time being I'll just wear my wedding ring.

We're both teachers, on teacher salaries, so my ring was never ostentatious to begin with. I imagine a replacement diamond will be doable at some point down the road.

In the meantime, it looks so strange to not be wearing that ring! I don't take off my rings, so the last time I didn't have that engagement ring on was for my last surgery in 2009.

Oh No! I hope you might possibly find it.

This March my in laws were visiting and we went downtown for the Faschings Parade (big deal-like a smaller, more family friendly version of Mardi Gras). We walked to the street car, took that until where they had stopped them to clear the route, walked a long way further, and finally stopped for lunch to await the parade and it was at lunch that I saw the gaping hole where my stone should be.

On the calmest of days there would be no possible way to retrace that route and find a little diamond, much less on a day in which thousand of people pour into town.

Anyway, my mother in law suggested I look through the tote bag I was carrying, she thought the stone was likely to pull lose if it caught on something while I dug in the bag or a purse. It was there!!!!!!!!! I could not have been more stunned.

Moral of this long post? Go through your purse or anywhere else you reach into that might have snagged your stone and pulled it out (pockets, etc)

 

[Nancyg56]

I think a ring is a ring is a ring. The commitment behind the ring is what is important. My husband had my ring made for me, it is a simple solitaire. The jeweler told me the DH wanted me to have at least a carat, and he explained the cost differences between the sizes. I chose a smaller diamond, and have a very high quality stone. There was no way I could justify the cost of a larger stone in the quality my DH had specified.

With that said, my neighbor has a gorgeous assortment of engagement/wedding band rings. They are stunning. Her DH is a jerk. She is miserable. But she got the rings she wanted, and the guy that came with them. I got my DH, the man who would go without eating before my family went without anything. The man who wore blue sharpie on his nails to work after DGD gave him a "manicure", and the man who keeps pictures of all of us on the dash in his truck. The ring is not the most expensive one (thank goodness, because it is in my jewelry box) but the man I married is priceless.

I realize we are not saying that men who give expensive rings are less than committed, but I do think that there is more to a commitment than the symbol on my finger.

 

[Aliceacc]

Oh No! I hope you might possibly find it.

This March my in laws were visiting and we went downtown for the Faschings Parade (big deal-like a smaller, more family friendly version of Mardi Gras). We walked to the street car, took that until where they had stopped them to clear the route, walked a long way further, and finally stopped for lunch to await the parade and it was at lunch that I saw the gaping hole where my stone should be.

On the calmest of days there would be no possible way to retrace that route and find a little diamond, much less on a day in which thousand of people pour into town.

Anyway, my mother in law suggested I look through the tote bag I was carrying, she thought the stone was likely to pull lose if it caught on something while I dug in the bag or a purse. It was there!!!!!!!!! I could not have been more stunned.

Moral of this long post? Go through your purse or anywhere else you reach into that might have snagged your stone and pulled it out (pockets, etc)

That's my plan for later today, after I get back from a meeting at school.

Beyond that, though, I'm not holding out much hope. One of the prongs had bent backwards somehow, and I imagine the diamond could have traveled some distance...depending on where I was at that moment. And if it was in the grass at a cemetery?? Let's just say I don't think the odds are in my favor.

But I'll eventually get a replacement. And I'll continue to wear it everywhere. I'm a big believer in really using the stuff I love-- I use my fine china all the time. Yep, we've lost a piece or two along the way. But I've gotten so much more joy from using it than I would have from keeping it in a box somewhere.

It's the same with my ring. I love using the things I love.