Selling Wedding Ring for Survival

[DonDraper]

If your family was on the verge of becoming destitute, would you consider parting with your ring to help get by?

 

[hereyago]

Yes. The ring is just a token, symbol. it doesn't make or break a marriage.

Family is more important, you have to do what you need to do for their needs.

 

[Carina]

My wedding band cost under $100 at sears, its worn and scratched and even sold as "old gold" would probably not net me more than the under $100 originally spent on it. If money was that much of an issue, I would not bother, $100 isnt going to make or break anything.

Engagement ring is worth a little more ( has 3 decent sized diamonds) but used jewlery does not bring in much $$$ so again it just would not be worth it to me.

I would not even earn enough if I sold both, to make one mortgage payment - and my mortgage is small.

If I was in that much trouble I would have to come up with a bigger plan, no one piece of jewlery can prevent desitiution.

 

[DisneyScraps]

I would do anything for my family survival. So yes, I would part with it in a heartbeat if it would help. It's just a "thing" I am sentimental but I am able to realize that people are more important than stuff!

Lisa

 

[MistressMerryweather]

I would part with my wedding ring, but I would have a hard time with my engagement ring.
My dh found the 1 carat diamond set in it walking home from school when he was 5yo. He used to collect rocks and fill his pockets with "pretty" ones and bring them home and line them up on the back of his dresser. One day he picked up a diamond. You can still see the scratch in his bedroom window where his mother "tested it out" to see if it was real.
His mother put an add in the paper trying to find the owner, had it appraised and then put it into a safe deposit box until about 12 years ago when he asked me to marry him.
I would beg and borrow before I sold it...but if it came down to no other choice, of course I would choose my family.

 

[Stitchfans]

Have been thinking about it.

 

[NHdisneylover]

If it truly made the difference between having food, shelter and medical care for my children then I certainly would without hesitation.

However, I cannot imagine a scenario in our modern economy in the US where selling my ring could do anything more than put a stop gap of a month or less on such a dire situation. I think my time would be much better used to find more stable ways to insure for my family's safety (I am not just talking about getting a job, I know they are very hard to find in some areas right now, but also about finding what aid is available to insure that until I can take care of them myself my kids will be fed, sheltered, etc.).

 

[VAfamily1998]

My wedding ring is a simple, thin, gold band. If I were to sell it (to sell quick would probably have to be sold as scrap gold) I'd probably get less than $5 or $10 for it. I could find 1000 other things around my house I could probably get more money for.
But yes, if we needed the money, I'd sell anything worth cash.

 

[DeniseinNS]

No! My rings are too important to me to EVER part with them. I would sell other stuff or ask family for help if I were that bad off.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

My ring is not some expensive thing however I would part with ANY material item if it was 100% necessary.

 

[kamik86]

My wedding band (which I lost already so its a moot point) was titanium not real gold so it wouldn't sell for much (husband is alergic to real gold and we wanted them to match). My engagement ring is a saphire which I love... but not being a diamond would still not get much of anything.

If it would really make a difference yes I would do it. But the old video games, my old coin collection from when I was younger, and many other things in our house would get much more money so they would go first.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

Yes BUT it would be one of the last things to go.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Yes, absolutely. I love my rings and am very sentimental, my wedding band was actually my Grandmother's, still they are just things. I'm just as married with it on as with it off.

Still, do you know anyone who you can sell it to that would keep it until you can buy it back?

 

[luvmy3]

Yes, unless it was a family heirloom.

 

[Disney Doll]

If someone is that close to destitute selling their wedding ring isn't going to save them.

 

[shortbun]

I don't even wear my very expensive wedding ring, neither does my husband. We had them designed and they were way too thick for either of us after a couple years. We mutually agreed to put them away. If I needed to put food on the table, I'd think my ring would have been gone long before that.

 

[JVelasquez]

I would do it for my family if I needed too. I would be sad to see it go but my family comes first!

 

[Saphire]

I can think of several things right off the top of my head I would do/change/sell if I were "destitute". But selling my wedding rings is not one of them.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

My rings are very simple - plain thin white gold band, and my engagement ring is a plain white gold band with one 0.4 ct diamond. Would not get much for them! I have other jewelry that is worth more that I would sell if it was so bad that it came to that.

 

[marybet]

If someone is that close to destitute selling their wedding ring isn't going to save them.

ITA. Unless you have a really large diamond you will not get much for your rings.

I think you could probably make more money selling other things on e-bay.