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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
How reliable are the online jewelers? I'm always a little sketched out buying stuff online that can be faked relatively easily. Is this common for people to do?
I'd love to find somewhere I can buy Tiffany jewelry for cheap. My wife loves that stuff, and I can't bring myself to spend $1000 on a basic bracelet. It's a total rip off IMO.
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I bought my wife's engagement ring online on bluenile.ca. This was several years ago so not sure if things have changed but one could get a bigger diamond of higher quality for the same price as the brick and mortar stores back then. Great customer service as well -- worked with us when we needed to resize the ring and gave us several options.
Another option is to go to Asia to buy a diamond ring. Prices are better over there and they are more receptive to haggling.
Jewellery is a ripoff but in Asian cultures, an expensive ring is a sign you have the highest respect for your fiancee, which is related to the concept of giving "face". Not sure if this thinking is prevalent with the younger generation anymore but it does still exist with the older generation. When my wife showed off her engagement ring to her family, her parents and aunts/uncles congratulated her and said that she must command her fiancee's highest respects. It made her happy, which, in the end, made me happy.