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**Damn True** · 12-12-2005

Just purchased the most expensive item I've ever bought that cannot be either lived in or driven. Heck....it was more expensive than most of the cars I've bought......yikes.

Amazing what they charge for something like a bit of gold and a hunk of rock.

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**6'9"Witha69** · 12-12-2005

Yeah, amazing how that worls. Mother nature does all the work, some dude digs it up, cuts it up and shines it and you have to pay a fortune for it.

Did she help or are you surprisisng her?

**Derek69SS** · 12-12-2005

I did the same last year for Christmas

Tiny little 1/3K and it still cost more than 9 of the 13 cars I've owned

**Steve1968LS2** · 12-12-2005

Originally Posted by Damn True

Just purchased the most expensive item I've ever bought that cannot be either lived in or driven. Heck....it was more expensive than most of the cars I've bought......yikes.

Amazing what they charge for something like a bit of gold and a hunk of rock.

The whole diamond industry is sort of a sham.. they create demand and most of it is ran by Debeers which, due to the fact that it's a monopoly, can't even sell in the US.

But, giving a Diamond is tradition so what can you do? ;)

I could have given you a hell of a deal on a certified half-carot diamond I have laying around, high quality. Make you good deal.. lol

What's funny as well is how much more platinum costs over gold.. (insert fainting here)

**Matt@RFR** · 12-12-2005

You guys are doing something wrong! My fiance wants me to design rings for us and have them turned on a CNC lathe out of Titanium. I'll have maybe $50 in two rings.

Sucka's!!!

**Damn True** · 12-12-2005

Originally Posted by Matt@Lateral Dynamics

You guys are doing something wrong! My fiance wants me to design rings for us and have them turned on a CNC lathe out of Titanium. I'll have maybe $50 in two rings.

Sucka's!!!

Well the wedding bands are going to be Ti or Tungsten Carbide. I'm leaning for the Tungsten because............prepare for mushy metaphorical stuff.............it is indestructable.

**toxicz28** · 12-12-2005

Originally Posted by Damn True

I'm leaning for the Tungsten because............prepare for mushy metaphorical stuff.............it is indestructable.

You should've seen my tungstens when I first tried tig welding!

**ilovefirstgens** · 12-12-2005

Matt,

Who is she and does she have a younger sister?!?!

**Matt@RFR** · 12-12-2005

She has a brother who's in jail....is that close enough to a girl for ya? lol

**baz67** · 12-12-2005

True you are starting to scare me. What about us morons on our second wife. We had to but two of the damn things. Just to piss of my first wife, and I could afford more, my second wifes ring is twice the size of the firsts.

**Damn True** · 12-12-2005

Originally Posted by baz67

True you are starting to scare me. What about us morons on our second wife. We had to but two of the damn things. Just to piss of my first wife, and I could afford more, my second wifes ring is twice the size of the firsts.

Well this is my second one (and last) as well. The first for her.

The cool part is, that the first wife got her ring when I was an E-3 in the Coast Guard, Kathy gets hers from a guy at a significantly better "station" in life.

**Steve1968LS2** · 12-28-2005

Originally Posted by baz67

True you are starting to scare me. What about us morons on our second wife. We had to but two of the damn things. Just to piss of my first wife, and I could afford more, my second wifes ring is twice the size of the firsts.

<-- stole first ring back.. melted down the band and reused the diamond..

Originally Posted by Damn True

Thanks Mary, we will definitely make every effort to be there.

The list is getting shorter.
a) Ring - check
b) Wedding in Italy
c) Begin home renovation
d) Start on Camaro

Not in THAT order.. right????

Originally Posted by BillyBobL71

Great Christmas time topic.
You should've called me!
What do you think about getting a group purchase started ;_)

Bill Becker
Becker's Jewelers
Graduate Gemologist (GIA)
Certified Gemologist Appraiser (AGS)

AKA
BillyBobL71

P.S. We trade for Pro touring parts!

Congratualations on your upcoming engagement

Where is a good place to sell and extra .52 carot certified diamond? I am hoping to parlay it into some seats or a fire system :D

**Damn True** · 12-28-2005

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

Not in THAT order.. right????

Yup, in that order. She is way too good to me to not ensure that the things that are priorities to her are taken care of first.

**TonyL** · 12-12-2005

talk to your local ER about titainium rings. when you smash them, bolt cutters dont help. nor do most saws. Figure the rest out from there.

I found a six carat ziconia solitare on the ground a few weeks ago. Im making it into a ring for my wife. the thing is massive.

**Matt@RFR** · 12-13-2005

Originally Posted by TonyL

talk to your local ER about titainium rings. when you smash them, bolt cutters dont help. nor do most saws. Figure the rest out from there.

I found a six carat ziconia solitare on the ground a few weeks ago. Im making it into a ring for my wife. the thing is massive.

I heard the same thing, so I went to the two local hospitals, and also contacted a few people I know that work in ER's...this seems to be a myth, as everybody I could get ahold of said that their standard ring cutters work just fine with Ti rings.

**toxicz28** · 12-13-2005

Originally Posted by TonyL

I found a six carat ziconia solitare on the ground a few weeks ago.

No, no, no! It's an "industrial" diamond!

**BillyBobL71** · 12-14-2005

Great Christmas time topic.
You should've called me!
What do you think about getting a group purchase started ;_)

Bill Becker
Becker's Jewelers
Graduate Gemologist (GIA)
Certified Gemologist Appraiser (AGS)

AKA
BillyBobL71

P.S. We trade for Pro touring parts!

Congratualations on your upcoming engagement

**mpozzi** · 12-28-2005

Congratulations, True,

Man . . . Dave got off easy with the ring thing as I supplied the bling part and he paid for the mounting (the rhymes weren't planned so don't go there). I had it designed so none of the stones would catch on anything, scratch anything, not interfere with aggressive steering wheel rotation, and be "car paint friendly." The best part is it still is properly shaped (read: lethal weapon) to leave a healthy imprint in the shoulder after a well-placed smack.

Either way, diamonds are hugely expensive but the good thing is they do mean a commitment for us gals. And yes, size DOES matter but the quality is even more important overall. Given a choice between vacations, wardrobes, other "girly stuff", and the sparkly, most of us go for the diamonds. Notice I didn't mention anything resembling a P/N for that 500hp ZZ383 from GM Performance. Er . . . what diamond??

I'm sure the ring is exquisite and she'll love it. Congrats again and hope to see you at the March Open Track at Laguna Seca. Please bring your fiancee as we want to meet her . . . and see this ring.

**TonyL** · 12-12-2005

here it is.

and people laugh at me for having to pic up the trash around here.

lol.

**Matt** · 12-13-2005

Shoulda asked me (not that I said anything) my family has a jewelry store.

As for Steve-o's comment...
Debeers controls 52% of the market now, less than ever before. And with the online e-tailer (read my next big project, shhh) diamond prices are coming down dramatically. Russians, and Canadians are also big in the market now. Plus you have to remember ever single facet is painstakingly cut, and considering most diamonds have upwards of 60 facets, that's a lot of work into each stone.

And the deal with platinum... well when you get a platinum ring you're getting a chunk of platinum, 14k gold is roughly 50% pure, and Platinum is also much much heavier per volume, so you'll wind up paying a helluva lot more for a platinum rig than a gold one.

hey, what is that like a 2.5-3 carat stone?

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