subject: How Can You Choose Your Diamond Ring Setting Without Getting Ripped Off? [print this page] I'd like to share with you five quick tips you can use right away to get the right diamond ring setting as cheaply as possible.
Number one: make sure you know the basics. There are three elements; the diamond, the setting, and the band. The setting is the part of the diamond ring that holds the diamond, and the band is the thing that surrounds your finger, just to make sure that you know what they mean.
Second tip: when we talk about the setting which holds the diamond, the most important thing you can do is choose the right setting style. So for example, there is the solitaire setting, the setting with side stones, and the three stone settings. Now the solitaire settings, as the name suggests, it's basically one diamond. The settings with side stones is one diamond with two or more little diamonds on the side, and the three stone settings is basically three big diamonds.
Third tip: the most important thing you can do when you're selecting a ring or a setting is to make sure that the setting is made of platinum; not gold, not white gold, but platinum.
The fourth tip is about the band, we've talked about the thing that surrounds the finger. When you're going to measure the size of your finger, make sure that you don't have cold fingers. For example, if you've just put your fingers in the pool or something because this is when the fingers are the smallest, so you want your fingers to be warm and hot so that when you measure the size of the band then it's the right size.
And the last tip I want to give you is not really about the setting, it's more about the diamond.
Make sure that you don't fall for one of these two scams; the total weight scam and the low balling. The total weight scam is, people are going to say well this ring weighs four carats.
But, in the four carats they include the weight of all the diamonds, the setting, and the band. So you want to make sure that when you buy a diamond ring the carat is only for the main diamond.
And the low balling, this is where you receive a diamond ring, or you've had a diamond ring in your family for a long time and you go see a jeweler and you ask him how much is this worth? He will tell you a lower price and say oh, I can buy it from you to take it off your hands, where in fact it's worth more than that and then he can sell it to another person for more profit. So if you're going to have a jeweler check out your diamond ring and assess it, make sure you see at least four jewelers before you make up your mind. I hope this helps, if you have any questions feel free to ask them.
