How much to spend on an engagement ring?

I am often confronted with this question by young men getting engaged. My answer, whatever you are comfortable with. You should not go into debt to buy this, but if you must, I would suggest an amount you can pay back within 12 months without bothering your lifestyle.

Ladies, if your man has just asked me this question, it is a good sign. It means they care(they don't want to be stingy) but they are also being careful.

Guys, there is no hard and fast rule. Just spend what you feel comfortable with. Also, by buying online with diamondport you will save thousands by not paying the large retail mark up that a bricks and mortar store needs to charge to cover their overheads.

IF you need a comparitive figure I have broken it down:

• 20 -29 yo on an average income spend $3000 - $6000
• 30-39 yo on an average income spend $6000 - $10'000
• 40+ spend $10'000 +

If you are a high wage earner you can add $5000 to my limits. These are just ball park figures and you can spend more!....or less.....

Happy shopping!

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Eva Longoria & Tony Parker’s Piaget Wedding Bands

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Eva Longoria & Tony Parker’s Piaget Wedding Bands

Just a couple days ago on 07/07/07, Desperate Housewives’ star Eva Longoria married Tony Parker, the championship NBA basketball player from the San Antonio Spurs. With two high-profile stars getting hitched at a star-studded wedding event, you just knew that they were not going to skimp on their wedding bands. The two stars sealed their love and marriage with these two beautiful and unique Piaget wedding bands.
The rings are each made of two bands that are “inseperably linked, turning together for eternity.” Now isn’t that quite the romantic touch? Eva’s ring features double rows of brilliant cut diamonds, which are divided by a row of 27 square cut diamonds down the center. That makes for a total of 107 individual diamonds on this super sparkler! Eva’s band itself is made of 18k white gold, like Tony’s, which is a much simpler ring. Both of the rings also have a personalized French engraving on the inside, which was added at the couple’s request.

Well this should increase consumer confidence to buy online, DIAMOND DNA!!

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A really nice engagement ring selection from Australia

I was just looking around on the web and I stumbled accross around some really nice designs.  These engagement rings are by Bakker, check out the link http://www.bakkerdiamonds.com/gallery/

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diamondport to go live by 31 March 2011!

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