Comments on: Can You Sell the Engagement Ring?

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:40:36 +0000

I am not ofering legal advice. I think the best thing to do is get a lawyer to handle this legally. ring it before the court so you get a legal solution . I personall think in this situation you should be allowed to keep it. He is prohibiting the marriage from going forth. The other solution is to figure out what porton he paid and what percent of total value you paid. Then get get a professional to tell you real street value then if you only get 50 % of the value minus professional appraiser cost etc. he gets half of what he originally paid and you keep the ring. I personally think the court shpuld force him to also pay half the deposits to your famiily. I really thjink you should contact an attorney and keep the two issues seperate. I would not keep the ring to try and get the deposits and risk getting sued for the full 8,000 $. I would see if I have any legal rights to eith all or half the deposit money. Always best to havdle these situations legally. I am sory for the broken engagement. I think right now the main thing you need to ask yourself and pray about is this…is this the right person for me. My one true love. The type of person I wish to share my life and heart with forever. If he has done this to your parents and you at this point what will he do a few years down the road? I lost my parents to cancer recently and I can say if someone walked out of an engagement and didn’t care he cost my parents 20 K I would not want him or anything from him symbolizing our love. This guy could go through with it or at least offer to pay them back atlast half over time. If he is honorable. I woul ask if he did this now; Is he capable of hurting me more? Search your heart, and you will find the answers. My best wishes for you . God bless you!

By: lori

lori — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:18:54 +0000

My wedding was officially called off last April 2007 after I found out that my fiancé told me that he did not want to sign a pre0nuptial agreement that was discussed immediately after we got engaged on July 2006. He and my parents got into some nasty fights and for whatever reason, he was not going to sign it and therefore at that time said he could not go through with the wedding that was planned for June 2007. I begged him to sign it and move forward with the wedding but he said he could not go through with it and therefore my parents lost $20k in deposits. From that point, I asked him to move out and we briefly separated but I still had the engagement ring. However when getting the engagement ring and setting, I paid for 13k of the 21k for the diamond and he paid for $8k of the diamond and I paid for the $1.5k setting. This was done this way at the time b/c I saw no sense in adding to his debt and figured since we were getting married, it was all going into one pot anyway and did not think of getting an IOU from him. So for the last 8 months, we have tried to work on things to move forward but it seems like we’re just not meant to be. I officially broke up with him in April and want to move on. However, we still have this ring to deal with. Although we paid $21k for the diamond (I put in $13k and he put in $8k) and I paid for the setting and most likely will only get $15k for the entire thing, I feel as though I should not be the one to take the hit on the loss of the ring. Do I owe him anything and is it right for me to keep the ring? Not to mention that my parents lost $20k in deposits and he is not taking ANY accountability for that either.

By: Structured Settlement

Structured Settlement — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:38:40 +0000

That’s funny. I just took 2 female friends to the gold store to sell their rings from past relationships. They didn’t wear the rings, so why not sell them?

By: JT

JT — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:54:58 +0000

Call me Mr Unromantic but with divorce rates so high and the cost of gold and other commodities skyrocketing up a used ring simply sounds like a good alternative. Just don’t tell my wife her ring came from a pawn shop and maybe we’ll reach our tenth anniversary next year.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:37:19 +0000

You always have to be careful about purchasing stolen goods. It can be tricky navigating these waters, even if you’re selling the jewelry to a pawn shop. Most attorneys would tell you that there should be an understanding between the two ex’s before a sale is made, that will eliminate possible legal problems.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:15:17 +0000

Keep the ring; keep the jewelry; you broke up with him; the jewelry did nothing to you except adorne your body! Keep it; wear it; enjoy it; after all, you don’t have to say where it came from.