White Gold

K200

I was trying to be helpful. I may have been scammed when I bought a ring. 

labro

KimS2012 said:

(I originally posted this in Just Engaged by mistake)

If you are able to have a say in the metal for your ring, please stay away from white gold. Choose either platinum, yellow or rose gold, silver or palladium. I learned the hard way that white gold will turn yellow over time (mine did before our wedding) and that I had to pay to have rodium reapplied every month for $80 an application. White gold will never stay white, and if you sweat more than others or have more acidic skin, then your ring will be yellow all the time. I have spent more money trying to repaint my ring white than an upgrade to platinum would have been in the first place.

We had planned to buy a nice diamond after a few years since my first stone was fake, but instead I am saving up to buy a new ring. The ring looks so bad that I stopped wearing it before my wedding and haven't worn it since. It's been 3 years! It looked so awful that I would "forget" to wear it when I was engaged so that I wouldn't have to show it to my friends at a party. I am so angry and resentful over this and feel like we were scammed.

Please, do your research on this before taking a jeweler for their word. I would hate for you to have a lifetime of expense for something that you should never have to think about again.  

Or find a jeweler with a lifetime warranty.

I'm able to get my ring re-dipped for free as part of the warranty coverage. There's nothing wrong with purchasing a white gold ring.

Also seriously once a month? That sounds like a significantly worse than normal issue. I've had my ring re-dipped once and that was only because I wanted it looking its best on my wedding day. It's been over year since then and there's been very very little wear on the rhodium plating.

beanbot2002

I've had my ring for over a year now and there is very little wear on the rhodium as well. 

Also...once a month? Are you bathing in lemons?

KeptInStitches

I have white gold and have not re-dipped my ring - there isn't really any wear on the rhodium plating.

ETA: I've had it a year and a half.

speakeasy14

It does sound like you got ripped off.   Did your ring happen to come from one of those chain stores or a discount online retailer?

My bf's parents are jewelers and almost all of my jewelry is white gold. I've never had to have any of my pieces re-dipped. 

K200

Maybe I just got a bad ring... I'm so glad to learn that yours are staying white a lot longer than mine. I have a lot of tiny ridges in mine where the white doesn't seem to be able to be reapplied to so I get it back from the jeweler with yellow in some parts of it. Maybe a smooth band would be different. 

labro

KimS2012 said:

Maybe I just got a bad ring... I'm so glad to learn that yours are staying white a lot longer than mine. I have a lot of tiny ridges in mine where the white doesn't seem to be able to be reapplied to so I get it back from the jeweler with yellow in some parts of it. Maybe a smooth band would be different. 

I don't think so.

My ring is pretty ornate, lots of etching, milgrain, etc. The only part showing ANY sort of wear is on the smooth bottom of the ring because it comes in the most contact with other objects.

It sounds like your jeweler ripped you off. I'd strongly advise going somewhere else when/if you buy another band.

Swazzle

My rings are all white gold and it took 3 years for any changes to occur. It was $30 to have each redipped just a couple weeks ago (I got engaged in August 2011). 

Yes, as with any big purchase, you should do your research and make an educated decision that works for you and your budget. 

Your meltdown over this seems a bit excessive. 

labro

GUYS - Not that anything is wrong with platinum it's just...



And my husband doesn't do this -

K200

Swazzle said:

My rings are all white gold and it took 3 years for any changes to occur. It was $30 to have each redipped just a couple weeks ago (I got engaged in August 2011). 

Yes, as with any big purchase, you should do your research and make an educated decision that works for you and your budget. 

Your meltdown over this seems a bit excessive. 

LOL! "Meltdown." 

Swazzle

KimS2012 said:

Swazzle said:

My rings are all white gold and it took 3 years for any changes to occur. It was $30 to have each redipped just a couple weeks ago (I got engaged in August 2011). 

Yes, as with any big purchase, you should do your research and make an educated decision that works for you and your budget. 

Your meltdown over this seems a bit excessive. 

LOL! "Meltdown." 

speakeasy14

labro

KimS2012 said:

Swazzle said:

My rings are all white gold and it took 3 years for any changes to occur. It was $30 to have each redipped just a couple weeks ago (I got engaged in August 2011). 

Yes, as with any big purchase, you should do your research and make an educated decision that works for you and your budget. 

Your meltdown over this seems a bit excessive. 

LOL! "Meltdown." 

Your words - angry, resentful, awful. And you haven't worn your e-ring in three years?

Meltdown.

labro

Guys, I feel sorry for our husbands/FIs/SOs.

speakeasy14

Swazzle

KimS2012 said:

I was trying to be helpful. I may have been scammed when I bought a ring. 

Why on earth would you DD this? 

First of all, you were quoted so your words will continue to live on for eternity. 



Secondly, "Oops" as the thread title will now cause this to be one of the most viewed threads on NEY. 

untouchablets

I feel like I need to do some research because of this thread. I was totally against white gold because I'm severely allergic to nickel and most other metals except for 24 karat gold and presumably platinum but I've never heard of rhodium until just now...

labro

untouchablets said:

I feel like I need to do some research because of this thread. I was totally against white gold because I'm severely allergic to nickel and most other metals except for 24 karat gold and presumably platinum but I've never heard of rhodium until just now...

I bet you aren't allergic to this!

speakeasy14

WTH happened to my bat signal?

**I really am not liking all these glitches lately

Swazzle

All I hear in my head when I see this thread title now: 

beachyone15

Saw the "oops" and decided to drop in. It sounds like OP's ring is probably not white gold at all....

speakeasy14

labro

TwoDimes said:

I have platinum rings. H and I are making it rain!!!

Swazzle

TwoDimes said:

I have platinum rings. H and I are making it rain!!!

wink0erin

"It can only be Walllmarrtttt"

untouchablets

@labro that's bf's backup plan if all else fails

labro

wink0erin said:

"It can only be Walllmarrtttt"

OH MY GOD I'M DYING!!!!!!!

AlPacina

@speakeasy14 - You went a little gif crazy there.

speakeasy14

I couldn't choose!

bethsmiles

The gifs in this thread are awesome, I only came here because it was obviously a DD - gifs made it totally worth it.

minskat30

Swazzle said:

KimS2012 said:

I was trying to be helpful. I may have been scammed when I bought a ring. 

Why on earth would you DD this? 

First of all, you were quoted so your words will continue to live on for eternity. 



Secondly, "Oops" as the thread title will now cause this to be one of the most viewed threads on NEY. 






All of this @swazzle is wise. Only reason I came to this thread was the "oops" title.