The state of our economy is worsening by the day, and many women are now hocking their old engagement and weddings rings that they were holding onto for sentimental value in exchange for cold hard cash. According to an article in today's Daily News, October was the busiest month (in visits and sales) for IDoNowIDont.com — an online marketplace for secondhand rings.
Even though these women aren't getting anywhere near the value of their goods, desperate times are clearly calling for desperate measures. If you're feeling the effects of the economy like so many of us, tell me, is this something you'd ever consider doing? Where do you stand on selling your memories for money?
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I sold an old engagement ring that was worth 2 grand for 250 bucks to buy a cat......but that was 9 years ago!
I put it on consignment, then i said "what will you give me for it now?" knowing he could sell it for alot more. 250? TAKE IT! zing...meow....happy.
1I don't see anything wrong with it if the sellers don't.
2I'd never sell it, unless I were divorced or something. Otherwise...I wouldn't if widowed, let alone still married.
3You do what you have to if you really need the money. And if you sell it without really needing the money, it probably wasn't that important to begin with.
4I've done it before and I'd do it again. And again. Money is money. I don't need material possessions to have memories. My memories will be with me forever regardless.
5I sold my rings about three months after separating. I needed the cash and there was no sentimental attachments to the rings; I have the children. I keep a mother's day poem he wrote (probably the only poem he ever wrote!!) that's where my loyalties lay.
6I don't have a problem with it if the seller doesn't. Some people aren't very sentimental about soured marriages. I wouldn't blame them.
7if the relationship is over, why keep the jewelry? my grandma always shocked me with her complete unsentimental attitude towards her first wedding ring, which she traded in for a bigger rock on her 30th wedding anniversary and she was still married to my pawpaw! so if you're not with the guy anymore, might as well get the mula!
8I just brought my engagement ring to my jeweler to be sold. It's on consignment, but I really need the money. The diamond is a family heirloom and it's gorgeous, but it will ALWAYS remind me of my fiance, no matter what I do with it and I feel it's tainted. I thought long and hard about this for 9 months before I sold it. I lost a lot of money in the wedding that he never paid me back for and had sold all my furniture when I moved in with him, so I really need it to get back on my feet. It was definitely time.
9I don't feel comfortable selling jewellery, you never get what they're worth. I might have them reset or just keep them, although it's not like you'll ever wear them again. Maybe my future kids can have them.
Other things I'd sell in a heartbeat
the ex and I had a nintendo wii we bought
together. Originally after the break up he promised to give me half it's value to 'buy me out' but he renegged on the deal, so I sold it on ebay for $500. It was actually a lot better for me,
despite the drama of having to list it online, etc, and I'm saving up, so smiles all round.
10Thankfully, I never been in a position to consider selling my jewelry. I have many high-end pieces. This includes my wedding set.
Most of my pieces were gifts given to me by my husband -- engagement, marriage, anniversary, graduation, etc. I am unwilling to part with those meaningful, beautiful pieces.
I would sell my eggs first before I sell my jewelry. LOL
11I'd sell it.
12I have yet to encounter a situation that would put me in this position and I hope I never have to. Still, the things of sentimental value that I hold dear to my heart aren't worth much. So, I wouldn't be able to sell them anyway.
13I tried to pawn a necklace an ex gave me. It was a beautiful sapphire and white gold and diamond necklace. The pawn shop said they would give me $5 for it, because they couldn't test to see if the sapphire and diamonds were real (total bullsh*t) and I told them to f off, ha! So, if they had offered more, than yeah, I would have. But, since they didn't I kept it.
14good god no. unless the relationship was over. but like others said, widowed - no, married - no, and dead relatives - no!
15Would I sell my engagement ring that my current BF gave to me (but engagement is not longer something going on right now...) No way. I mean, I feel the ring is a bit tainted, but it was a gift, and I will keep it. If it was a ring an EX gave me? Different story. I would definitely sell it. The thing is, selling your possessions, like an engagement ring from a relationship with an ex or whatever is not selling your memories, it's just selling an object. No one can ever take away your memories.
16I still have a tennis bracelet my ex gave me ...
17I have thought about selling it many times, but never ever gotten around to it ...
I know I will never touch it again ... let alone look at it ...
well maybe I will eventually one day, if I really needed the money
Sold a 2000.00 ring for 300.00
Dont regret it!
:) For sure dont regret that either!
18Sold a 250.00 ring for 60.00.
huh - i never heard of this site before but maybe i should have had my fiance look there for a ring first. i don't know if i would be able to sell my ring even if finances got any worse. it's hard because it's something that he put a lot of thought and effort into for me and i love it.
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