There are enough guides to shopping and selection of engagement rings on the Internet already. Not that they do not help the readers in any effective way, most of these articles miss the twin steps that are critical to the purchase. The one thing that almost no article advises you to do is to start at the beginning. The cornerstone of any act of purchase is enumerating the budget. Speaking strictly of engagement rings, the second step to defining budget is knowing all that you can about the 4Cs of diamonds. Let’s talk about these two steps in more detail below.
Knowing Your Budget
Knowing your budget effectively means finding out a sum of money that you can safely pitch on the ring without putting commitments to compromise. Usually, engagements are followed shortly by a wedding. So, it’s essential that you keep the forthcoming expenses that will entail the wedding at the time of deciding on a budget.
Now most men find it quite complex an exercise to zero down on a figure that they want to spend on the engagement ring. Caught between the pressure of buying the perfect ring and staying within the advisable limits of expense, most buyers end up inclining to one or the other direction too much. That results in an unbalanced decision. The idea is to find out how much you can afford and go with that. Don’t worry about the ideal investment value because there is no such thing as ideal. The figure changes from one to another.
Gobbling up All available Information about the 4Cs
This task is time-intensive. You cannot rake up all the information possible about 4Cs in a day, nor can you digest them in a matter of an hour. As with everything else, you need to grow a little interest in the subject to make sure that you learn everything that will insure your purchase. Just to give you a headstart, the 4Cs of diamonds refer to the 4 most critical aspects of the gem, namely, clarity, cut, color and carat. There are scales and grades designed and purposed by gem grading boards around the world to determine the quality of diamonds in numbers. Don’t worry, your math doesn’t have to be good to find out if a diamond is worth its cost or not. A rundown watch through the scale is enough to pick up the vital details.
