please can someone tell me how much for a plain gold wedding ring will cost ?
will be in los next month to see g/f and not sure if i should buy in uk or thailand
thanks alan
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I would think cheaper here, plus if you buy one there, your girlfriend will be disappointed as it will probably be only 10 to 50% gold!
If you were going to buy one with a diamond mounted in it I would say get it there but for a plain gold band she will be happier with one from a local gold shop here.
If you were going to buy one with a diamond mounted in it I would say get it there but for a plain gold band she will be happier with one from a local gold shop here.
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the one Amy wears cost about 3000bht - plain gold band as it is supposed to be....the plain bands seem cheap here as lasses prefer dressy "cracker" rings.
diamonds go in engagement rings....
im an old stick in the mud traditionalist....a wedding band is plain and undecorated.
diamonds go in engagement rings....
im an old stick in the mud traditionalist....a wedding band is plain and undecorated.
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You will probably only be able to buy a Thai Gold Ring in Thailand. Thai Gold is about 23ct and the selling price is around Baht 16500 per Baht weight around 15 grammes. If you want 18ct it is just as cheap in UK, 9ct not generally available in Thailand. I am in the business, if you want any more help pm me.
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Farang Gold versus Thai Goldcozza wrote:"Western" gold has platinum mixed into it generally which makes it slightly less yellow but stronger and platinum is worth more than gold.
"Asian" gold is usually more pure and looks nicer imo, but is cheaper & softer.
A poster on an internet message board (now defunct) puts it succinctly:
"It's really very simple.
In Asia, particularly Hong Kong, Thailand, India and Pakistan, but generally in Asia gold jewelry is regarded as portable, readily convertible hard assets. This is because it is worked almost pure, between 22K and 24K, actually closer to 24K, and as the labor content (value added by workmanship) is small, gold bracelets and chains etc can be bought for little more than the bullion value, and resold back to the same shop or any other shop, or to a pawnbroker, for a high percentage of its purchase price.
Westerners have been programmed to regard pure gold as:
1. Too brassy
2. Too soft to be useful as jewelry
and to regard Asian high-karat gold jewelry as of inferior workmanship compared to Western gold jewelry.
This is part truth and part self serving lies from the jewelry industry.
The Western jewelry industry wants you to buy 18 K (which is 75% gold 25 % base metals) and then pay a HUGE inflated premium for 'workmanship' (which is really just mostly multi-tiered profit taking). For 14K and less the situation is even worse.
To prove to yourself that this is so, try to recover the bullion value of a 14K gold trinket some time. You will end up owing THEM money.
Whereas Thai goldsmiths are happy to take back the real thing and the loss on your side is rather trivial.
The color issue is bogus as Thai gold can be smelted to be about any color, and still be the same high % pure gold; the Thais can and do make 18K and so on for export. Thai gold sold in Thailand is...the color of gold. It is not attacked by nitric acid, or other mineral acids except a particular mix of nitric and hydrocloric acids called aqua regia (royal acid).
So it comes down to a value judgement. Do you want real, almost pure gold for a tiny premium over the bullion content, or do you want to be FLEECED by people selling you ADULTERATED SHIT for NEEDLESS MARKUPS and justifying their thievery with a tissue of lies about hardness, color and workmanship?
I rarely wear jewelry but when I do it's Thai gold and nothing else.
The best shops are on Yaovarat Rd. in Sampeng (Chinatown) and they NEVER cheat on weight or on purity.
Thai gold is typically around 97-98%, not 999 fine but still not garbage like 14K. It is sold by the baht weight which is just slightly under a half a Troy ounce. Pls be aware that the Troy system used for jewelry is NOT the Avoirdupois system used commonly. There are 14 not 16 Troy ounces to the Troy pound and the Troy pound is not same as the Avoirdupois pound. "
Also be aware that the 23ct Thai gold ring will not stay round, but over time take on the shape of the finger it's worn on. PetePJG wrote:You will probably only be able to buy a Thai Gold Ring in Thailand. Thai Gold is about 23ct and the selling price is around Baht 16500 per Baht weight around 15 grammes. If you want 18ct it is just as cheap in UK, 9ct not generally available in Thailand. I am in the business, if you want any more help pm me.
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I think most importantly your GF/wife has to be happy with it and it is also a status thing.
Our wedding rings were custom made our names are engraved in Thai on the outside with a love heart in the middle, and engraved on the inside with our names in basic roman script.
My wife also has this very long fancy ring that we had copyied from a cheap dress ring, but my wife had both of our first names put on it, and she allways gets asked about her gold and loves it, i also think asian jewellery is far better than the pale crap we get in the U.K its just a lot softer and heavier because it's more pure.
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Our wedding rings were custom made our names are engraved in Thai on the outside with a love heart in the middle, and engraved on the inside with our names in basic roman script.
My wife also has this very long fancy ring that we had copyied from a cheap dress ring, but my wife had both of our first names put on it, and she allways gets asked about her gold and loves it, i also think asian jewellery is far better than the pale crap we get in the U.K its just a lot softer and heavier because it's more pure.
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Hi Benson - as Kendo says the important thing is that your girlfriend is happy with the ring.
I would support that view 100% and as a female would add that I hope you're not planning to buy the ring as a surprise!
Surprise jewellery is fine if it's something the lady is not expected to wear evey day. Wedding - and engagement rings - are hopefully long term pieces of jewellery which she is going to be stuck with. There's nothing worse than trying to pretend to a loved one that you like a ring, when in fact it isn't at all what you would have chosen yourself. So please go shopping together!
I would support that view 100% and as a female would add that I hope you're not planning to buy the ring as a surprise!
Surprise jewellery is fine if it's something the lady is not expected to wear evey day. Wedding - and engagement rings - are hopefully long term pieces of jewellery which she is going to be stuck with. There's nothing worse than trying to pretend to a loved one that you like a ring, when in fact it isn't at all what you would have chosen yourself. So please go shopping together!
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