Paid £40 for a wedding ring
by the time I sold it they gave me £5 - I thought the value of gold had done nothing but rise over the previous 10 years? Still, i salvaged £5 from the whole sorry process. And a daughter but you can't swap her for a pint and a half of lager. Not in this country, anyway.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 5 Oct 2010, 0:00, 8 replies)

You get kudos
for posting exactly on the dot of midnight.

But no click.

Cos I'm not in the mood.
(Sir Itchalot has a very self-referential signature, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 9:21, closed)

Elizabeth Duke?
Must be iffy quality gold as I dug up a pretty basic gold ring in the back garden, very misshapen and not very big but I've been offered £80 for scrap value.
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 11:05, closed)

Keep looking-
The rest of the body will not unearth itself you know. (Was her name Elizabeth then?)
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 11:27, closed)

You should
Get it checked out. My brother did exactly the same as a young'un - found a small, misshapen ring in the flower bed. Turns out it's about 400 years old and worth a not inconsiderable amount. Had some kind of engraving round the inside edge, something to do with God.
( Rookie You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 12:35, closed)

Could be old
£5 was a fair bit in the 50's…
( Ungersven would support SpankyHanky's patreon, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 17:23, closed)

No wonder you're divorced if you only spent £40 on a wedding ring! Cheapskate.
( user_names_suck, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 18:27, closed)

it's the engagement ring that costs the £520
the wedding ring is supposed to be a simple gold band of symbolism. I didn't marry a WAG, but then again she didn't marry a footballer.
( Rotating Wobbly Hat That's not a banana. THIS is a banana., Tue 5 Oct 2010, 23:51, closed)

Fair enough.
I got given a £20 engagement ring by a boy called Wayne (how I wish I was joking) when i was 19. Since then I have promised myself that A) I'm not going to get engaged until I'm actually getting married (none of this "we've been engaged for 8 years" bollocks for me. Engaged to be married MEANS engaged to be married) and B) I'll not accept a cheapskate ring.
Since nobody since then has asked me to marry them it's kind of a moot point ;)
Still glad I didn't marry Wayne though...
( user_names_suck, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 14:36, closed)