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Personal Dilemma: Sell Silver For Engagement Ring V Pay Cash

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 Posted 05/09/2013  3:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coin Chick to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm a little confused. From the original post I've interpreted that...

1. The amount of your stash = the ring cost
2. If silver prices come up,, your stash is worth $700
3. If you purchase now you delete 2 months of emergency funds...

So... The engagement ring costs less than $700? And that you only need $350 a month to survive? I thought rings and cost of living were way higher than this...
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05/09/2013 3:27 pm
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 Posted 05/09/2013  4:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Northerncoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Why don't you just make a ring out of a silver coin, if she really loved you then that will be enough, if not then maybe you need to rethink the engagement thingy.

With a silver coin, some tools, and a little bit of time, you can skip the jewelry store and make a simple ring at home.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Ring-...-Silver-Coin

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 Posted 05/09/2013  4:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add allspice to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Very cool, NC! And then make more rings and sell them on ebay, like this dude:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1912-S-BARB...em35c740c3fb
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 Posted 05/09/2013  5:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add curtism1234 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Quote:
I'm a little confused. From the original post I've interpreted that...

1. The amount of your stash = the ring cost
2. If silver prices come up,, your stash is worth $700
3. If you purchase now you delete 2 months of emergency funds...

So... The engagement ring costs less than $700? And that you only need $350 a month to survive? I thought rings and cost of living were way higher than this...


Sorry for any confusion.

The current value of all this is about $3700 at the current $24 per ounce. The $700 I was referencing was an example of what would be the additional value should silver rise to around the $27ish per ounce. I was just estimating. The basic point being I could be losing out on money if it goes up short term...or I could lose money if it goes down.

Just working through different examples
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05/09/2013 5:29 pm
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 Posted 05/10/2013  10:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coin Chick to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Lol. I thought I'd been getting ripped off these years with expensive jewelry and houses!

I would personally sit on the silver. And spend the cash.

Like others have said,,, it's awesome you've saved for unexpected happenings. I would wait for the silver prices to come up
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I would pay with cash. Silver is bound to go back up in the future. You will not be able to find 90% for a while to add to your collection but you can work to add cash to your emergency fund.
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 Posted 05/13/2013  11:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add basebal21 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Silver is bound to go back up in the future.


At some point yea, that some point very easily could be 30 years from now though.

Its a huge misconception that its new value has been priced in the 30s and 40s because of the last couple years
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