I just happened to walk past a television the other day when one of those shopping channels was on. They were selling cheap rings
I had to stop and listen as these women were calling in and talking about how they had purchased not one or to of these rings, but quantities more in the range of 10 and 15 of the different styles of cheap rings. They said that they give them as gifts to everyone they know. When I heard that, I pictured a bunch of the caller’s relatives rolling their eyes every year as she wheeled the load of identical gifts into the room for the gift exchange, but I could be wrong. I guess I should say that I am not talking about really cheap rings. You know, the kind that come out of a bubble gum machine. These were not the cheapest rings for sale that you could possibly find. These still look like they were decent quality to my untrained eye. Of course there could have been some flaw that you couldn’t really see. I guess cheap ring settings could be a problem if you put some wear and tear on the ring itself.
I suppose that is where I am going with this. I wonder why people even go out and spend tons of money on fine jewelry for anything but the most important occasion. I mean, I understand purchasing the best jewelry that you can for something like a wedding, but for daily wear, just as an accessory, it seems like cheap rings are the way to go. Who is going to actually get close enough to it to test it for authenticity? I suppose if you intend to pass it down to your children, you might want to go for extremely high quality, but otherwise why not purchase something cheap but beautiful?
Cubic zirconia rings look pretty convincing to me. Honestly, I guess there are people out there who can tell, by taking a close look, whether or not a real gemstone has been used in the setting, but I’m not one of them.
