Idea if what to do with wedding ring

[NewMom0208]

My ring is a simple gold band, no stones (that is what I wanted)

It was bought by my ex, no family history to it.

I know for a fact I dont want to keep it. It never meant what I thought it meant. Actually even if things would have worked with ex, I wanted a new ring. I have not used the original since 2006. I re-found it this past weekend while organizing my closet.

What I am thinking is to have it melt and then sell the gold and donate the proceeds to charity such as women in distress. This assuming having it melt doesnt cost more than th ring itself!

Any other suggestions?

[tinybutterfly]

Hi, found you through new posts. You can sell the ring without melting it down. It will cost YOU money to melt it down, so you might as well sell it as is. Some jewelers buy gold. Good luck.

[NewMom0208]

Good point,

I wanted melted because it has his name and the date engraved, but I guess if I sell it as gold it will get melted anyway, right?

[Halfasianmomma]

Hmm, what about white gold? I think that's what mine was made of...wonder if that'll actually fetch me more than 5$

[doubledutch]

just sell it as-is for scrap. taking it to a jeweler will bring a better price than a pawn shop. i think it's very cool that you want to donate the cash to a good cause!

[lilyka]

i sold mine for $20 to a gold dealer. Diamond and all. it was a very small diamond....and skinny band.

[amynbebes]

Were it me, I'd sell it and pamper myself or my child a little with whatever money you get I'm not at the point of even deciding what I'll do with mine yet. If I had a daughter from him I might save it for her but we just have 3 boys so I don't know.

[lilyka]

Honestly my mom kept her wedding ring to give to me but I could not have cared less. I probablywould jave just sold it the first chance I got if she had given it to me. I am not sure what she did with it.

[MittensKittens]

A newly divorced friend of mine had her ring (white gold) made into a new ring - she had the name and date removed, and had little "screws" added in yellow gold - "screwed by marriage" . She loves it.

[Ceinwen]

Originally Posted by MittensKittens

A newly divorced friend of mine had her ring (white gold) made into a new ring - she had the name and date removed, and had little "screws" added in yellow gold - "screwed by marriage" . She loves it.

Love it!

I tried to sell mine (in a moment of financial desperation) and found out they were worth less than 10% of what I paid for them... and this was after shopping them around!

For example - if I had paid $1000 for the set, everywhere I went, they only offered to pay me $100.

I wasn't that desperate. Thus far I say I'm keeping them for my daughters, but to what end? Are they even going to want the wedding rings from the divorce of their parents??

[PoppyMama]

I had both my parents gold bands for a while (until I, of course, lost them) and they did mean something to me...even though the relationship hadn't worked out I was born of love. ...not saying that would mean something to everyone.

[Murph12334]

Not sure what to do with mine. It's engraved. I want to save it, but have no clue if either of the kids would even care about it

[Ceinwen]

Originally Posted by PoppyMama

I had both my parents gold bands for a while (until I, of course, lost them) and they did mean something to me...even though the relationship hadn't worked out I was born of love. ...not saying that would mean something to everyone.

I'll have to remember this. Because we did love each other when we got married, and when we had our two children.

[Hey Mama!]

Whatever jewelry my stbx gave me will go to my girls. Because, as a pp said it was given to me out of love, and they came from that love.