Post # 1
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Sugar Beekeeper
I feel like my day has been ruined… I had my heart set on a Verragio palladium engagement ring, and I’ve just been waiting for my boyfriend to order it. I found out today that Verragio no longer makes palladium rings… I don’t want white gold or platinum! I did so much research on metal type and now there is no point. That was my dream ring and I can no longer have it, no matter what 🙁
Please bees, make me feel better about white gold!!! Does it really become yellow when the rhodium wears off? Is 14k or 18k better? How often do you get it replated? Does anyone have a white gold Verragio?
P.S. I mean no offense to anyone who has white gold/platinum, I just really had my heart set on palladium because it sounded best to me!
Post # 3
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Busy bee
maybe a local jeweler will have some of the palladium rings still in stock?
if not, i’m really happy with my white gold ring 🙂
Post # 4
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Sugar bee
I’ve had my white gold e-ring for over a year now, just started wearing my white gold wedding band and you can see a difference in the color when you look up close. I haven’t gotten either redipped yet because I’m lazy but I’m told that its a quick and easy process. I don’t think Platinum wears that same way, is there a specific reason you don’t want that?
Post # 5
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Worker bee
platinum never fades. I would go with platinum. 🙂
Post # 6
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Sugar bee
I personally think white gold or platinum is better than palladium. Palladium can become dull looking, and is very expensive to repair or have resized.
I have white gold and I love it. I have 14K – the jeweler said 18K is too soft for an engagement ring. Once you get your ring you will forget all about which metal it is!
Post # 7
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Buzzing bee
I understand wanting palladium but I would say if you cant get it to go platinum instead of white gold .
Post # 8
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Bumble bee
I have had white gold rings for years and they have never turned yellow on me and have only been recoated once when I sent them in to be sized after losing 30lbs. For me, because I am hard on my jewelry, when it comes to rings, I don’t buy anything higher than 14k. The higher you go the softer it is and something may break.
Personally, for me, I don’t get platinum. It requires a lot of polishing to keep it shiney and to me ends up looking like stainless steel. It is also, from my experience, very soft, so for the same reason as 18k gold, I don’t buy it. No offense to anyone that has it. If you are gentle with your jewelry you can keep platinum nice, but I think I would ruin platinum rings.
Post # 9
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Sugar bee
Honestly I’ve had a white gold ring for 3 years. I’ve had it redipped once. It’s not a hassle. It isn’t something you notice. I’m surprised at how adverse you are to it. You will want to take you ring in about once a year to have everything checked over so having it dipped at that time doesn’t take any more effort then going to the jewelry store.
Post # 10
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Sugar Beekeeper
Thanks everyone for your replies… It was just the initial shock of DAMN they don’t make that anymore that had me so upset.
I do have white gold jewelry in 10 or 14k necklaces/earrings which looks beautiful, but I was just so afraid that with the wear that rings get on your hands that it might wear off a lot faster. I’ve also heard horror stories of people buying “white gold” when really all it was was yellow gold dipped. So when it wore off, it was YELLOW. I’m sure Verragio is not like that though.
I guess we will probably go with 14k white gold for the reasons I’ve been reading and some of you mentioned that it’s harder, etc. I’ve also heard it’s whiter because there is less gold to it.
Thanks again for your replies! Just an unhappy shock today (and also they raised the price of everything like $300-$1000 for white gold or platinum!)
Post # 11
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Helper bee
@Pinkmoon: Palladium is a little hard to find but maybe you can search for a similar ring in palladium. My engagement ring is palladium but I had a hard time finding a palladium curved band to match. I was going to settle for a white gold band even though the color would be a little off from the engagement ring, white gold is more of a white/silver color and palladium is more of a white metal color, (I put my engagement ring up to a white gold ring and I can see the difference) but after searching for a while, I was able to find one. I got my band from Danforth Diamonds. Most of the rings I saw on their site are available in palladium.
Also, are you going for diamond or moissanite? I know a lot of companies that sell moissanite offer palladium.
Post # 12
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Bumble bee
I have a white gold ring and yes you will have to get it plated atleast once a year… it doesnt cost much at all and its worth it. Plus it turns yellow faster depending on your skin.
Post # 13
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Sugar Beekeeper
@noenyu:
Well that’s the funny thing actually! Part of the reason we were waiting to order is because I want moissanite (cheaper, sparklier and I care more about the setting than the stone so that’s where I’d put my money) but my bf’s parents are really traditional and they freaked when he said we weren’t gonna go with diamond. So… we aren’t entirely sure yet which stone to go with. I don’t want my boyfriend getting disowned or anything haha!
Post # 14
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Bumble bee
Ok so this may be off topic, but isn’t palladium the element that Iron Man powers his body/suit with. Comic book nerd here, sorry…
Post # 15
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Bumble bee
@Pinkmoon: You can always just tell them it’s diamond.. If they’re not experts they likely won’t know the difference!
Post # 16
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Sugar Beekeeper
@Leahhh:
Exactly! I have a pair of moissanite earrings and even I forgot they’re not real sometimes. It’s a beautiful stone!
